47 If anyone hears my words and doesn’t keep(A) them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world(B) but to save the world.(C) 48 The one who rejects me(D) and doesn’t receive my sayings has this as his judge: [a] The word I have spoken will judge him on the last day.(E) 49 For I have not spoken on my own, but the Father(F) himself who sent me has given me a command to say everything I have said.

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Footnotes

  1. 12:48 Lit has the one judging him

47 “If anyone hears my words but does not keep them, I do not judge that person. For I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world.(A) 48 There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; the very words I have spoken will condemn them(B) at the last day. 49 For I did not speak on my own, but the Father who sent me commanded me(C) to say all that I have spoken.

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