John 8:37 Cross References

John 8:37

37: Yes, I realize that you are descendants of Abraham. And yet some of you are trying to kill me because my message does not find a place in your hearts.

John 7:1

  1. After this, Jesus stayed in Galilee, going from village to village. He wanted to stay out of Judea where the Jewish leaders were plotting his death.

1 Corinthians 2:14

  1. But people who aren't Christians can't understand these truths from God's Spirit. It all sounds foolish to them because only those who have the Spirit can understand what the Spirit means.

Romans 9:7

  1. Just the fact that they are descendants of Abraham doesn't make them truly Abraham's children. For the Scriptures say, "Isaac is the son through whom your descendants will be counted," though Abraham had other children, too.

John 8:45

  1. So when I tell the truth, you just naturally don't believe me!
  2. Which of you can truthfully accuse me of sin? And since I am telling you the truth, why don't you believe me?
  3. Anyone whose Father is God listens gladly to the words of God. Since you don't, it proves you aren't God's children."

John 8:59

  1. At that point they picked up stones to kill him. But Jesus hid himself from them and left the Temple.

Acts 13:26

  1. "Brothers--you sons of Abraham, and also all of you devout Gentiles who fear the God of Israel--this salvation is for us!

John 8:43

  1. Why can't you understand what I am saying? It is because you are unable to do so!

John 12:39

  1. But the people couldn't believe, for as Isaiah also said,
  2. "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."
  3. Isaiah was referring to Jesus when he made this prediction, because he was given a vision of the Messiah's glory.
  4. Many people, including some of the Jewish leaders, believed in him. But they wouldn't admit it to anyone because of their fear that the Pharisees would expel them from the synagogue.
  5. For they loved human praise more than the praise of God.

John 8:39

  1. "Our father is Abraham," they declared. "No," Jesus replied, "for if you were children of Abraham, you would follow his good example.
  2. I told you the truth I heard from God, but you are trying to kill me. Abraham wouldn't do a thing like that.

Matthew 13:15

  1. For the hearts of these people are hardened, and their ears cannot hear, and they have closed their eyes--so their eyes cannot see, and their ears cannot hear, and their hearts cannot understand, and they cannot turn to me and let me heal them.'

John 11:53

  1. So from that time on the Jewish leaders began to plot Jesus' death.

John 7:19

  1. None of you obeys the law of Moses! In fact, you are trying to kill me."

John 5:44

  1. 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.

John 8:6

  1. They were trying to trap him into saying something they could use against him, but Jesus stooped down and wrote in the dust with his finger.

John 7:25

  1. Some of the people who lived there in Jerusalem said among themselves, "Isn't this the man they are trying to kill?

John 5:16

  1. So the Jewish leaders began harassing Jesus for breaking the Sabbath rules.
  2. But Jesus replied, "My Father never stops working, so why should I?"
  3. So the Jewish leaders tried all the more to kill him. In addition to disobeying the Sabbath rules, he had spoken of God as his Father, thereby making himself equal with God.

John 10:31

  1. Once again the Jewish leaders picked up stones to kill him.

John 8:33

  1. "But we are descendants of Abraham," they said. "We have never been slaves to anyone on earth. What do you mean, 'set free'?"

Matthew 13:19

  1. The seed that fell on the hard path represents those who hear the Good News about the Kingdom and don't understand it. Then the evil one comes and snatches the seed away from their hearts.
  2. The rocky soil represents those who hear the message and receive it with joy.
  3. But like young plants in such soil, their roots don't go very deep. At first they get along fine, but they wilt as soon as they have problems or are persecuted because they believe the word.
  4. The thorny ground represents those who hear and accept the Good News, but all too quickly the message is crowded out by the cares of this life and the lure of wealth, so no crop is produced.
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