Ephesians 1:4

In Christ, he chose us before the world was made. He chose us in love to be his holy people—people who could stand before him without any fault.

Ephesians 1:4 ERV

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John 20:17

Jesus said to her, “You don’t need to hold on to me! I have not yet gone back up to the Father. But go to my followers and tell them this: ‘I am going back to my Father and your Father. I am going back to my God and your God.’”

John 20:17 ERV

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John 20:14‭-‬16

When Mary said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there. But she did not know that it was Jesus. 

He asked her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who are you looking for?” She thought he was the man in charge of the garden. So she said to him, “Did you take him away, sir? Tell me where you put him. I will go and get him.” 

Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned toward him and said in Aramaic, “Rabboni,” which means “Teacher.”

John 20:14‭-‬16 ERV

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John 20:1‭-‬2‭, ‬6‭-‬8

Early on Sunday morning, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb. She saw that the large stone was moved away from the entrance. 

So she ran to Simon Peter and the other follower (the one Jesus loved very much). She said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they put him.” 

Then Simon Peter finally reached the tomb and went in. He saw the pieces of linen lying there. He also saw the cloth that had been around Jesus’ head. It was folded up and laid in a different place from the pieces of linen. 

Then the other follower went in—the one who had reached the tomb first. He saw what had happened and believed.

John 20:1‭-‬2‭, ‬6‭-‬8 ERV

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John 19:30‭, ‬40‭-‬42

When he tasted the wine, he said, “It is finished.” Then he bowed his head and died. 

These two men took Jesus’ body and wrapped it in pieces of linen cloth with the spices. (This is how the Jews bury people.) 

In the place where Jesus was killed on the cross, there was a garden. In the garden there was a new tomb. No one had ever been buried there before. 

The men put Jesus in that tomb because it was near, and the Jews were preparing to start their Sabbath day.

John 19:30‭, ‬40‭-‬42 ERV

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John 19:10‭-‬11

Pilate said, “You refuse to speak to me? Remember, I have the power to make you free or to kill you on a cross.” 

Jesus answered, “The only power you have over me is the power given to you by God. So the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin.”

John 19:10‭-‬11 ERV

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John 19:26‭-‬27

Jesus saw his mother. He also saw the follower he loved very much standing there. He said to his mother, “Dear woman, here is your son.” Then he said to the follower, “Here is your mother.” So after that, this follower took Jesus’ mother to live in his home.

John 19:26‭-‬27 ERV

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John 19:17‭-‬18

He carried his own cross to a place called “The Place of the Skull.” (In Aramaic the name of this place is “Golgotha.”) 

There they nailed Jesus to the cross. They also nailed two other men to crosses. They put them on each side of Jesus with him in the middle.

John 19:17‭-‬18 ERV

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John 19:14‭-‬16

It was now almost noon on Preparation day of Passover week. Pilate said to the Jews, “Here is your king!” 

They shouted, “Take him away! Take him away! Kill him on a cross!” 

Pilate asked them, “Do you want me to kill your king on a cross?” 

The leading priests answered, “The only king we have is Caesar!” 

So Pilate handed Jesus over to them to be killed on a cross. The soldiers took Jesus.

John 19:14‭-‬16 ERV

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John 18:36‭-‬37

Jesus said, “My kingdom does not belong to this world. If it did, my servants would fight so that I would not be handed over to the Jewish leaders. No, my kingdom is not an earthly one.” 

Pilate said, “So you are a king.” Jesus answered, “You are right to say that I am a king. I was born for this: to tell people about the truth. That is why I came into the world. And everyone who belongs to the truth listens to me.”

John 18:36‭-‬37 ERV

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John 18:10‭-‬11

Simon Peter had a sword, which he pulled out. He struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his right ear. (The servant’s name was Malchus.) 

Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword back in its place! I must drink from the cup the Father has given me.”

John 18:10‭-‬11 ERV

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John 18:8‭-‬9

Jesus said, “I told you that I am Jesus. So if you are looking for me, let these other men go free.” 

This was to show the truth of what Jesus said earlier: “I have not lost anyone you gave me.”

John 18:8‭-‬9 ERV

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John 17:21‭, ‬23

Father, I pray that all who believe in me can be one. You are in me and I am in you. 

I pray that they can also be one in us. Then the world will believe that you sent me. 

I will be in them, and you will be in me. So they will be completely one. 

Then the world will know that you sent me and that you loved them just as you loved me.

John 17:21‭, ‬23 ERV

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John 17:12‭, ‬15

While I was with them, I kept them safe by the power of your name—the name you gave me. I protected them. 

And only one of them was lost—the one who was sure to be lost. This was to show the truth of what the Scriptures said would happen. 

I am not asking you to take them out of the world. But I am asking that you keep them safe from the Evil One.

John 17:12‭, ‬15 ERV

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John 17:11

“Now I am coming to you. I will not stay in the world, but these followers of mine are still in the world. Holy Father, keep them safe by the power of your name—the name you gave me. Then they will be one, just as you and I are one.

John 17:11 ERV

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John 17:13

“I am coming to you now. But I pray these things while I am still in the world. I say all this so that these followers can have the true happiness that I have. I want them to be completely happy.

John 17:13 ERV

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John 17:2‭-‬3

You gave the Son power over all people so that he could give eternal life to all those you have given to him. 

And this is eternal life: that people can know you, the only true God, and that they can know Jesus Christ, the one you sent.

John 17:2‭-‬3 ERV

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John 16:32

Listen to me. A time is coming when you will be scattered, each to his own home. In fact, that time is already here. 

You will leave me, and I will be alone. But I am never really alone, because the Father is with me.

John 16:32 ERV

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John 16:33

“I have told you these things so that you can have peace in me. In this world you will have troubles. But be brave! I have defeated the world!”

John 16:33 ERV

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Luke 24:5‭-‬7

The women were very afraid. They bowed down with their faces to the ground. 

The men said to them, “Why are you looking for a living person here? This is a place for dead people. 

Jesus is not here. He has risen from death. Do you remember what he said in Galilee? 

He said the Son of Man must be handed over to the control of sinful men, be killed on a cross, and rise from death on the third day.”

Luke 24:5‭-‬7 ERV

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John 16:23‭-‬24

In that day you will not have to ask me about anything. And I assure you, my Father will give you anything you ask him for in my name. 

You have never asked for anything in this way before. But ask in my name, and you will receive. And you will have the fullest joy possible.

John 16:23‭-‬24 ERV

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John 16:21‭-‬22

When a woman gives birth to a baby, she has pain, because her time has come. But when her baby is born, she forgets the pain. She forgets because she is so happy that a child has been born into the world. 

It is the same with you. Now you are sad, but I will see you again, and you will be happy. You will have a joy that no one can take away.

John 16:21‭-‬22 ERV

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John 16:12‭-‬14

 “I have so much more to tell you, but it is too much for you to accept now. But when the Spirit of truth comes, he will lead you into all truth. 

He will not speak his own words. He will speak only what he hears and will tell you what will happen in the future. 

The Spirit of truth will bring glory to me by telling you what he receives from me.

John 16:12‭-‬14 ERV

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John 16:8‭-‬10

 “When the Helper comes, he will show the people of the world how wrong they are about sin, about being right with God, and about judgment. 

He will prove that they are guilty of sin, because they don’t believe in me. 

He will show them how wrong they are about how to be right with God. 

The Helper will do this, because I am going to the Father. You will not see me then.

John 16:8‭-‬10 ERV

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John 16:7

 Let me assure you, it is better for you that I go away. I say this because when I go away I will send the Helper to you. But if I did not go, the Helper would not come.

John 16:7 ERV

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John 16:1‭-‬3

 “I have told you all this so that you won’t lose your faith when you face troubles. 

People will tell you to leave their synagogues and never come back. 

In fact, the time will come when they will think that killing you would be doing service for God. 

They will do this because they have not known the Father, and they have not known me.

John 16:1‭-‬3 ERV

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John 15:26‭-‬27

 “I will send you the Helper from the Father. The Helper is the Spirit of truth who comes from the Father. 

When he comes, he will tell about me. And you will tell people about me too, because you have been with me from the beginning.

John 15:26‭-‬27 ERV

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John 15:23‭-‬25

 “Whoever hates me also hates my Father. 

I did things among the people of the world that no one else has ever done. If I had not done those things, they would not be guilty of sin. 

But they have seen what I did, and still they hate me and my Father. 

But this happened to make clear the full meaning of what is written in their law: ‘They hated me for no reason.’

John 15:23‭-‬25 ERV

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