What's the Big Picture?

"I'm just going to read whoever has my commands and keeps them as the one who loves me," he says. "One who loves me will be loved by my father and I too will love them and show myself to them." He then goes on to say that his group of students wrestle with it every week, finding things here and there in their readings. The process is an ongoing thing for him like planting a tamariss seed or something about this text right? It's not word for word but you're even thinking conceptually about exegesis before you're even looking for literary.