📘 The Gospel of John — Words of Jesus

ohn 1–3 — The Word, the Call, and New Birth

John 1:38–39

“What do you want?”
“Come, and you will see.”
(To the first disciples following Him.)

John 1:51

“Very truly I tell you, you will see ‘heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending on’ the Son of Man.”

John 3:3

“Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.”

John 3:5–6

“Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit.
Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit.”

John 3:16–17

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.”


John 4–6 — The Living Water and Bread of Life

John 4:10

“If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.”
(To the Samaritan woman.)

John 4:24

“God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”

John 5:24

“Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life.”

John 6:35

“I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.”

John 6:40

“For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.”

John 6:51

“I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever.”


John 7–8 — The Light and Truth

John 7:37–38

“Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink.
Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.”

John 8:7

“Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.”
(To those accusing the woman caught in adultery.)

John 8:11

“Then neither do I condemn you. Go now and leave your life of sin.”

John 8:12

“I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

John 8:31–32

“If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples.
Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

John 8:58

“Very truly I tell you, before Abraham was born, I am!”


John 9–11 — Healing, Shepherd, and Resurrection

John 9:5

“While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

John 10:9–11

“I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved.
They will come in and go out, and find pasture.
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.”

John 10:27–28

“My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.
I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand.”

John 11:25–26

“I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die;
and whoever lives by believing in me will never die.”


John 12–14 — The Hour Has Come

John 12:24

“Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.”

John 12:46

“I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.”

John 13:14–15

“Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet.
I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you.”

John 13:34–35

“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.
By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”

John 14:6

“I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”

John 14:15

“If you love me, keep my commands.”

John 14:27

“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.”


John 15–17 — The Vine, Love, and Prayer

John 15:4–5

“Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine.
I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.”

John 15:12–13

“My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.
Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”

John 15:18

“If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first.”

John 16:33

“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”

John 17:1–3

“Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you.
For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him.
Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.”


John 18–21 — His Passion, Death, and Resurrection

John 18:36

“My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jewish leaders. But now my kingdom is from another place.”

John 19:26–27

“Woman, here is your son,” and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.”
(On the Cross.)

John 19:30

“It is finished.”
(His final words on the Cross.)

John 20:21–22

“Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.”
And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.”

John 20:29

“Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

John 21:17

“Feed my sheep.”
(To Peter, restoring him after his denial.)

John 21:22

“If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? You must follow me.”

Tony Aranas
https://gripesngrindsngodtalks.com

Tony Aranas is a retired professional, husband, and father who decided to dedicate his senior years doing what truly matters, getting closer and serving God and follow the way of the cross. Through direct and Scripture-grounded writing, he seeks to awaken hearts, strengthen faith, and point readers toward full surrender in Jesus Christ.

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