Jesus’ Statements of His Purpose

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Matthew 5:17
“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets;
I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.

Matthew 10:34
“Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth.
I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.

Matthew 10:35
For I have come to turn“‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother,
a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law—

Mark 1:38
Jesus replied, “Let us go somewhere else—to the nearby villages—
so I can preach there also. That is why I have come.”

Luke 12:49
I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!

John 5:43
I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not accept me;
but if someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him.

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.

John 8:42
Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me,
for I have come here from God. I have not come on my own; God sent me.

John 9:39
Jesus said, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind.”

John 10:10
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy;
I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

John 12:46
I
 have come into the world as a light, so that
no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.

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