Quotes About Rejection

He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.

Truly, truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, and yet you people do not accept our testimony.

He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.

Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”

Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.

I have come in My Fatherís name, and you have not received Me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will receive him.

From that time on many of His disciples turned back and no longer walked with Him.

For even His own brothers did not believe in Him.

Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps it. Why are you trying to kill Me?”

I know you are Abrahamís descendants, but you are trying to kill Me because My word has no place within you.

But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me!

His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews. For the Jews had already determined that anyone who confessed Jesus as the Christ would be put out of the synagogue.

They replied, “You were born in utter sin, and you are instructing us?” And they threw him out.

Many of them said, “He is demon-possessed and insane. Why would you listen to Him?”

But because you are not My sheep, you refuse to believe.

At this, the Jews again picked up stones to stone Him.

Although Jesus had performed so many signs in their presence, they still did not believe in Him.

Nevertheless, many of the leaders believed in Him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue.

There is a judge for the one who rejects Me and does not receive My words: The word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.

If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.

If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.

But they will treat you like this because of My name, since they do not know the One who sent Me.

Whoever hates Me hates My Father as well.

If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have seen and hated both Me and My Father.