15 But Jesus answered and said to him, “Permit it to be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed Him.

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15 Jesus replied, “Let it be so now; it is proper for us to do this to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John consented.

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34 Jesus said to them, (A)“My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to (B)finish His work.

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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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10 (A)If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.

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10 If you keep my commands,(A) you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love.

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15 For (A)I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you.

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15 I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you.(A)

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Israel’s Obstinate Disobedience

21 The Lord is well pleased for His righteousness’ sake;
He will exalt the law and make it honorable.

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21 It pleased the Lord
    for the sake(A) of his righteousness
    to make his law(B) great and glorious.

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Then I said, “Behold, I come;
In the scroll of the book it is written of me.
(A)I delight to do Your will, O my God,
And Your law is (B)within my heart.”

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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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Footnotes

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

(A)He who says he abides in Him (B)ought himself also to walk just as He walked.

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Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.(A)

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21 For (A)to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for [a]us, (B)leaving [b]us an example, that you should follow His steps:

22 “Who(C) committed no sin,
Nor was deceit found in His mouth”;

23 (D)who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but (E)committed Himself to Him who judges righteously; 24 (F)who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, (G)that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—(H)by whose [c]stripes you were healed.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 2:21 NU you
  2. 1 Peter 2:21 NU, M you
  3. 1 Peter 2:24 wounds

21 To this(A) you were called,(B) because Christ suffered for you,(C) leaving you an example,(D) that you should follow in his steps.

22 “He committed no sin,(E)
    and no deceit was found in his mouth.”[a](F)

23 When they hurled their insults at him,(G) he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats.(H) Instead, he entrusted himself(I) to him who judges justly.(J) 24 “He himself bore our sins”(K) in his body on the cross,(L) so that we might die to sins(M) and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.”(N)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 2:22 Isaiah 53:9

(A)but [a]made Himself of no reputation, taking the form (B)of a bondservant, and (C)coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and (D)became (E)obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.

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  1. Philippians 2:7 emptied Himself of His privileges

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

And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

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Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, observing all the Lord’s commands and decrees blamelessly.(A)

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Jesus answered and said to him, “What I am doing you (A)do not understand now, (B)but you will know after this.”

Peter said to Him, “You shall never wash my feet!”

Jesus answered him, (C)“If I do not wash you, you have no part with Me.”

Simon Peter said to Him, “Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head!”

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Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”(A)

“No,” said Peter, “you shall never wash my feet.”

Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with me.”

“Then, Lord,” Simon Peter replied, “not just my feet but my hands and my head as well!”

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29 And (A)He who sent Me is with Me. (B)The Father has not left Me alone, (C)for I always do those things that please Him.”

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29 The one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone,(A) for I always do what pleases him.”(B)

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26 For such a High Priest was fitting for us, (A)who is holy, [a]harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, (B)and has become higher than the heavens;

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  1. Hebrews 7:26 innocent

26 Such a high priest(A) truly meets our need—one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners,(B) exalted above the heavens.(C)

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