Study Desk

"You search the Scriptures because you think they give you eternal life. But the Scriptures point to me!

because I know you don't have God's love within you.

If you really believed Moses, you would believe me, because he wrote about me.

A huge crowd kept following him wherever he went, because they saw his miraculous signs as he healed the sick.

Jesus replied, "I tell you the truth, you want to be with me because I fed you, not because you understood the miraculous signs.

Then the people began to murmur in disagreement because he had said, "I am the bread that came down from heaven."

I live because of the living Father who sent me; in the same way, anyone who feeds on me will live because of me.

The world can't hate you, but it does hate me because I accuse it of doing evil.

You go on. I'm not going to this festival, because my time has not yet come."

But I know him because I come from him, and he sent me to you."

Then the leaders tried to arrest him; but no one laid a hand on him, because his time had not yet come.

(When he said "living water," he was speaking of the Spirit, who would be given to everyone believing in him. But the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet entered into his glory.)

Jesus spoke to the people once more and said, "I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won't have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life."

And if I did, my judgment would be correct in every respect because I am not alone. The Father who sent me is with me.

Jesus made these statements while he was teaching in the section of the Temple known as the Treasury. But he was not arrested, because his time had not yet come.

Yes, I realize that you are descendants of Abraham. And yet some of you are trying to kill me because there's no room in your hearts for my message.

Instead, you are trying to kill me because I told you the truth, which I heard from God. Abraham never did such a thing.

Jesus told them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, because I have come to you from God. I am not here on my own, but he sent me.

Why can't you understand what I am saying? It's because you can't even hear me!

For you are the children of your father the devil, and you love to do the evil things he does. He was a murderer from the beginning. He has always hated the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, it is consistent with his character; for he is a liar and the father of lies.