What Did Jesus Say About His Purpose?
Think not that I am come to destroy the Law or the Prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. Matthew 5 v 17.
But go you and learn what that means, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. Matthew 9 v 13.
Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.” Matthew 20 v 28.
But Jesus said unto them, You know not what you ask: can you drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? Mark 10 v 38.
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 recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. Luke 4v18-19
And Jesus said unto them; I must preach the Kingdom of God to other cities also: for therefore I am sent. And Jesus preached in the synagogues of Galilee. Luke 4 v 43-44.
But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished! Luke 12 v 50.
To this end was I born, and for this cause I came into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. John 18 v 37.
I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believes on Me should not abide in darkness. John 12 v 46.
For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.Matthew 18 v 11.
But Jesus answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Matthew 15 v 24.
When Jesus heard it, He said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance. Mark 2 v 17.
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so, must the Son of Man be lifted up: John 3 v 14.
For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through Jesus might be saved. John 3 v 16.
The thief comes not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life and that they might have it more abundantly. John 10 v 10.
And if any man hears My words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. John 12 v 47.
The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! John 1 v 29.
For I came down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of the Father Who sent Me. And this is the Father’s will Who has sent Me, that of all that He has given Me I should lose nothing but should raise it up again at the last day. John 6 v 38.
For the Law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. No man has seen God at any time, but the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him. John 1 v 18.
And Jesus said, For judgment, I am come into this world, that they who see not might see; and that they who see might be made blind. And some of the Pharisees who were with him heard these words, and said unto Jesus Are we blind also? Jesus said unto them, If you were blind, you should have no sin: but now you say, We see; therefore your sin remains. John 9 v 39.
My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? Father, save Me from this hour? but for this cause, I came unto this hour. Father, glorify Your name.John 12 v 27-28.
I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man shall eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is My flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.John 6 v 51.