38 For I have come down from heaven(A) not to do my will but to do the will(B) of him who sent me.(C)

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38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

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30 By myself I can do nothing;(A) I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just,(B) for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.(C)

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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.

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34 “My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will(A) of him who sent me and to finish his work.(B)

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34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

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Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—
    it is written about me in the scroll.[a](A)
I desire to do your will,(B) my God;(C)
    your law is within my heart.”(D)

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  1. Psalm 40:7 Or come / with the scroll written for me

Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,

I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.

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31 The one who comes from above(A) is above all; the one who is from the earth belongs to the earth, and speaks as one from the earth.(B) The one who comes from heaven is above all.

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31 He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.

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10 Yet it was the Lord’s will(A) to crush(B) him and cause him to suffer,(C)
    and though the Lord makes[a] his life an offering for sin,(D)
he will see his offspring(E) and prolong his days,
    and the will of the Lord will prosper(F) in his hand.

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  1. Isaiah 53:10 Hebrew though you make

10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.

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rather, he made himself nothing(A)
    by taking the very nature[a] of a servant,(B)
    being made in human likeness.(C)
And being found in appearance as a man,
    he humbled himself
    by becoming obedient to death(D)
        even death on a cross!(E)

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  1. Philippians 2:7 Or the form

But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

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33 For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven(A) and gives life to the world.”

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33 For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.

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13 No one has ever gone into heaven(A) except the one who came from heaven(B)—the Son of Man.[a](C)

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  1. John 3:13 Some manuscripts Man, who is in heaven

13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.

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39 Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup(A) be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.”(B)

40 Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. “Couldn’t you men keep watch with me(C) for one hour?” he asked Peter. 41 “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.(D) The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

42 He went away a second time and prayed, “My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done.”(E)

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39 And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.

40 And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?

41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

42 He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.

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Then I said, ‘Here I am—it is written about me in the scroll(A)
    I have come to do your will, my God.’”[a](B)

First he said, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor were you pleased with them”(C)—though they were offered in accordance with the law. Then he said, “Here I am, I have come to do your will.”(D) He sets aside the first to establish the second.

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  1. Hebrews 10:7 Psalm 40:6-8 (see Septuagint)

Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.

Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;

Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.

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Son(A) though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered(B)

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Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;

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For even Christ did not please himself(A) but, as it is written: “The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.”[a](B)

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  1. Romans 15:3 Psalm 69:9

For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.

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