²⁶ But ^(A)you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, ^[a]as I said to you.

^47 (A)He who is of God hears God’s words; therefore you do not hear, because you are not of God.”

^27 (A)My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.

⁶ We are of God. He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. ^(A)By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

³ But even if our gospel is veiled, ^(A)it is veiled to those who are perishing, ⁴ whose minds ^(B)the god of this age ^(C)has blinded, who do not believe, lest ^(D)the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, ^(E)who is the image of God, should shine on them.

⁷ What then? ^(A)Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were ^(B)blinded. ⁸ Just as it is written:

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³⁷ But although He had done so many ^(A)signs before them, they did not believe in Him, ³⁸ that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke:

³⁹ Therefore they could not believe, because Isaiah said again:

⁴ And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.

⁶⁵ And He said, “Therefore ^(A)I have said to you that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted to him by My Father.”