¹⁶ Who were they who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt?^{(A) 17} And with whom was he angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies perished in the wilderness?^{(B) 18} And to whom did God swear that they would never enter his rest^(C) if not to those who disobeyed?^{(D) 19} So we see that they were not able to enter, because of their unbelief.^(E)

³⁸ nor does his word dwell in you,^(A) for you do not believe^(B) the one he sent.^{(C) 39} You study^[a] the Scriptures^(D) diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life.^(E) These are the very Scriptures that testify about me,^{(F) 40} yet you refuse to come to me^(G) to have life.