Do not think, however, that I am the one who will accuse you to my Father. Moses, in whom you have put your hope, is the very one who will accuse you.

You make judgments in a purely human way; I pass judgment on no one.

But if I were to do so, my judgment would be true, because I am not alone in this; the Father who sent me is with me.

If people hear my message and do not obey it, I will not judge them. I came, not to judge the world, but to save it.

Those who reject me and do not accept my message have one who will judge them. The words I have spoken will be their judge on the last day!

Then Jesus and his disciples went on to another village.

The next day John saw Jesus coming to him, and said, "There is the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

For what my Father wants is that all who see the Son and believe in him should have eternal life. And I will raise them to life on the last day."

Come and present your case in court; let the defendants consult one another. Who predicted long ago what would happen? Was it not I, the LORD, the God who saves his people? There is no other god.

My promise is true, and it will not be changed. I solemnly promise by all that I am: Everyone will come and kneel before me and vow to be loyal to me.

The LORD said to me, "I have a greater task for you, my servant. Not only will you restore to greatness the people of Israel who have survived, but I will also make you a light to the nations--- so that all the world may be saved."

Israel's holy God and savior says to the one who is deeply despised, who is hated by the nations and is the servant of rulers: "Kings will see you released and will rise to show their respect; princes also will see it, and they will bow low to honor you." This will happen because the LORD has chosen his servant; the holy God of Israel keeps his promises.

The LORD says, "It was my will that he should suffer; his death was a sacrifice to bring forgiveness. And so he will see his descendants; he will live a long life, and through him my purpose will succeed.

And so I will give him a place of honor, a place among the great and powerful. He willingly gave his life and shared the fate of evil men. He took the place of many sinners and prayed that they might be forgiven."

Rejoice, rejoice, people of Zion! Shout for joy, you people of Jerusalem! Look, your king is coming to you! He comes triumphant and victorious, but humble and riding on a donkey--- on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

"A virgin will become pregnant and have a son, and he will be called Immanuel" (which means, "God is with us").

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"A virgin will become pregnant and have a son, and he will be called Immanuel" (which means, "God is with us").

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but the angel said to them, "Don't be afraid! I am here with good news for you, which will bring great joy to all the people.

This very day in David's town your Savior was born---Christ the Lord!

The Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost."

For there is one God, and there is one who brings God and human beings together, the man Christ Jesus,

who gave himself to redeem the whole human race. That was the proof at the right time that God wants everyone to be saved,

And Christ himself is the means by which our sins are forgiven, and not our sins only, but also the sins of everyone.

And we have seen and tell others that the Father sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.