Luke 16:8
16:8 The
master commended the dishonest
manager because he acted shrewdly.
For the people
of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their contemporaries
than the people
of light.
John 8:23
8:23 Jesus replied,
“You people
are from below; I am from above. You people are from this world; I am not from this world.
John 15:19
15:19 If you belonged to the world,
the world would love you as its own.
However, because you do not belong to the world,
but I chose you out of the world, for this reason
the world hates you.
John 17:14
17:14 I have given them your word,
and the world has hated them, because they do not belong to the world,
just as I do not belong to the world.
John 17:1
Jesus Prays for the Father to Glorify Him
17:1 When Jesus had finished saying these things, he looked upward to heaven and said, “Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, so that your Son may glorify you –
John 4:4-5
Conversation With a Samaritan Woman
4:4 But he had to pass through Samaria.
4:5 Now he came to a Samaritan town called Sychar, near the plot of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.