John 5:39

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John 5:39

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John 5:39

Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

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Ye think

They which

General references

Deuteronomy 17:19

1 John 2:25

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For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote of me.

They replied, "Are you from Galilee too? Search and see that no prophet arises from Galilee."

"You shall therefore lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.

"And when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he shall write for himself in a book a copy of this law, approved by the Levitical priests.

This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.

but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.

I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.

For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,

Hear instruction and be wise, and do not neglect it.

To the teaching and to the testimony! If they will not speak according to this word, it is because they have no dawn.

Seek and read from the book of the LORD: Not one of these shall be missing; none shall be without her mate. For the mouth of the LORD has commanded, and his Spirit has gathered them.

The wise men shall be put to shame; they shall be dismayed and taken; behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?

But Jesus answered them, "You are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God.

Have you not read this Scripture: "'The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone;

But Abraham said, 'They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.'

Now the passage of the Scripture that he was reading was this: "Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter and like a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he opens not his mouth.

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.

Much in every way. To begin with, the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it

And we have something more sure, the prophetic word, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts,

Ye think

For it is no empty word for you, but your very life, and by this word you shall live long in the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess."

You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

He asked life of you; you gave it to him, length of days forever and ever.

For with you is the fountain of life; in your light do we see light.

It is like the dew of Hermon, which falls on the mountains of Zion! For there the LORDhas commanded the blessing, life forevermore.

And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

And behold, a man came up to him, saying, "Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?"

And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"

But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city.

They which

There is another who bears witness about me, and I know that the testimony that he bears about me is true.

Philip found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found him of whom Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph."

"The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers--it is to him you shall listen--

To this day I have had the help that comes from God, and so I stand here testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would come to pass:

which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures,

Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired carefully,

Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, "You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God." For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.

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And it shall be with him, and he shall read in it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the LORD his God by keeping all the words of this law and these statutes, and doing them,

And this is the promise that he made to us--eternal life.