Mat 11:25-27, 16:17, Joh 3:3-7, 6:45, 65, Eph 2:4-10, Phili 1:29, Col 2:12 | ESV | STEP | At that time Jesus declared , I thank you , Father , Lord of heaven and earth , that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children ;

ba[1 Cor. 6:14]; See Acts 2:24; Eph. 1:19

bb[1 Cor. 6:14]; See Acts 2:24; Eph. 1:19

Matthew 11:25-27

Come to Me, and I Will Give You Rest

25 ^aAt that time Jesus declared, “I thank you, Father, ^bLord of heaven and earth, that ^cyou have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and ^drevealed them to little children; 26 yes, Father, for such was your ^egracious will. ^{▼▼Or for so it pleased you well} 27 ^gAll things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son ^hexcept the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone ⁱto whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

Matthew 16:17

17 And Jesus answered him, ^j“Blessed are you, ^kSimon Bar-Jonah! For ^lflesh and blood has not revealed this to you, ^mbut my Father who is in heaven.

John 3:3-7

3 Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is ⁿborn ^oagain ^{▼▼Or from above; the Greek is purposely ambiguous and can mean both again and from above; also verse 7} he cannot ^qsee the kingdom of God.” 4 Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?” 5 Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born ^rof water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6 ^sThat which is born of the flesh is ^tflesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. ^{▼▼The same Greek word means both wind and spirit} 7 ^vDo not marvel that I said to you, ‘You ^{▼▼The Greek for you is plural here} must be born ^xagain.’

John 6:45

45 It is written in the Prophets, ^y‘And they will all be ^ztaught by God.’ ^aaEveryone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me—

John 6:65

65 And he said, “This is why I told you ^abthat no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father.”

Ephesians 2:4-10

4 But ^{▼▼Or And} God, being ^adrich in mercy, ^aebecause of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even ^afwhen we were dead in our trespasses, ^agmade us alive together with Christ— ^ahby grace you have been saved— 6 and raised us up with him and ^aiseated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable ^ajriches of his grace in ^akkindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For ^alby grace you have been saved ^amthrough faith. And this is ^annot your own doing; ^aoit is the gift of God, 9 ^apnot a result of works, ^aqso that no one may boast. 10 For ^arwe are his workmanship, ^ascreated in Christ Jesus ^atfor good works, ^auwhich God prepared beforehand, ^avthat we should walk in them.

Philippians 1:29

29 For ^awit has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also ^axsuffer for his sake,

Colossians 2:12

12 ^ayhaving been buried with him in baptism, in which ^azyou were also raised with him through faith in ^bathe powerful working of God, ^bbwho raised him from the dead.