But the house of Israel will not listen to you, (A)because they will not listen to Me; (B)for all the house of Israel are [a]impudent and hard-hearted.

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  1. Ezekiel 3:7 Lit. strong of forehead

But the people of Israel are not willing to listen(A) to you because they are not willing to listen to me, for all the Israelites are hardened and obstinate.(B)

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16 (A)He who hears you hears Me, (B)he who rejects you rejects Me, and (C)he who rejects Me rejects Him who sent Me.”

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16 “Whoever listens to you listens to me; whoever rejects you rejects me; but whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me.”(A)

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(A)For they are [a]impudent and stubborn children. I am sending you to them, and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God.’

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  1. Ezekiel 2:4 Lit. stiff-faced and hard-hearted sons

The people to whom I am sending you are obstinate and stubborn.(A) Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says.’(B)

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And the Lord said to Samuel, “Heed the voice of the people in all that they say to you; for (A)they have not rejected you, but (B)they have rejected Me, that I should not reign over them.

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And the Lord told him: “Listen(A) to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected,(B) but they have rejected me as their king.(C)

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20 Remember the word that I said to you, (A)‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. (B)If they kept My word, they will keep yours also. 21 But (C)all these things they will do to you for My name’s sake, because they do not know Him who sent Me. 22 (D)If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have no sin, (E)but now they have no excuse for their sin. 23 (F)He who hates Me hates My Father also. 24 If I had not done among them (G)the works which no one else did, they would have no sin; but now they have (H)seen and also hated both Me and My Father.

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20 Remember what I told you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’[a](A) If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also.(B) If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also. 21 They will treat you this way because of my name,(C) for they do not know the one who sent me.(D) 22 If I had not come and spoken to them,(E) they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.(F) 23 Whoever hates me hates my Father as well. 24 If I had not done among them the works no one else did,(G) they would not be guilty of sin.(H) As it is, they have seen, and yet they have hated both me and my Father.

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  1. John 15:20 John 13:16

40 (A)But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life.

41 (B)“I do not receive honor from men. 42 But I know you, that you do not have the love of God in you. 43 I have come in My Father’s name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, him you will receive. 44 (C)How can you believe, who receive honor from one another, and do not seek (D)the honor that comes from the only God? 45 Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father; (E)there is one who accuses you—Moses, in whom you trust. 46 For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; (F)for he wrote about Me. 47 But if you (G)do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?”

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40 yet you refuse to come to me(A) to have life.

41 “I do not accept glory from human beings,(B) 42 but I know you. I know that you do not have the love of God in your hearts. 43 I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not accept me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him. 44 How can you believe since you accept glory from one another but do not seek the glory that comes from the only God[a]?(C)

45 “But do not think I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses,(D) on whom your hopes are set.(E) 46 If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me.(F) 47 But since you do not believe what he wrote, how are you going to believe what I say?”(G)

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  1. John 5:44 Some early manuscripts the Only One

14 (A)But his citizens hated him, and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We will not have this man to reign over us.’

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14 “But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We don’t want this man to be our king.’

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Jesus Laments over Jerusalem(A)

34 (B)“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you were not willing!

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34 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings,(A) and you were not willing.

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For her blood is in her midst;
She set it on top of a rock;
(A)She did not pour it on the ground,
To cover it with dust.

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“‘For the blood she shed is in her midst:
    She poured it on the bare rock;
she did not pour it on the ground,
    where the dust would cover it.(A)

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16 As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, (A)we will not listen to you!

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16 “We will not listen(A) to the message you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord!(B)

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However (A)I have sent to you all My servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, “Oh, do not do this abominable thing that I hate!” But they did not listen or incline their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense to other gods.

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Again and again(A) I sent my servants the prophets,(B) who said, ‘Do not do this detestable(C) thing that I hate!’ But they did not listen or pay attention;(D) they did not turn from their wickedness(E) or stop burning incense(F) to other gods.(G)

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(A)“From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, even to this day, this is the twenty-third year in which the word of the Lord has come to me; and I have spoken to you, rising early and speaking, (B)but you have not listened. And the Lord has sent to you all His servants the prophets, (C)rising early and sending them, but you have not listened nor inclined your ear to hear.

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For twenty-three years—from the thirteenth year of Josiah(A) son of Amon king of Judah until this very day—the word of the Lord has come to me and I have spoken to you again and again,(B) but you have not listened.(C)

And though the Lord has sent all his servants the prophets(D) to you again and again, you have not listened or paid any attention.(E)

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O Lord, are not (A)Your eyes on the truth?
You have (B)stricken them,
But they have not grieved;
You have consumed them,
But (C)they have refused to receive correction.
They have made their faces harder than rock;
They have refused to return.

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Lord, do not your eyes(A) look for truth?
    You struck(B) them, but they felt no pain;
    you crushed them, but they refused correction.(C)
They made their faces harder than stone(D)
    and refused to repent.(E)

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