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The Message Bible MSG
44 And Jesus cried out and said, "Whoever believes in me, believes not in me but in him who sent me.
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Jesus summed it all up when he cried out, "Whoever believes in me, believes not just in me but in the One who sent me.
45 And whoever sees me sees him who sent me.
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Whoever looks at me is looking, in fact, at the One who sent me.
46 I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.
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I am Light that has come into the world so that all who believe in me won't have to stay any longer in the dark.
47 If anyone hears my words and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world.
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"If anyone hears what I am saying and doesn't take it seriously, I don't reject him. I didn't come to reject the world;
48 The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; the word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.
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I came to save the world. But you need to know that whoever puts me off, refusing to take in what I'm saying, is willfully choosing rejection. The Word, the Word-made-flesh that I have spoken and that I am, that Word and no other is the last word.
49 For I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment--what to say and what to speak.
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I'm not making any of this up on my own. The Father who sent me gave me orders, told me what to say and how to say it.
50 And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I say, therefore, I say as the Father has told me."
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And I know exactly what his command produces: real and eternal life. That's all I have to say. What the Father told me, I tell you."
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Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.