Verse 26

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

Referenced Verses

  • John 8:47 : 47 The one who belongs to God listens and responds to God’s words. You don’t listen and respond, because you don’t belong to God.”
  • John 10:4 : 4 When he has brought all his own sheep out, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they recognize his voice.
  • Rom 11:7-8 : 7 What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was diligently seeking, but the elect obtained it. The rest were hardened, 8 as it is written,“God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear, to this very day.”
  • 2 Cor 4:3-4 : 3 But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled only to those who are perishing, 4 among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of those who do not believe so they would not see the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God.
  • 1 John 4:6 : 6 We are from God; the person who knows God listens to us, but whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deceit.
  • John 6:37 : 37 Everyone whom the Father gives me will come to me, and the one who comes to me I will never send away.
  • John 6:44-45 : 44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day. 45 It is written in the prophets,‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who hears and learns from the Father comes to me.
  • John 6:65 : 65 So Jesus added,“Because of this I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has allowed him to come.”
  • John 10:27 : 27 My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
  • John 12:37-40 : 37 The Outcome of Jesus’ Public Ministry Foretold Although Jesus had performed so many miraculous signs before them, they still refused to believe in him, 38 so 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?” 39 For 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.”