Study Desk

God did this so that all people will respect the Son the same as they respect the Father. Anyone who does not respect the Son does not respect the Father. He is the one who sent the Son.

Believe me, an important time is coming. That time is already here. People who are dead will hear the voice of the Son of God. And those who listen will live.

But I know you—I know that you have no love for God.

You like to have praise from each other. But you never try to get the praise that comes from the only God. So how can you believe?

But earthly food spoils and ruins. So don't work to get that kind of food. But work to get the food that stays good and gives you eternal life. The Son of Man will give you that food. He is the only one qualified by God the Father to give it to you."

The people asked Jesus, "What does God want us to do?"

Jesus answered, "The work God wants you to do is this: to believe in the one he sent."

I came down from heaven to do what God wants, not what I want.

I must not lose anyone God has given me. But I must raise them up on the last day. This is what the one who sent me wants me to do.

It is written in the prophets: ‘God will teach them all.' People listen to the Father and learn from him. They are the ones who come to me.

I don't mean that there is anyone who has seen the Father. The only one who has ever seen the Father is the one who came from God. He has seen the Father.

Your ancestors ate the manna God gave them in the desert, but it didn't keep them from dying.

We believe in you. We know that you are the Holy One from God."

People who really want to do what God wants will know that my teaching comes from God. They will know that this teaching is not my own.

I am someone who has told you the truth I heard from God. But you are trying to kill me. Abraham did nothing like that.

So you are doing what your own father did." But they said, "We are not like children who never knew who their father was. God is our Father. He is the only Father we have."

Jesus said to them, "If God were really your Father, you would love me. I came from God, and now I am here. I did not come by my own authority. God sent me.

Whoever belongs to God accepts what he says. But you don't accept what God says, because you don't belong to God."

Jesus answered, "If I give honor to myself, that honor is worth nothing. The one who gives me honor is my Father. And you say that he is your God.

Jesus answered, "It was not any sin of this man or his parents that caused him to be blind. He was born blind so that he could be used to show what great things God can do.