John 6:37

You see, my father gives me some people. They will all come to me, and I will look after them. I will never send them away.

Plain English Version

In The King James Version

All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

In Context

36But you mob don’t believe in me. Like I already said, you saw the things I did, but you still don’t believe in me.

38I didn’t come down from heaven just to do my own ideas. I came here to do everything my father sent me to do.

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Cross References

Matthew 11:28Then Jesus said to the people, “Come to me, all of you mob that are tired. You did a lot of ceremony things to get God to save you, but that is not the right way. It’s like you worked hard, and you carried a lot of heavy things, and then you got too tired. Look, instead of that, just come and work for me, and I will let you rest really good.

Luke 23:40But the other criminal hanging on a cross said, “Don’t talk like that. Have a bit of respect for God. Listen, they are killing the 3 of us together.

John 6:44Listen. God is my father, and he is the one that sent me here. He brings people to me, and they are the only people that can come to me. They are the people that I will make alive again on the day when the world will finish up.

Matthew Henry on John 6:29-60

Christ the True Bread from Heaven; Christ Welcomes All that Come to Him; Necessity of Feeding upon Christ. 28 Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? 29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent. 30 They said therefore unto him, What sign showest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work? 31 Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat. 32… Read the whole commentary →

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