John 1:11
He came to his own--yet his own did not receive him.
John 3:32
He states what he has seen and what he heard, and yet no one accepts his statement.
Matthew 15:24
"I was not sent," replied Jesus, "to any one except the lost sheep of Israel."
Luke 19:14
But his subjects hated him and sent envoys after him to say 'We will not have this man as our King.'
Luke 20:13-15
'What shall I do?' said the owner of the vineyard. 'I will send my son, who is very dear to me. Perhaps they will respect him.'
Acts 3:25-26
You yourselves are the heirs of the Prophets, and heirs, too, of the Covenant which God made with your ancestors, when he said to Abraham--'In your descendants will all the nations of the earth be blessed.'
Acts 7:51-52
O! stubborn race, heathen in heart and ears, you are for ever resisting the Holy Spirit; your ancestors did it, and you are doing it still.
Acts 13:26
Brothers, descendants of Abraham, and all those among you who reverence God, it was to us that the Message of this Salvation was sent.
Acts 13:46
Then Paul and Barnabas spoke out fearlessly, and said: "It was necessary that the Message of God should be told to you first; but, since you reject it and reckon yourselves not worthy of the Immortal Life--we turn to the Gentiles!
Romans 9:1
I am speaking the truth as one in union with Christ; it is no lie; and my conscience, enlightened by the Holy Spirit,
Romans 9:5
They are descended from the Patriarchs; and, as far as his human nature was concerned, from them came the Christ-he who is supreme over all things, God for ever blessed. Amen.
Romans 15:8
For I tell you that Christ, in vindication of God's truthfulness, has become a minister of the Covenant of Circumcision, so that he may fulfil the promises made to our ancestors,
Galatians 4:4
But, when the full time came, God sent his Son--born a woman's child, born subject to Law--