²³ But this is ^[a]what I commanded them, saying, ‘^(A)Obey My voice, and ^(B)I will be your God, and you will be My people; and you shall walk ^[b]entirely in the way which I command you, so that it may ^(C)go well for you.’

²⁷ My sheep ^(A)listen to My voice, and ^(B)I know them, and they follow Me;

³⁷ Therefore Pilate said to Him, “So You are a king?” Jesus answered, “^(A)You say correctly that I am a king. For this purpose I have been born, and for this I have come into the world: ^(B)to testify to the truth. ^(C)Everyone who is of the truth listens to My voice.”

^63 (A)It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh provides no benefit; ^(B)the words that I have spoken to you are spirit, and are life.

^47 (A)Everyone who comes to Me and hears My words and ^[a]acts on them, I will show you whom he is like: ⁴⁸ he is like a man building a house, who ^[b]dug deep and laid a foundation on the rock; and when there was a flood, the river burst against that house and yet it could not shake it, because it had been well built. ⁴⁹ But the one who has heard and has not acted accordingly is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation; and the river burst against it and it immediately collapsed, and the ruin of that house was great.”