John 1:11

Plain English Version

He came to his own countrymen, but most of them didn’t want him.

Cross References

Luke 19:14

But some of the people in that man’s country hated him, so they sent a messenger to tell the biggest boss that they didn’t want that man to become their boss.

John 1:10

The one called the Word came to the world. You know, God used that one called the Word to make everything in the world, but people in the world didn’t know who he was.

John 1:12

But some people did want him. They believed in him, so God said they can join his family, and be his own kids.

John 19:27

And he said to his follower, “Look at that woman near you. She is your mother now.” So that follower took Jesus’s mother back to his house, and from that time he looked after her, like she was his own mother.

John 3:32

He talks about the things he saw and heard in heaven. But nobody believes him.

Acts 13:26

Listen, friends. Some of you are Jews that belong to our grand-father Abraham’s family, and some of you are not Jews but you respect our God. All of you have to listen to this message that God sent to us. It is about how God wants to save us.

Acts 13:46

Paul and Barnabas were not frightened of them. They said, “God sent us to tell his message to you Jews first. But you didn’t listen to it, and that shows us that you don’t want to live with God for ever. So now we will tell God’s message to people that are not Jews.

Acts 21:6

After that, we said goodbye to those other Christians, then we got on the ship, and the others went back to their homes.

Romans 15:8

Remember this. Jesus Christ came here and worked for his own nation, the Jewish people. A long time ago, God promised some things to their elders, and later, Jesus came to show them that God will do what he promised.

Galatians 4:4

And just like that little kid, we had to wait for the right time to come. Then, when the right time came, God sent his own son from heaven to the earth. He was born from a normal woman into the Jewish nation, and he did what the Jewish law said.