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   that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.   
   [24] Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth   
   on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into   
   condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.   
   [25] Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when   
   the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall   
   live.   
   [26] For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to   
   have life in himself;   
   [27] And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is   
   the Son of man.   
   [28] Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are   
   in the graves shall hear his voice,   
   [29] And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection   
   of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.   
   [30] I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment   
   is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which   
   hath sent me.   
      
   Witnesses to Jesus   
      
   31 (Jn 8:13-14; 8:54) "If I bear witness of Myself, My testimony is not true.   
   32 There is another who bears witness of Me, and I know that the testimony   
   which He bears of Me is true.   
   33 "You sent to John, and he bore witness of the truth.   
   34 (1Jn 5:9) I do not receive testimony from man, but I say these things   
   that you may be saved.   
   35 (2Pe 1:19; Mt 21:26) He was a burning and a shining lamp,   
   and you were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.   
   36 (Jn 10:25; 15:24) "I have greater testimony than that of John.   
   The works which the Father has given Me to finish, the very works that I do,   
   bear witness of Me, that the Father has sent Me.   
   37 (Jn 8:18; Mt 3:17) The Father Himself, who has sent Me, has borne witness   
   of Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His form.   
   38 (1Jn 2:14) You do not have His word abiding in you, for you do not believe   
   the One He has sent.   
   39 (Lk 24:27; 24:44) You search the Scriptures, because you think in them   
   you have eternal life. These are they who bear witness of Me.   
   40 (Mt 23:37; Jn 3:19) Yet you are not willing to come to Me that you may   
   have life.   
   41 (1Th 2:6; Jn 5:34) "I do not receive honour from men.   
   42 (Jn 2:25) But I know you, that you do not have the love of God in you.   
   43 (Mt 24:5; Jn 10:25) I have come in My Father's name,   
   but you do not receive Me. If another comes in his own name,   
   you will receive him.   
   44 (Ro 2:29) How can you believe, who receive glory from one another   
   and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?   
   45 (Jn 9:28-29; Ro 2:17-29) "Do not think that I shall accuse you   
   to the Father. There is one who accuses you-Moses, in whom you trust.   
   46 (Ge 3:15; Dt 18:15) For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me,   
   for he wrote of Me.   
   47 (Lk 16:31; 16:29) But if you do not believe his writings,   
   how will you believe My words?"   
      
   [31] If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.   
   [32] There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the   
   witness which he witnesseth of me is true.   
   [33] Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.   
   [34] But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye   
   might be saved.   
   [35] He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season   
   to rejoice in his light.   
   [36] But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the   
   Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of   
   me, that the Father hath sent me.   
   [37] And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me.   
   Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.   
   [38] And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye   
   believe not.   
   [39] Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and   
   they are they which testify of me.   
   [40] And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.   
   [41] I receive not honour from men.   
   [42] But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.   
   [43] I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall   
   come in his own name, him ye will receive.   
   [44] How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not   
   the honour that cometh from God only?   
   [45] Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that   
   accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.   
   [46] For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me.   
   [47] But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?   
      
   Mark 2:23-28   
      
   The Question About the Sabbath   
      
   Mt 12:1-8; Lk 6:1-5   
      
   23 (Mt 12:1-8; Lk 6:1-5) He went through the grain fields on the Sabbath.   
   As they went, His disciples began to pluck the heads of grain.   
   24 (Ex 20:10) The Pharisees said to Him,   
   "Look, why are they doing on the Sabbath what is not lawful?"   
   25 (1Sa 21:3-6; Mt 21:16) He said to them, "Have you never read what David did,   
   when he and those who were with him were in need and hungry:   
   26 (2Sa 8:17; Lev 24:5-9) how he went into the house of God, in the days   
   Abiathar was the high priest, and ate the ritual bread, which is lawful only   
   for the priests to eat, and also gave it to those who were with him?"   
   27 (Col 2:16; Ex 23:12; Dt 5:14) Then He said to them,   
   "The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.   
   28 (Rev 1:10) So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath."   
      
   [23] And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the   
   sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.   
   [24] And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day   
   that which is not lawful?   
   [25] And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had   
   need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?   
   [26] How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high   
   priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the   
   priests, and gave also to them which were with him?   
   [27] And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for   
   the sabbath:   
   [28] Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.   
      
   Matthew 12:1-8   
      
   The Question About the Sabbath   
      
   Mk 2:23-28; Lk 6:1-5   
      
   1 (Dt 23:25; Mk 2:23-28) At that time Jesus went through the grain fields   
   on the Sabbath. And His disciples were hungry and began to pluck the heads   
   of grain and to eat.   
   2 (Mt 12:10; Ex 20:9-11) But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to Him,   
   "Look, Your disciples are doing   
   that which is not lawful to do on the Sabbath!"   
   3 (1Sa 21:3-6; Mt 21:16) But He said to them, "Have you not read what David   
   and those who were with him did when he was hungry,   
   4 (Ex 25:30; Lev 24:5-9) how he entered the house of God and ate the ritual   
   bread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for those who were   
   with him, but only for the priests?   
   5 (Nu 28:9-10; Jn 7:22-23) Or have you not read in the law how on the Sabbath   
   the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, but are blameless?   
   6 (Mt 12:41-42; 2Ch 6:18) I say to you, in this place there is One who   
   is greater than the temple.   
   7 (Hos 6:6; Mt 9:13) If you had known what this meant, 'I desire mercy,   
   and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the innocent.   
   8 (Mt 9:6) For the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath."   
      
   [1] At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his   
   disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.   
      
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