He must become more important while I become less important.” ¹ 

concerning sin, because ¹  they do not believe in me; ² 

“Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me. ¹ 

“Whoever welcomes ¹  one of these little children ²  in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me.”

“The one who listens ¹  to you listens to me, ²  and the one who rejects you rejects me, and the one who rejects me rejects ³  the one who sent me.” ⁴ 

But Jesus shouted out, ¹  “The one who believes in me does not believe in me, but in the one who sent me, ² 

I tell you the solemn truth, ¹  whoever accepts ²  the one I send accepts me, and whoever accepts me accepts the one who sent me.” ³ 

And Isaiah is even bold enough to say, “I was found by those who did not seek me; I became well known to those who did not ask for me.” ¹ 

For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me! ¹ 

And who am I ¹  that the mother of my Lord should come and visit me?

For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me!” ¹ 

and the one who sees me sees the one who sent me. ¹ 

The one who hates me hates my Father too.

They ¹  will do these things because they have not known the Father or me. ² 

He ¹  will glorify me, ²  because he will receive ³  from me what is mine ⁴  and will tell it to you. ⁵ 

Just as you sent me into the world, so I sent them into the world. ¹ 

But there are some Jews from the province of Asia ¹  who should be here before you and bring charges, ²  if they have anything against me.

Thus I am eager ¹  also to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome. ² 

This is my defense to those who examine me.

So I hope to send him as soon as I know more about my situation,