Thirty verses in
The New Testament
Say Jesus is not God.
But
A
Messenger of
God.
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Verse
John 1:18
No one has ever seen God…
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John 4:23
Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth…
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John 4:34
"My food," said Jesus, "is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work.
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John 5:19
Jesus gave them this answer: "Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing,…
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John 5:30
By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.
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John 6:38
For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me.
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John 7:16
Jesus answered, "My teaching is not my own. It comes from the one who sent me.
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John 8:26
"I have much to say in judgment of you. But he who sent me is trustworthy, and what I have heard from him I tell the world."
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John 8:29
The one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, for I always do what pleases him."
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John 8: 40
As it is, you are looking for a way to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God…
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John 11: 41-42
…Then Jesus looked up and said, "Father, I thank you that you have heard me. I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me."
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John 12:49
For I did not speak on my own, but the Father who sent me commanded me to say all that I have spoken.
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John 13: 16
Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.
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John 14:28
…for the Father is greater than I.
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John 14:31
but he comes so that the world may learn that I love the Father and do exactly what my Father has commanded me…
15 Thirty verses in the New Testament say Jesus is not God,
But a Messenger of God.
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John 17:3
Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
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John 20:17
Jesus said, "Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"
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Matthew 7:21
Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
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Matthew 11:25
At that time Jesus said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth,
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Matthew 15:24
He answered, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel."
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Matthew 15: 31
…And they praised the God of Israel.
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Matthew 26:39
Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, "My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will."
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Matthew 26:42
He went away a second time and prayed, "My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done."
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Matthew 27:46
About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?" (which means "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?").
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Mark 10:18
"Why do you call me good?" Jesus answered. "No one is good--except God alone.
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Mark 12:29
"The most important one," answered Jesus, "is this: 'Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.
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Mark 13:32
"But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
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Luke 4: 8
Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.'"
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Luke 11:2
He said to them, "When you pray, say: "'Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come.
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Luke 22:41-44
He withdrew about a stone's throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed, "Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done." An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him. And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.
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Surah Al-Ikhlas1 (number 112) of the Noble Qur'an
In the name of Allah, the Ever Gracious, the Ever Merciful
1) Say, "He is Allah, [who is] One,2
2) Allah, the Eternal Refuge.3
3) He neither begets nor is born,
4) Nor is there to Him any equivalent."
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1 Al-Ikhlas: Purification, i.e., the purification of faith.
2 i.e., single, unique and indivisible.
3 i.e., the one sought in times of difficulty and need, the one depended upon by all existence.
