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Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
The Vigil
Today’s scroll, one verse at a time — each linked to the last by the cross-references rather than by any model of you. The same vigil for everyone, and a different one tomorrow.
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.
from John 7:16
They are of the world: therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them.
from John 17:14
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will you do in its end?
from I John 4:5
And what will you do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from afar? to whom will you flee for help? and where will you leave your glory?
from Jeremiah 5:31
What then shall I do when God rises up? and when he visits, what shall I answer him?
from Isaiah 10:3
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As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
from I Corinthians 8:4
But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
from I Timothy 2:5 · a strong link
All things were made by him; and without him nothing was made that was made.
from I Corinthians 8:6 · a strong link
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping creature that creeps upon the earth.
from John 1:3 · a strong link
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By this we perceive the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
As the Father knows me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
from I John 3:16
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd gives his life for the sheep.
from John 10:15 · a strong link
Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
from John 10:11 · a strong link
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But the anointing which you have received of him remains in you, and you need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teaches you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it has taught you, you shall remain in him.
But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things.
from I John 2:27 · a strong link
You love righteousness, and hate wickedness: therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.
from I John 2:20
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
from Psalms 45:7
So then they which are of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.
from Ephesians 1:3
Therefore it is of faith, so that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,
from Galatians 3:9
That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
from Romans 4:16
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And God has set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, varieties of tongues.
Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially they who labor in the word and doctrine.
from I Corinthians 12:28
Remember your leaders, who have spoken to you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conduct.
from I Timothy 5:17
If you know not, O fairest among women, go your way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed your kids beside the shepherds’ tents.
from Hebrews 13:7
What is your beloved more than another beloved, O fairest among women? what is your beloved more than another beloved, that you do so charge us?
from Song of Solomon 1:8 · a strong link
Glorious things are spoken of you, O city of God. Selah.
from Song of Solomon 5:9
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I know also, my God, that you try the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy your people, who are present here, to offer willingly to you.
For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and discerns the thoughts and intents of the heart.
from I Chronicles 29:17
The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
from Hebrews 4:12
I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
from Ecclesiastes 12:11
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
from John 10:14 · a strong link
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Clean out therefore the old leaven, so that you may be a new lump, as you are unleavened. For even Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us:
Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD.
from I Corinthians 5:7
Seven days shall you eat unleavened bread; even the first day you shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whoever eats leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
from Exodus 13:6
And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
from Exodus 12:15
That is the whole thread.
Every verse the cross-references reach from John 7:16 along this chain. Today’s own vigil is laid separately.
Each verse follows the one before it along the chain a study Bible draws — a century old, public, and compiled by people arguing about Scripture rather than about how long you stay. Every card says which verse it came from and opens the chapter it belongs to. Today’s vigil is the same for every reader and is worked out from the date alone, so there is no account, no counter, and nothing stored in your browser or ours.
The text is the Lantern Modern Standard. The links are openbible.info’s cross-reference set (CC BY), the same apparatus behind the reader’s Echoes drawer. Read a whole book · Today’s table