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For in this case the saying is true, ‘One sows and another reaps.'

I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored and you have entered into their labor."

and they were saying to the woman, "It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves and know that this One is truly the Savior of the world."

For Jesus Himself bore witness that a prophet has no honor in his own country.

So when He came to Galilee, the Galileans received Him, having seen all the things that He did in Jerusalem at the feast; for they themselves also went to the feast.

When he heard that Jesus had come out of Judea into Galilee, he went to Him and was asking Him to come down and heal his son; for he was about to die.

In these lay a multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, and withered, [waiting for the moving of the waters;

for an angel of the Lord went down at certain seasons into the pool and stirred up the water; whoever then first, after the stirring up of the water, stepped in was made well from whatever sickness with which he was afflicted.]

And a man was there who had been sick for thirty-eight years.

So the Jews were saying to the man who had been healed, "It is the Sabbath, and it is not lawful for you to carry your mat."

But the man who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped away while there was a crowd in that place.

And for this reason the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because He was doing these things on the Sabbath.

For this reason therefore the Jews were seeking all the more to kill Him, because He not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.

Therefore Jesus answered and was saying to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing from Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, these things the Son also does in the same manner.

For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself is doing; and the Father will show Him greater works than these, so that you will marvel.

For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom He wishes.

For not even the Father judges anyone, but He has given all judgment to the Son,

For just as the Father has life in Himself, even so He gave to the Son also to have life in Himself;

Do not marvel at this; for an hour is coming, in which all who are in the tombs will hear His voice,

He was the lamp that was burning and shining and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.