Study Desk

Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman's testimony, "He told me everything I ever did."

And many more believed because of His message.

They said to the woman, "We now believe not only because of your words; we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man truly is the Savior of the world."

Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews began to persecute Him.

Because of this, the Jews tried all the harder to kill Him. Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.

And He has given Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man.

I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

nor does His word abide in you, because you do not believe the One He sent.

You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,

If you had believed Moses, you would believe Me, because he wrote about Me.

A large crowd followed Him because they saw the signs He had performed on the sick.

Jesus replied, "Truly, truly, I tell you, it is not because you saw these signs that you are looking for Me, but because you ate the loaves and had your fill.

At this, the Jews began to grumble about Jesus because He had said, "I am the bread that came down from heaven."

Just as the living Father sent Me and I live because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on Me will live because of Me.

After this, Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He did not want to travel in Judea, because the Jews there were trying to kill Him.

The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.

Go up to the feast on your own. I am not going up to this feast, because My time has not yet come."

But because Moses gave you circumcision, you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath (not that it is from Moses, but from the patriarchs.)

but I know Him, because I am from Him and He sent Me."

So they tried to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.