John 4:34

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John 4:34

Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

My meat

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My meat

But he said to them, I have food of which you have no knowledge.

The bread of God is the bread which comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world.

I have never gone against the orders of his lips; the words of his mouth have been stored up in my heart.

My delight is to do your pleasure, O my God; truly, your law is in my heart.

The spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make the broken-hearted well, to say that the prisoners will be made free, and that those in chains will see the light again;

What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if one of them gets loose and goes away, will not let the ninety-nine be in the waste land by themselves, and go after the wandering one, till he sees where it is?

For the Son of man came to make search for those who are wandering from the way, and to be their Saviour.

In all things I was an example to you of how, in your lives, you are to give help to the feeble, and keep in memory the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, There is a greater blessing in giving than in getting.

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And meat was put before him, but he said, I will not take food till I have made my business clear to you. And they said, Do so.

And the breast which is waved and the leg which is lifted up on high, you are to take as your food in a clean place; you and your sons and your daughters with you: for they are given to you as your right and your sons' right, from the peace-offerings of the children of Israel.

And Jesus got up and went after him, and so did his disciples.

And in the morning, a long time before daylight, he got up and went out to a quiet place, and there he gave himself up to prayer.