John 5:38

and you have not taken his message home to your hearts, because you do not believe him whom he sent as his messenger.

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In The King James Version

And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.

In Context

37The Father who has sent me has himself borne testimony to me. You have neither listened to his voice nor seen his form,

39You search the scriptures, because you think that you find in them immortal life; and, though it is those scriptures that bear testimony to me,

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Cross References

Joshua 1:8This book of the law you should never cease to have on your lips. You must pore over it day and night, that you may be mindful to carry out all that is written in it, for so will you make your way prosperous, so will you succeed.

John 1:11He came to his own – yet his own did not receive him.

John 5:42but I know this of you, that you have not the love of God in your hearts.

John 8:37I know that you are descendants of Abraham; yet you are seeking to put me to death, because my message finds no place in your hearts.

Matthew Henry on John 5:32-47

Christ Proves His Divine Mission; Infidelity of the Jews Reproved. 31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. 32 There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true. 33 Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth. 34 But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved. 35 He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light. 36 But I have greater witness than that… Read the whole commentary →

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