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Father which hath sent me'. (John 5:30) I have greater witness than that of John, for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me. ' (John 5:36) And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. ' (John 5:37) Ye have not His word abiding in you: for whom He hath sent, him ye believe not. ' John 5:39) 'He that sent me is true. ' (John 8:26) Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me; for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I myself, but He sent me. ' (John 8:42) They have believed that Thou didst send me. ' (John 17:8) 'For I came down from heaven not to do mine own will, but the will of Him that sent me. And this is the Father's will which hath sent me. . . And this is the will of Him that sent me John 6:38-40). . . It is clear, therefore, that Jesus consistently put himself forward as one who had been sent by God, that is to say, as a messenger of God. In fact, his function as a 16