| 16:1 And verily, verily, I say unto you that I have
other sheep which are not of this land, neither of the
land of Jerusalem, neither in any parts of that land
round about whither I have been to minister. |
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| 16:2 For they of whom I speak are they who have not
as yet heard my voice; neither have I at any time
manifested myself unto them. |
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| 16:3 But I have received a commandment of the Father
that I shall go unto them, and that they shall hear my
voice, and shall be numbered among my sheep, that there
may be one fold and one shepherd; therefore I go to show
myself unto them. |
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| 16:4 And I command you that ye shall write these
sayings after I am gone, that if it so be that my people
at Jerusalem, they who have seen me and been with me in
my ministry, do not ask the Father in my name, that they
may receive a knowledge of you by the Holy Ghost, and
also of the other tribes whom they know not of, that
these sayings which ye shall write shall be kept and
shall be manifested unto the Gentiles, that through the
fulness of the Gentiles, the remnant of their seed, who
shall be scattered forth upon the face of the earth
because of their unbelief, may be brought in, or may be
brought to a knowledge of me, their Redeemer. |
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| 16:5 And then will I gather them in from the four
quarters of the earth; and then will I fulfill the
covenant which the Father hath made unto all the people
of the house of Israel. |
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| 16:6 And blessed are the Gentiles, because of their
belief in me, in and of the Holy Ghost, which witnesses
unto them of me and of the Father. |
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| 16:7 Behold, because of their belief in me, saith
the Father, and because of the unbelief of you, O house
of Israel, in the latter day shall the truth come unto
the Gentiles, that the fulness of these things shall be
made known unto them. |
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| 16:8 But wo, saith the Father, unto the unbelieving
of the Gentiles--for notwithstanding they have come forth
upon the face of this land, and have scattered my people
who are of the house of Israel; and my people who are of
the house of Israel have been cast out from among them,
and have been trodden under feet by them; |
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| 16:9 And because of the mercies of the Father unto
the Gentiles, and also the judgments of the Father upon
my people who are of the house of Israel, verily, verily,
I say unto you, that after all this, and I have caused my
people who are of the house of Israel to be smitten, and
to be afflicted, and to be slain, and to be cast out from
among them, and to become hated by them, and to become a
hiss and a byword among them-- |
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| 16:10 And thus commandeth the Father that I should
say unto you: At that day when the Gentiles shall sin
against my gospel, and shall reject the fulness of my
gospel, and shall be lifted up in the pride of their
hearts above all nations, and above all the people of the
whole earth, and shall be filled with all manner of
lyings, and of deceits, and of mischiefs, and all manner
of hypocrisy, and murders, and priestcrafts, and
whoredoms, and of secret abominations; and if they shall
do all those things, and shall reject the fulness of my
gospel, behold, saith the Father, I will bring the
fulness of my gospel from among them. |
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| 16:11 And then will I remember my covenant which I
have made unto my people, O house of Israel, and I will
bring my gospel unto them. |
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| 16:12 And I will show unto thee, O house of Israel,
that the Gentiles shall not have power over you; but I
will remember my covenant unto you, O house of Israel,
and ye shall come unto the knowledge of the fulness of my
gospel. |
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| 16:13 But if the Gentiles will repent and return unto
me, saith the Father, behold they shall be numbered among
my people, O house of Israel. |
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| 16:14 And I will not suffer my people, who are of the
house of Israel, to go through among them, and tread them
down, saith the Father. |
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| 16:15 But if they will not turn unto me, and hearken
unto my voice, I will suffer them, yea, I will suffer my
people, O house of Israel, that they shall go through
among them, and shall tread them down, and they shall be
as 1salt that hath lost its savor, which is
thenceforth good for nothing but to be cast out, and to
be trodden under foot of my people, O house of Israel. |
[1] Matthew 5:13: ...but if the salt have lost his
savour...it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be
cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. |
| 16:16 Verily, verily, I say unto you, thus hath the
Father commanded me--that I should give unto this people
this land for their inheritance. |
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| 16:17 And then the words of the prophet Isaiah shall
be fulfilled, which say: |
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| 16:18 Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the
voice together shall they sing, for they shall see eye to
eye when the Lord shall bring again Zion. |
The following
section is quoted from Isaiah 52. 52:8
Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice
together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye,
when the Lord shall bring again Zion.
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| 16:19 Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste
places of Jerusalem; for the Lord hath comforted his
people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem. |
52:9 Break
forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of
Jerusalem: for the Lord hath comforted his people, he
hath redeemed Jerusalem. |
| 16:20 The Lord hath made bare his holy arm in the eye
of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall
see the salvation of God. |
52:10 The
Lord hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the
nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the
salvation of our God. |
