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Mark 13:31 - Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.

Luke 21:33 - Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.

John 6:63 - The spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing: the words I speak to you are spirit and life.

John 8:51 - Truly, truly, I say to you, If anyone keeps my word, he shall never see death.

John 5:24 - Truly, truly, I say to you, He who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and shall not come into judgment; but has passed from death into life.

John 5:25 - Truly, truly, I say to you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and those who hear shall live.

John 5:28 - Do not marvel at this: for the hour is coming, in which all who are in the tombs shall hear his voice,

John 18:37 - So Pilate said to him, You are a king then? Jesus answered, You say that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause I came into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Every one who is of the truth hears my voice.

Matthew 4:4 - But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.

Luke 4:4 - And Jesus answered him, It is written, Man shall not live on bread alone.

John 12:47 - And if any man hears my words, and does not believe, I do not judge him: for I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world.

John 12:48 - He who rejects me, and does not receive my words, has one who judges him: the word that I have spoken, that shall judge him on the last day.

John 12:49 - For I have not spoken of my own accord; but the Father who sent me, he commanded what I should say, and what I should speak.

John 12:50 - And I know that his commandment is life eternal: therefore, whatever I speak, I speak as the Father has bidden me.

John 14:10 - Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak to you I do not speak of my own accord: but the Father who dwells in me, he does his works.

John 7:17 - If any man is willing to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it is of God, or whether I speak from myself.

John 8:38 - I speak that which I have seen in the presence of my Father: and you do that which you have heard from your father.

John 7:18 - He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory: but he who seeks the glory of the one who sent him, he is true, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

John 8:14 - Jesus answered and said to them, Though I bear testimony of myself, yet my testimony is true: for I know where I came from, and where I go; but you do not know where I come from, or where I go.

John 3:11 - Truly, truly, I say to you, We speak what we know, and testify of what we have seen; but you do not receive our testimony.

John 8:45 - And because I tell you the truth, you do not believe me.

John 8:46 - Which of you convicts me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do you not believe me?

John 8:47 - He who is of God hears God's words: therefore you do not hear them, because you are not of God.

John 8:40 - But now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth, which I have heard from God: this Abraham did not do.

John 15:22 - If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin: but now they have no excuse for their sin.

John 5:46 - For had you believed Moses, you would have believed me: for he wrote of me.

John 5:47 - But if you do not believe his writings, how shall you believe my words?

Luke 24:44 - He said to them, These are the words which I spoke to you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled which are written about me in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms.

Luke 10:24 - For I tell you, that many prophets and kings desired to see those things which you see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which you hear, and have not heard them.

Matthew 11:15 - He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

Mark 4:23 - If any man has ears to hear, let him hear.

Mark 4:24 - And he said to them, Take heed what you hear: with the measure you use, it shall be measured to you: and more besides.

Luke 8:18 - Therefore, take heed how you listen: for whoever has, to him shall be given; and whoever has not, from him shall be taken even that which he seems to have.

Luke 6:47 - I will show you what he is like who comes to me, and hears my words, and does them:

Luke 6:48 - He is like a man who built a house, and dug deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the river beat violently upon that house, but could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.

Luke 6:49 - But he who hears, and does not obey, is like a man who built a house upon the ground without a foundation; and the river beat violently against it, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.

Matthew 7:24 - Therefore, whoever hears these words of mine, and does them, will be like a wise man, who built his house upon a rock:

Matthew 7:25 - And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it did not fall: for it was founded upon a rock.

Matthew 7:26 - And every one who hears these words of mine, and does not do them, is like a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand:

Matthew 7:27 - And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

Luke 6:46 - And why do you call me, Lord, Lord, and do not do the things which I say?

John 10:27 - My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

John 14:23 - Jesus answered and said to him, If a man loves me, he will keep my word: and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our abode with him.

John 14:24 - He who does not love me does not keep my words: and the word which you hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me.

John 14:25 - These things I have spoken to you while I am still present with you.

John 8:31 - Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed in him, If you continue in my word, then you are my disciples indeed;

John 8:32 - And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

John 15:7 - If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it shall be done for you.

John 15:10 - If you keep my commandments, you shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.

John 14:21 - He who has my commandments, and keeps them, he it is who loves me: and he who loves me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

John 15:14 - You are my friends, if you do what I command you.

John 15:15 - No longer do I call you servants; for the servant does not know what his lord is doing: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.

John 15:12 - This is my commandment, That you love one another, as I have loved you.

John 15:17 - This I command you, that you love one another.

Luke 4:18 - The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed,

Luke 4:19 - To preach the year of the Lord's favour.

John 18:20 - Jesus answered him, I spoke openly to the world; I always taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, where the Jews all come together; and I said nothing in secret.

Luke 4:43 - But he said to them, I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also: for I was sent for that purpose.

Matthew 28:19 - Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit:

Matthew 28:20 - Teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.

John 16:12 - I have yet many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

John 16:13 - Yet when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of his own accord; but whatever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will show you things to come.

John 17:25 - O righteous Father, the world has not known you: but I have known you, and these know that you have sent me.

John 17:6 - I have manifested your name to the men whom you gave me out of the world: yours they were, and you gave them to me; and they have kept your word.

John 17:7 - Now they know that all things that you have given me are from you.

John 17:8 - For I have given to them the words which you gave me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came from you, and they have believed that you did send me.

John 17:13 - And now I come to you; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.

John 17:14 - I have given them your word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

John 17:17 - Sanctify them in the truth: your word is truth.

John 17:19 - And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified in the truth.

John 17:20 - I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who shall believe in me through their word;

John 17:26 - And I have declared to them your name, and will declare it: that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.

Matthew 13:3 - And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;

Matthew 13:4 - And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the wayside, and the birds came and devoured them:

Matthew 13:5 - Some fell upon stony places, where they did not have much earth: and at once they sprang up, because they had no depth of soil:

Matthew 13:6 - And when the sun came up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

Matthew 13:7 - And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up, and choked them:

Matthew 13:8 - But other seeds fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.

Matthew 13:9 - He who has ears, let him hear.

Matthew 13:19 - When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand it, then the wicked one comes, and catches away that which was sown in his heart. This is the seed that was sown by the wayside.

Matthew 13:20 - The seed sown upon stony places is he who hears the word, and immediately receives it with joy;

Matthew 13:21 - Yet he has no root in himself, and endures only for a while: when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, he falls away.

Matthew 13:22 - The seed sown among the thorns is he who hears the word; and the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

Matthew 13:23 - But the seed sown on the good ground is he who hears the word, and understands it; he also bears fruit, and brings forth, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.

Mark 4:3 - Listen; Behold, a sower went out to sow:

Mark 4:4 - And it came to pass, as he sowed, some seed fell by the wayside, and the birds of the air came and devoured it.

Mark 4:5 - And some fell on stony ground, where it did not have much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil:

Mark 4:6 - But when the sun came up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

Mark 4:7 - And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

Mark 4:8 - And other seed fell on good ground, and yielded fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some a hundredfold.

Mark 4:9 - And he said to them, He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

Mark 4:14 - The sower sows the word.

Mark 4:15 - And these are the ones by the wayside, where the word is sown; when they have heard, Satan comes immediately, and takes away the word that was sown in them.

Mark 4:16 - And likewise, these are the ones who are like seed sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;

Mark 4:17 - But have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution arises for the word's sake, they immediately fall away.

Mark 4:18 - And these are the ones who are like seed sown among thorns; they hear the word,

Mark 4:19 - And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lust for other things enter in, and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

Mark 4:20 - And these are the ones who are like seed sown on good ground; they hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirty, some sixty, and some a hundredfold.

Luke 8:5 - A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the wayside; and it was trodden down, and the birds of the air devoured it.

Luke 8:6 - And some fell upon the rock; and as soon as it had sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.

Luke 8:7 - And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.

Luke 8:8 - And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bore a crop a hundred times as great. And when he said these things, he called out, He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

Luke 8:10 - And he said, To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others it is in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.

Luke 8:11 - Now the meaning of the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

Luke 8:12 - Those by the wayside are the ones who hear; then the devil comes, and takes the word from their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.

Luke 8:13 - Those on the rock are the ones, who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; but they have no root; they believe for a while, but in time of temptation fall away.

Luke 8:14 - And the seed which fell among thorns are those, who, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to maturity.

Luke 8:15 - But the seed on the good ground are those, who in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.

John 16:25 - These things I have spoken to you in parables: but the time comes when I shall no longer speak to you in parables, but I shall tell you plainly of the Father.

Matthew 10:27 - What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light: and what you hear whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.

John 15:20 - Remember the word that I said to you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my word, they will keep yours also.

John 16:33 - These things I have spoken to you, that in me you might have peace. In the world you shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.