John 5:40
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40 yet you refuse to come to me(A) to have life.
John 3:19
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19 This is the verdict: Light(A) has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.(B)
John 1:11
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11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.(A)
John 6:37
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37 All those the Father gives me(A) will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away.
John 7:37-38
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37 On the last and greatest day of the festival,(A) Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink.(B) 38 Whoever believes(C) in me, as Scripture has said,(D) rivers of living water(E) will flow from within them.”[a](F)
Footnotes
- John 7:38 Or me. And let anyone drink 38 who believes in me.” As Scripture has said, “Out of him (or them) will flow rivers of living water.”
Matthew 23:37
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37 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you,(A) how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings,(B) and you were not willing.
Revelation 22:17
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17 The Spirit(A) and the bride(B) say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say, “Come!” Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.(C)
1 John 5:11-13
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11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life,(A) and this life is in his Son.(B) 12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.(C)
Concluding Affirmations
13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God(D) so that you may know that you have eternal life.(E)
Romans 6:23
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23 For the wages of sin is death,(A) but the gift of God is eternal life(B) in[a] Christ Jesus our Lord.
Footnotes
- Romans 6:23 Or through
John 8:45-46
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45 Yet because I tell the truth,(A) you do not believe me! 46 Can any of you prove me guilty of sin? If I am telling the truth, why don’t you believe me?
John 6:40
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40 For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son(A) and believes in him shall have eternal life,(B) and I will raise them up at the last day.”
John 6:27
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27 Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures(A) to eternal life,(B) which the Son of Man(C) will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal(D) of approval.”
Isaiah 50:2
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Isaiah 49:7
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7 This is what the Lord says—
the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel(A)—
to him who was despised(B) and abhorred by the nation,
to the servant of rulers:
“Kings(C) will see you and stand up,
princes will see and bow down,(D)
because of the Lord, who is faithful,(E)
the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen(F) you.”
Psalm 81:11
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11 “But my people would not listen to me;
Israel would not submit to me.(A)
John 12:37-41
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Belief and Unbelief Among the Jews
37 Even after Jesus had performed so many signs(A) in their presence, they still would not believe in him. 38 This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet:
39 For this reason they could not believe, because, as Isaiah says elsewhere:
40 “He has blinded their eyes
and hardened their hearts,
so they can neither see with their eyes,
nor understand with their hearts,
nor turn—and I would heal them.”[b](C)
41 Isaiah said this because he saw Jesus’ glory(D) and spoke about him.(E)
Footnotes
- John 12:38 Isaiah 53:1
- John 12:40 Isaiah 6:10
John 6:68-69
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68 Simon Peter answered him,(A) “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.(B) 69 We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God.”(C)
John 5:44
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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]?(A)
Footnotes
- John 5:44 Some early manuscripts the Only One
Matthew 22:3
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3 He sent his servants(A) to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come.