Greater Love Hath No Man Than This

Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God who shows mercy. For the scripture says of Pharaoh, for this purpose "I raised thee up, that I might show My power in thee, and that My name might be declared throughout all the earth." "Therefore will I have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and whom I will, I harden." (Romans 9) He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. John the Baptist came neither eating nor drinking, and they said that he had a devil. (Matthew 11)

The disciples asked Jesus why He spoke in parables? Jesus said, "it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven. For whosoever has, it shall be given, but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath. Therefore I speak in parables because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, by hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive. For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and be converted. (Matthew 13)

As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear My voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with Me. To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with Me in My throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with My Father in His throne. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. (Revelation 3)

This is My commandment, that you love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.(John 15)