John 5:40 Cross References

John 5:40

40: Yet you refuse to come to me so that I can give you this eternal life.

Their judgment is based on this fact: The light from heaven came into the world, but they loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil.

However, those the Father has given me will come to me, and I will never reject them.

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones God's messengers! How often I have wanted to gather your children together as a hen protects her chicks beneath her wings, but you wouldn't let me.

And this is what God has testified: He has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
So whoever has God's Son has life; whoever does not have his Son does not have life.
I write this to you who believe in the Son of God, so that you may know you have eternal life.

But you shouldn't be so concerned about perishable things like food. Spend your energy seeking the eternal life that I, the Son of Man, can give you. For God the Father has sent me for that very purpose."

So when I tell the truth, you just naturally don't believe me!
Which of you can truthfully accuse me of sin? And since I am telling you the truth, why don't you believe me?

The LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, says to the one who is despised and rejected by a nation, to the one who is the servant of rulers: "Kings will stand at attention when you pass by. Princes will bow low because the LORD has chosen you. He, the faithful LORD, the Holy One of Israel, chooses you."

Was I too weak to save you? Is that why the house is silent and empty when I come home? Is it because I have no power to rescue? No, that is not the reason! For I can speak to the sea and make it dry! I can turn rivers into deserts covered with dying fish.

For it is my Father's will that all who see his Son and believe in him should have eternal life--that I should raise them at the last day."

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.

The Spirit and the bride say, "Come." Let each one who hears them say, "Come." Let the thirsty ones come--anyone who wants to. Let them come and drink the water of life without charge.

But despite all the miraculous signs he had done, most of the people did not believe in him.
This is exactly what Isaiah the prophet had predicted: "Lord, who has believed our message? To whom will the Lord reveal his saving power?"
But the people couldn't believe, for as Isaiah also said,
"The Lord has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts--so their eyes cannot see, and their hearts cannot understand, and they cannot turn to me and let me heal them."
Isaiah was referring to Jesus when he made this prediction, because he was given a vision of the Messiah's glory.

No wonder you can't believe! For you gladly honor each other, but you don't care about the honor that comes from God alone.

Who has believed our message? To whom will the LORD reveal his saving power?
My servant grew up in the LORD's presence like a tender green shoot, sprouting from a root in dry and sterile ground. There was nothing beautiful or majestic about his appearance, nothing to attract us to him.
He was despised and rejected--a man of sorrows, acquainted with bitterest grief. We turned our backs on him and looked the other way when he went by. He was despised, and we did not care.

On the last day, the climax of the festival, Jesus stood and shouted to the crowds, "If you are thirsty, come to me!
If you believe in me, come and drink! For the Scriptures declare that rivers of living water will flow out from within."

Many guests were invited, and when the banquet was ready, he sent his servants to notify everyone that it was time to come. But they all refused!

Jesus told her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die like everyone else, will live again.
They are given eternal life for believing in me and will never perish. Do you believe this, Martha?"

Simon Peter replied, "Lord, to whom would we go? You alone have the words that give eternal life.
We believe them, and we know you are the Holy One of God."

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