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There was a man sent from God whose name was John.
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John the Baptist Denies Being the Messiah
Now this was John’s testimony when the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was.
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Finally they said, “Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”
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Now the Pharisees who had been sent
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And I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’
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For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
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You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Messiah but am sent ahead of him.’
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For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.
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“My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work.
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I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor.”
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that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him.
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“Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life.
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By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.
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“You have sent to John and he has testified to the truth.
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“I have testimony weightier than that of John. For the works that the Father has given me to finish—the very works that I am doing—testify that the Father has sent me.
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And the Father who sent me has himself testified concerning me. You have never heard his voice nor seen his form,
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nor does his word dwell in you, for you do not believe the one he sent.
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Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”
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For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me.
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And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day.
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“No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I will raise them up at the last day.
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Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me.
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Jesus answered, “My teaching is not my own. It comes from the one who sent me.
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Whoever speaks on their own does so to gain personal glory, but he who seeks the glory of the one who sent him is a man of truth; there is nothing false about him.
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Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts, cried out, “Yes, you know me, and you know where I am from. I am not here on my own authority, but he who sent me is true. You do not know him,
