John 1:11

Good News Translation

He came to his own country, but his own people did not receive him.

Cross References

Matthew 15:24

Then Jesus replied, “I have been sent only to the lost sheep of the people of Israel.”

Luke 19:14

Now, his own people hated him, and so they sent messengers after him to say, ‘We don't want this man to be our king.’

John 1:10

The Word was in the world, and though God made the world through him, yet the world did not recognize him.

John 1:12

Some, however, did receive him and believed in him; so he gave them the right to become God's children.

John 19:27

Then he said to the disciple, “She is your mother.” From that time the disciple took her to live in his home.

John 3:32

He tells what he has seen and heard, yet no one accepts his message.

Acts 13:26

“My fellow Israelites, descendants of Abraham, and all Gentiles here who worship God: it is to us that this message of salvation has been sent!

Acts 13:46

But Paul and Barnabas spoke out even more boldly: “It was necessary that the word of God should be spoken first to you. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we will leave you and go to the Gentiles.

Acts 21:6

Then we said good-bye to one another, and we went on board the ship while they went back home.

Romans 15:8

For I tell you that Christ's life of service was on behalf of the Jews, to show that God is faithful, to make his promises to their ancestors come true,

Romans 9:1

I am speaking the truth; I belong to Christ and I do not lie. My conscience, ruled by the Holy Spirit, also assures me that I am not lying

Romans 9:5

they are descended from the famous Hebrew ancestors; and Christ, as a human being, belongs to their race. May God, who rules over all, be praised forever! Amen.

Galatians 4:4

But when the right time finally came, God sent his own Son. He came as the son of a human mother and lived under the Jewish Law,