John 12:37

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The Outcome of Jesus’ Public Ministry Foretold Although Jesus had performed so many miraculous signs before them, they still refused to believe in him,

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  • Matt 11:20 : 20 Woes on Unrepentant Cities Then Jesus began to criticize openly the cities in which he had done many of his miracles, because they did not repent.
  • Luke 16:31 : 31 He replied to him,‘If they do not respond to Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’”
  • John 1:11 : 11 He came to what was his own, but his own people did not receive him.
  • John 11:42 : 42 I knew that you always listen to me, but I said this for the sake of the crowd standing around here, that they may believe that you sent me.”
  • John 15:24 : 24 If I had not performed among them the miraculous deeds that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen the deeds and have hated both me and my Father.

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    38so that the word of the prophet Isaiah would be fulfilled. He said,“Lord, who has believed our message, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”

    39For this reason they could not believe, because again Isaiah said,

    40“He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, so that they would not see with their eyes and understand with their heart, and turn to me, and I would heal them.”

    41Isaiah said these things because he saw Christ’s glory, and spoke about him.

    42Nevertheless, even among the rulers many believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they would not confess Jesus to be the Christ, so that they would not be put out of the synagogue.

    43For they loved praise from men more than praise from God.

    44Jesus’ Final Public Words But Jesus shouted out,“The one who believes in me does not believe in me, but in the one who sent me,

  • Matt 13:58
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    58And he did not do many miracles there because of their unbelief.

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    31Yet many of the crowd believed in him and said,“Whenever the Christ comes, he won’t perform more miraculous signs than this man did, will he?”

  • John 10:41-42
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    41Many came to him and began to say,“John performed no miraculous sign, but everything John said about this man was true!”

    42And many believed in Jesus there.

  • John 7:5
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    5(For not even his own brothers believed in him.)

  • John 6:36
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    36But I told you that you have seen me and still do not believe.

  • John 20:29-30
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    29Jesus said to him,“Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are the people who have not seen and yet have believed.”

    30Now Jesus performed many other miraculous signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not recorded in this book.

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    48So Jesus said to him,“Unless you people see signs and wonders you will never believe!”

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    11for on account of him many of the Jewish people from Jerusalem were going away and believing in Jesus.

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    37If I do not perform the deeds of my Father, do not believe me.

    38But if I do them, even if you do not believe me, believe the deeds, so that you may come to know and understand that I am in the Father and the Father is in me.”

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    36While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become sons of light.” When Jesus had said these things, he went away and hid himself from them.

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    23Jesus at the Passover Feast Now while Jesus was in Jerusalem at the Feast of the Passover, many people believed in his name because they saw the miraculous signs he was doing.

    24But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people.

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    32Despite all this, they continued to sin, and did not trust him to do amazing things.

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    45The Response of the Jewish Leaders Then many of the people, who had come with Mary and had seen the things Jesus did, believed in him.

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    30While he was saying these things, many people believed in him.

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    30So they said to him,“Then what miraculous sign will you perform, so that we may see it and believe you? What will you do?

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    25Jesus replied,“I told you and you do not believe. The deeds I do in my Father’s name testify about me.

    26But you refuse to believe because you are not my sheep.

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    11And when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they did not believe.

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    13They went back and told the rest, but they did not believe them.

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    38nor do you have his word residing in you, because you do not believe the one whom he sent.

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    9concerning sin, because they do not believe in me;

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    5He was not able to do a miracle there, except to lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them.

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  • Matt 12:16
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    16But he sternly warned them not to make him known.

  • John 12:17-18
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    17So the crowd who had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead were continuing to testify about it.

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    41and because of his word many more believed.

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    2A large crowd was following him because they were observing the miraculous signs he was performing on the sick.

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    47But if you do not believe what Moses wrote, how will you believe my words?”

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    40Jesus responded,“Didn’t I tell you that if you believe, you would see the glory of God?”

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    11I tell you the solemn truth, we speak about what we know and testify about what we have seen, but you people do not accept our testimony.

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    47So the chief priests and the Pharisees called the council together and said,“What are we doing? For this man is performing many miraculous signs.

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    31They discussed with one another, saying,“If we say,‘From heaven,’ he will say,‘Then why did you not believe him?’

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    24If I had not performed among them the miraculous deeds that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen the deeds and have hated both me and my Father.