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... Father , having loved his own which were in the world , he loved them unto the end . And supper being ended ( the devil having now put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot , Simon's son , to betray him ) , Jesus knowing that the Father ...
... Father , having loved his own which were in the world , he loved them unto the end . And supper being ended ( the devil having now put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot , Simon's son , to betray him ) , Jesus knowing that the Father ...
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... Father , even in the most mysterious of his dispensations . Struck by these words , which , whether he comprehended them or not , he felt to contain a strong rebuke , Peter passed , with his accustomed energy of cha- racter , from the ...
... Father , even in the most mysterious of his dispensations . Struck by these words , which , whether he comprehended them or not , he felt to contain a strong rebuke , Peter passed , with his accustomed energy of cha- racter , from the ...
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... Father , " then did Jesus begin to wash the apostles ' feet . At such a moment it could surely have raised in us no reasonable surprise , if the thoughts of the Redeemer had been entirely occupied with the con- templation of his own ...
... Father , " then did Jesus begin to wash the apostles ' feet . At such a moment it could surely have raised in us no reasonable surprise , if the thoughts of the Redeemer had been entirely occupied with the con- templation of his own ...
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... Father had given all things into his hand , and that he was come from God , and went to God . " It was not , therefore , in any unconsciousness of his own divine dignity , nor in any igno- rance of his own incomparable superiority over ...
... Father had given all things into his hand , and that he was come from God , and went to God . " It was not , therefore , in any unconsciousness of his own divine dignity , nor in any igno- rance of his own incomparable superiority over ...
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... Father hath given many of the good things of this world into their possession , and raised them to an eminence of rank , of riches , or of knowledge , from which their lowlier brethren have , by the dispensations of the same heavenly Father ...
... Father hath given many of the good things of this world into their possession , and raised them to an eminence of rank , of riches , or of knowledge , from which their lowlier brethren have , by the dispensations of the same heavenly Father ...
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Page 13 - So after He had washed their feet, and had taken His garments, and was set down again, He said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you ? Ye call Me, Master, and Lord ; and ye say well, for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet ; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
Page 344 - Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Page 45 - For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil. The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!
Page 132 - hath * no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it : for the glory of God " doth * lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
Page 234 - Yet, O Lord God most holy, O Lord most mighty, O holy and most merciful Saviour, deliver us not into the bitter pains of eternal death.
Page 14 - Peter saith unto Him, Lord, dost Thou wash my feet ? Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do, thou knowest not now, but thou shalt know hereafter.
Page 94 - Christ, who, though he was rich, yet for our " sakes became poor, that we, through his poverty,
Page 46 - just live by faith;" and the loss of this life can only be by unbelief: so the " life which we now live in the flesh we live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved us, and gave himself for us,
Page 94 - The LORD liveth ; and blessed be my Rock ; And let the God of my salvation be exalted.
Page 189 - In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.