 These rules were their own contrivances, and so their self-righteous prestige was at stake. The Bible says in John 1.12, He came unto His own, and His own received Him not. But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name. These are part of those who would not come to Christ that He spoke of in verse 40. Verse 40.