He replied, ‘I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.’
John 1:11 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 replied, ‘I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.’
‘But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, “We don’t want this man to rule over us.”
He was in the world, and the world was created through him, and yet the world did not recognise him.
But to all who did receive him, he gave them the right to be children of God, to those who believe in his name,
Then he said to the disciple, ‘Here is your mother.’ And from that hour the disciple took her into his home.
He testifies to what he has seen and heard, and yet no one accepts his testimony.
‘Brothers and sisters, children of Abraham’s race, and those among you who fear God, it is to us that the word of this salvation has been sent.
Paul and Barnabas boldly replied, ‘It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you first. Since you reject it and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, we are turning to the Gentiles.
we said farewell to one another and boarded the ship, and they returned home.
For I say that Christ became a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God’s truth, to confirm the promises to the fathers,
I speak the truth in Christ #– #I am not lying; my conscience testifies to me through the Holy Spirit #– #
The ancestors are theirs, and from them, by physical descent, came the Christ, who is God over all, praised forever. , Amen.
When the time came to completion, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,