Yohanes 4:38

4:38 I sent you to reap what you did not work for; others have labored and you have entered into their labor.”

Yohanes 6:45

6:45 It is written in the prophets, ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ ¹  Everyone who hears and learns from the Father ²  comes to me.

Yohanes 8:37

8:37 I know that you are Abraham’s descendants. ³  But you want ⁴  to kill me, because my teaching ⁵  makes no progress among you. ⁶ 

Yohanes 8:47

8:47 The one who belongs to ⁷  God listens and responds ⁸  to God’s words. You don’t listen and respond, ⁹  because you don’t belong to God.” ¹⁰ 

[6:45]  ¹ sn A quotation from Isa 54:13.

[6:45]  ² tn Or “listens to the Father and learns.”

[8:37]  ³ tn Grk “seed” (an idiom).

[8:37]  ⁴ tn Grk “you are seeking.”

[8:37]  ⁵ tn Grk “my word.”

[8:37]  ⁶ tn Or “finds no place in you.” The basic idea seems to be something (in this case Jesus’ teaching) making headway or progress where resistance is involved. See BDAG 1094 s.v. χωρέω 2.

[8:47]  ⁷ tn Grk “who is of.”

[8:47]  ⁸ tn Grk “to God hears” (in the sense of listening to something and responding to it).

[8:47]  ⁹ tn Grk “you do not hear” (in the sense of listening to something and responding to it).

[8:47]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “you are not of God.”