The Free Offer of Mercy

²⁸ “^(A)Come to Me, all ^[a]who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. ²⁹ Take My yoke upon you and ^(B)learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and ^(C)you will find ^[b]rest for your souls.

^47 (A)Everyone who comes to Me and hears My words and ^[a]acts on them, I will show you whom he is like: ⁴⁸ he is like a man building a house, who ^[b]dug deep and laid a foundation on the rock; and when there was a flood, the river burst against that house and yet it could not shake it, because it had been well built. ⁴⁹ But the one who has heard and has not acted accordingly is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation; and the river burst against it and it immediately collapsed, and the ruin of that house was great.”

Testimony of the Scripture

^39 [a](A)You examine the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is ^(B)those very Scriptures that testify about Me; ⁴⁰ and yet you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have life.

^37 (A)Everything that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I certainly will not cast out.

³⁵ Jesus said to them, “^(A)I am the bread of life; the one who comes to Me will not be hungry, and the one who believes in Me ^(B)will never be thirsty.