John 5:39-41

Witnesses to Jesus

³⁹ _v You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and _w it is they that bear witness about me, ⁴⁰ yet _x you refuse to come to me that you may have life. ⁴¹ _y I do not receive glory from people.

1. Cross References
   Acts 17:11
   Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.
   2 Timothy 3:15
   And how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
   
2. Cross References
   Luke 24:27
   And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.
   
3. Cross References
   John 5:43
   I have come in my Father's name, and you do not receive me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him.
   John 3:19
   And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.
   John 7:17
   If anyone's will is to do God's will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority.
   Matthew 23:37
   O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not!
   Luke 13:34
   O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not!
   
4. Cross References
   John 5:34
   Not that the testimony that I receive is from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved.
   Matthew 6:1 - 2
   Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
   1 Thessalonians 2:6
   Nor did we seek glory from people, whether from you or from others, though we could have made demands as apostles of Christ.