What Does The Bible Say About?

Being A Parent

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Proverbs 22:6

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Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

Ephesians 6:4

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Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Colossians 3:21

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Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become discouraged.

Ephesians 6:1-4

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Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth.” Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Psalm 127:3-5

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Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are children born in one’s youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. He will not be put to shame when he confronts the enemies at the gate.

Proverbs 29:15

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A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.

Exodus 20:12

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Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Proverbs 1:8-9

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Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother. For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.

Proverbs 13:24

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He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.

Psalm 127:3

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Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.

Hebrews 12:5-11

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And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you. For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.” Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father? If you do not experience discipline like everyone else, then you are illegitimate children and not true sons. Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit to the Father of our spirits and live? . . .

Proverbs 23:22

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Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

Matthew 15:4

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For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’

Proverbs 19:18

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Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be party to his death.

Proverbs 29:17

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Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will bring delight to your soul.

Ephesians 6:1

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Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

Proverbs 1:8

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Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.

Proverbs 10:1

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The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.

Proverbs 23:13-14

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Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die. Strike him with a rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol.

Deuteronomy 6:6-9

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These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts. And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates.

Ephesians 6:2

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“Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise),

Matthew 7:12

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In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.

1 Timothy 5:8

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If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

Colossians 3:20

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Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord.

Proverbs 3:11-12

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My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe His rebuke; for the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as does a father the son in whom he delights.

Deuteronomy 6:5-7

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And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts. And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

Genesis 2:24

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For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

Hebrews 12:11

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No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a harvest of righteousness and peace to those who have been trained by it.

Isaiah 1:1-31

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This is the vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me. The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s manger, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.” Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children of depravity! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him. Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted. . . .

John 3:12-20

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If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things? No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man. Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life. For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. . . .

John 3:16

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For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Luke 1:37

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For no word from God will ever fail.”

Philippians 2:4

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Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.

Proverbs 15:20

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A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.

Proverbs 17:6

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Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of a son is his father.

Proverbs 30:17

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As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.

Psalm 1:1-6

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Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does. Not so the wicked! For they are like chaff driven off by the wind. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. . . .

Psalm 103:13

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As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.

Colossians 3:19

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Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.

Deuteronomy 21:18-21

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If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined, his father and mother are to lay hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to the gate of his hometown, and say to the elders, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he does not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.” Then all the men of his city will stone him to death. So you must purge the evil from among you, and all Israel will hear and be afraid.

Ephesians 6:1-3

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Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth.”

Hebrews 12:5

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And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you.

Hebrews 12:7

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Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?

Leviticus 20:9

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If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his blood shall be upon him.

Micah 6:8

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He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

Proverbs 20:11

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Even a young man is known by his actions—whether his conduct is pure and upright.

Proverbs 22:15

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Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

1 Corinthians 11:3

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But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.

1 John 3:16

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By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.

1 Peter 4:8

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Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

1 Timothy 3:4

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An overseer must manage his own household well and keep his children under control, with complete dignity.

2 Timothy 1:5

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I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced is in you as well.

2 Timothy 3:1-2

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But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come. For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,

2 Timothy 3:1-5

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But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come. For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good, traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!

Acts 2:38

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Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Colossians 3:18

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Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

Deuteronomy 11:19

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Teach them to your children, speaking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

Deuteronomy 34:1-12

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Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which faces Jericho. And the LORD showed him the whole land—from Gilead as far as Dan, all of Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Western Sea, the Negev, and the region from the Valley of Jericho (the City of Palms) all the way to Zoar. And the LORD said to him, “This is the land that I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ I have let you see it with your own eyes, but you will not cross into it.” So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, as the LORD had said. . . .

Deuteronomy 4:9

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Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren.

Deuteronomy 4:9-10

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Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren. The day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, the LORD said to me, “Gather the people before Me to hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach them to their children.”

Deuteronomy 5:16

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Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Deuteronomy 6:4-9

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Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One. And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts. And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. . . .

Deuteronomy 6:7

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And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

Ephesians 2:10

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For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.

Ephesians 5:21

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Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

Ephesians 5:33

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Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

Genesis 1:1

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In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Hebrews 12:6

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For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.”

Isaiah 1:14

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I hate your New Moons and your appointed feasts. They have become a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them.

Isaiah 40:31

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But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.

John 16:33

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I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”

John 8:17-18

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Even in your own Law it is written that the testimony of two men is valid. I am One who testifies about Myself, and the Father, who sent Me, also testifies about Me.”

John 8:28

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So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing on My own, but speak exactly what the Father has taught Me.

Matthew 11:28

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Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

Matthew 12:25

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Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.

Matthew 6:33

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But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.

Philippians 4:13

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I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

Proverbs 31:25

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Strength and honor are her clothing, and she can laugh at the days to come.

Psalm 113:9

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He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother to her children. Hallelujah!

Psalm 128:3

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Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.

Psalm 133:1

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A song of ascents. Of David. Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony!

Psalm 139:13-16

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For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well. My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be.

Psalm 68:6

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God settles the lonely in families; He leads the prisoners out to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.

Revelation 1:1-20

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This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John, who testifies to everything he saw. This is the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, because the time is near. John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from Him who is and was and is to come, and from the seven Spirits before His throne, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood, . . .

Titus 2:4

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In this way they can train the young women to love their husbands and children,

Titus 2:4-5

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In this way they can train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, managers of their households, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be discredited.

John 5:31

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If I testify about Myself, My testimony is not valid.

John 1:1

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In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

John 1:14

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The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

John 1:18

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No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.

John 1:3

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Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made.

John 10:28-30

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I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand. My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand. I and the Father are one.”

John 10:30-33

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I and the Father are one.” At this, the Jews again picked up stones to stone Him. But Jesus responded, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone Me?” “We are not stoning You for any good work,” said the Jews, “but for blasphemy, because You, who are a man, declare Yourself to be God.”

John 10:31-33

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At this, the Jews again picked up stones to stone Him. But Jesus responded, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone Me?” “We are not stoning You for any good work,” said the Jews, “but for blasphemy, because You, who are a man, declare Yourself to be God.”

John 4:34

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Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

John 5:17-18

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But Jesus answered them, “To this very day My Father is at His work, and I too am working.” Because of this, the Jews tried all the harder to kill Him. Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.

John 5:30

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I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

John 5:36-38

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But I have testimony more substantial than that of John. For the works that the Father has given Me to accomplish—the very works I am doing—testify about Me that the Father has sent Me. And the Father who sent Me has Himself testified about Me. You have never heard His voice nor seen His form, nor does His word abide in you, because you do not believe the One He sent.

John 6:20

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But Jesus spoke up: “It is I; do not be afraid.”

John 8:24

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That is why I told you that you would die in your sins. For unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.”

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