A black man can’t change\par the color of his skin.\par And a leopard can’t change his spots.\par In the same way, Jerusalem, you can’t change and do good.\par You always do bad things.\par
John 6:44 - Easy To Read Version The Father is the One who sent me. And the Father is the One who brings people to me. I will raise up those people on the last day. If the Father does not bring a person to me, then that person cannot come to me. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition No one is able to come to Me unless the Father Who sent Me attracts and draws him and gives him the desire to come to Me, and [then] I will raise him up [from the dead] at the last day. American Standard Version (1901) No man can come to me, except the Father that sent me draw him: and I will raise him up in the last day. Common English Bible No one can come to me unless they are drawn to me by the Father who sent me, and I will raise them up at the last day. Catholic Public Domain Version No one is able to come to me, unless the Father, who has sent me, has drawn him. And I will raise him up on the last day. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version No man can come to me, except the Father, who hath sent me, draw him; and I will raise him up in the last day. |
A black man can’t change\par the color of his skin.\par And a leopard can’t change his spots.\par In the same way, Jerusalem, you can’t change and do good.\par You always do bad things.\par
I led them with ropes. {\cf2\super [119]} \par But they were ropes of love.\par I was like a person who set them free. {\cf2\super [120]} \par I bent down and fed them.\par
You snakes! You are evil people! How can you say anything good? The mouth speaks the things that are in the heart.
Jesus answered, “You are blessed, Simon son of Jonah. No person taught you that. My Father in heaven showed you who I am.
I will be lifted up from the earth. And when this happens, I will bring all people to me.”
You like to have praise from each other. But you never try to get the praise that comes from the only God. So how can you believe?
It is written in the prophets {\cf2\super [91]} : ‘God will teach all the people.’ {\cf2\super [92]} People listen to the Father and learn from him. Those people come to me.
Jesus said, “That is why I said, ‘If the Father does not let a person come to me, then that person cannot come.’”
You don’t understand these things I say. Why? Because you cannot accept my teaching.
God gave you the honor of believing in Christ. But that is not all. God also gave you the honor of suffering for Christ. Both these things bring glory to Christ.
When you were baptized, {\cf2\super [10]} \{your old self died and\} you were buried with Christ. And in that baptism {\cf2\super [11]} you were raised up with Christ because of your faith in God’s power. God’s power was shown when he raised Christ from death.