John 12:47
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47 I do not judge anyone who hears my words and does not keep them, for I came not to judge the world but to save the world.(A)
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John 3:17
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17 “Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world but in order that the world might be saved through him.(A)
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John 12:48
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48 The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; on the last day the word that I have spoken will serve as judge,(A)
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John 8:15-16
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15 You judge by human standards;[a] I judge no one. 16 Yet even if I do judge, my judgment is valid, for it is not I alone who judge but I and the Father[b] who sent me.
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1 Timothy 1:15-16
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15 The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance: that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the foremost.(A) 16 But for that very reason I received mercy, so that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display the utmost patience as an example to those who would come to believe in him for eternal life.
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1 John 4:14
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14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father has sent his Son as the Savior of the world.
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Luke 19:10
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10 For the Son of Man came to seek out and to save the lost.”
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John 5:45
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45 Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father; your accuser is Moses, on whom you have set your hope.(A)
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Matthew 20:28
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28 just as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve and to give his life a ransom for many.”(A)
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2 Peter 3:15
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15 and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation. So also our beloved brother Paul wrote to you according to the wisdom given him,(A)
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John 8:26
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26 I have much to say about you and much to condemn, but the one who sent me is true, and I declare to the world what I have heard from him.”(A)
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Matthew 18:10
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The Parable of the Lost Sheep
10 “Take care that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I tell you, in heaven their angels continually see the face of my Father in heaven.[a](A)
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- 18.10 Other ancient authorities add 18.11, For the Son of Man came to save the lost
Luke 9:56
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56 Then[a] they went on to another village.
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- 9.56 Other ancient authorities read rebuked them, and said, “You do not know what spirit you are of,
for the Son of Man has not come to destroy the lives of humans but to save them.” Then
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