27 My sheep listen to me. I know them. They come to me.

45 The prophets wrote, "God will teach all people." So then, every person who listens to his words and learns what he says, he will come to me.

47 The person who comes from God listens to what God says. You do not come from God. That is why you do not listen to me.

24 I tell you the truth. The person who hears what I say and believes in him that sent me will live for ever. He will not be judged. He has already passed from death to life.25 I tell you the truth. The time is coming. Yes, the time is here when the dead people will hear the voice of the Son of God. Those who hear his voice will live.

1 The Word already was, way back before anything began to be. The Word and God were together. The Word was God.

14 The Word became man and he lived among us. We saw with our own eyes that he is great. He is great the way God the Father made his only Son great. We saw that he is full of loving kindness and truth.

16 All that is written in the holy writings comes from the Spirit of God. The holy writings are good for these things: to teach people, to show them when they are wrong, to make them see what is right, to teach them to do what is right.17 In this way a person who belongs to God has all he needs. He is ready for every kind of good work.

20 First you must understand this. The words from the prophets in the holy writings did not come from their own minds.21 The prophets did not say what they wanted to say. But the Holy Spirit made them speak. And they spoke Gods message.

17 So people believe because they hear. They hear because people tell them about Christ.

24 Everyone who hears what I say and obeys me will be like a man who has good sense. He built his house on a rock.25 It rained hard. The water in the rivers came up high. The winds were strong and beat on the house. But it did not fall down. It was built on a rock.

28 But Jesus said, Happy are those who hear Gods word and obey it!