Isa 48:16, Joh 8:42 | ESV | STEP | Draw near to me, hear this : from the beginning I have not spoken in secret , from the time it came to be I have been there . And now the Lord God has sent me, and his Spirit .

Isaiah 48:16

16 ^aDraw near to me, hear this:
from the beginning I have not spoken in secret,
from the time it came to be I have been there.”
And now ^bthe Lord God has sent me, and his Spirit.

John 8:42

42 Jesus said to them, ^c“If God were your Father, you would love me, for ^dI came from God and ^eI am here. ^fI came not of my own accord, but ^ghe sent me.