I know you are Abraham’s descendants, but you are trying to kill Me because My word has no place within you.
The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he can
But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me!
Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, “Through Isaac your offspring wil
After this, Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He did not want to travel in Judea, because the Jews there were trying to
At this, they picked up stones to throw at Him. But Jesus was hidden and went out of the temple area.
Brothers, children of Abraham, and you Gentiles who fear God, it is to us that this message of salvation has been sent.
Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you are unable to accept My message.
For this reason they were unable to believe. For again, Isaiah says:
For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise
Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps it. Why are you trying to kill Me?”
So from that day on they plotted to kill Him.
How can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?
“Abraham is our father,” they replied. “If you were children of Abraham,” said Jesus, “you would do the works of Abraham
They said this to test Him, in order to have a basis for accusing Him. But Jesus bent down and began to write on the gro
Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews began to persecute Him.
At this, the Jews again picked up stones to stone Him.
Then some of the people of Jerusalem began to say, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?
“We are Abraham’s descendants,” they answered. “We have never been slaves to anyone. How can You say we will be set free
When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was s