He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
John 1:11 - Revised Standard Version He came to his own home, and his own people received him not. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He came unto his own, and his own received him not. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He came to that which belonged to Him [to His own–His domain, creation, things, world], and they who were His own did not receive Him and did not welcome Him. American Standard Version (1901) He came unto his own, and they that were his own received him not. Common English Bible The light came to his own people, and his own people didn’t welcome him. Catholic Public Domain Version He went to his own, and his own did not accept him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He came unto his own, and his own received him not. |
He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
But his citizens hated him and sent an embassy after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to reign over us.’
He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world knew him not.
But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God;
Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.
He bears witness to what he has seen and heard, yet no one receives his testimony;
“Brethren, sons of the family of Abraham, and those among you that fear God, to us has been sent the message of this salvation.
And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, “It was necessary that the word of God should be spoken first to you. Since you thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.
For I tell you that Christ became a servant to the circumcised to show God's truthfulness, in order to confirm the promises given to the patriarchs,
I am speaking the truth in Christ, I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit,
to them belong the patriarchs, and of their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ. God who is over all be blessed for ever. Amen.
But when the time had fully come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law,