John 10:34

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In answer, Jesus said, Is there not a saying in your law, I said, You are gods?

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  • Ps 82:6-7 : 6 I said, You are gods; all of you are the sons of the Most High: 7 But you will come to death like men, falling like one of the rulers of the earth.
  • Ps 138:1 : 1 <Of David.> I will give you praise with all my heart: I will make melody to you before the gods.
  • Exod 7:1 : 1 And the Lord said to Moses, See I have made you a god to Pharaoh, and Aaron your brother will be your prophet.
  • Ps 82:1 : 1 <A Psalm. Of Asaph.> God is in the meeting-place of God; he is judging among the gods.
  • Exod 4:16 : 16 And he will do the talking for you to the people: he will be to you as a mouth and you will be to him as God.
  • John 15:25 : 25 This comes about so that the writing in their law may be made true, Their hate for me was without cause.
  • Exod 22:28 : 28 You may not say evil of the judges, or put a curse on the ruler of your people.
  • John 12:34 : 34 Then the people in answer said to him, The law says that the Christ will have life without end: how say you then that it is necessary for the Son of man to be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?
  • Rom 3:10-19 : 10 As it is said in the holy Writings, There is not one who does righteousness; 11 Not one who has the knowledge of what is right, not one who is a searcher after God; 12 They have all gone out of the way, there is no profit in any of them; there is not one who does good, not so much as one: 13 Their throat is like an open place of death; with their tongues they have said what is not true: the poison of snakes is under their lips: 14 Whose mouth is full of curses and bitter words: 15 Their feet are quick in running after blood; 16 Destruction and trouble are in their ways; 17 And of the way of peace they have no knowledge: 18 There is no fear of God before their eyes. 19 Now, we have knowledge that what the law says is for those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and all men may be judged by God:
  • John 8:17 : 17 Even in your law it is said that the witness of two men is true.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 10:35-36
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    35If he said they were gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Writings may not be broken),

    36Do you say of him whom the Father made holy and sent into the world, Your words are evil; because I said, I am God's Son?

  • Ps 82:6-7
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    6I said, You are gods; all of you are the sons of the Most High:

    7But you will come to death like men, falling like one of the rulers of the earth.

  • John 10:30-33
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    30I and my Father are one.

    31Then the Jews took up stones again to send at him.

    32Jesus said to them in answer, I have let you see a number of good works from the Father; for which of those works are you stoning me?

    33This was their answer: We are not stoning you for a good work but for evil words; because being a man you make yourself God.

  • John 19:7
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    7And the Jews made answer, We have a law, and by that law it is right for him to be put to death because he said he was the Son of God.

  • John 18:34-35
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    34Jesus made answer, Do you say this of yourself, or did others say it about me?

    35Pilate said, Am I a Jew? Your nation and the chief priests have given you into my hands: what have you done?

  • Luke 22:70
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    70And they all said, Are you then the Son of God? and he said, You say that I am.

  • John 5:17-18
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    17But his answer was: My Father is still working even now, and so I am working.

    18For this cause the Jews had an even greater desire to put Jesus to death, because not only did he not keep the Sabbath but he said God was his Father, so making himself equal with God.

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    5For though there are those who have the name of gods, in heaven or on earth, as there are a number of gods and a number of lords,

  • John 8:52-54
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    52The Jews said to him, Now we are certain that you have an evil spirit. Abraham is dead, and the prophets are dead; and you say, If a man keeps my word he will never see death.

    53Are you greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? and the prophets are dead: who do you say that you are?

    54Jesus said in answer, If I take glory for myself, my glory is nothing: it is my Father who gives me glory, of whom you say that he is your God.

  • John 8:47-49
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    47He who is a child of God gives ear to the words of God: your ears are not open to them because you are not from God.

    48The Jews said to him in answer, Are we not right in saying that you are of Samaria and have an evil spirit?

    49And this was the answer of Jesus: I have not an evil spirit; but I give honour to my Father and you do not give honour to me.

  • John 8:23-25
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    23And he said to them, You are of the earth; I am from heaven: you are of this world; I am not of this world.

    24For this reason I said to you that death will overtake you in your sins: for if you have not faith that I am he, death will come to you while you are in your sins.

    25Then they said to him, Who are you? Jesus said, What I said to you from the first.

  • John 7:19-20
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    19Did not Moses give you the law? Even so, not one of you keeps the law. Why have you a desire to put me to death?

    20The people said in answer, You have an evil spirit: who has any desire to put you to death?

  • John 5:39
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    39You make search in the holy Writings, in the belief that through them you get eternal life; and it is those Writings which give witness about me.

  • John 19:21
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    21Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, Do not put, The King of the Jews, but, He said, I am the King of the Jews.

  • John 12:34
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    34Then the people in answer said to him, The law says that the Christ will have life without end: how say you then that it is necessary for the Son of man to be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?

  • John 8:38-41
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    38I say the things which I have seen in my Father's house: and you do the things which come to you from your father's house.

    39In answer they said to him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus said to them, If you were Abraham's children you would do what Abraham did.

    40But now you have a desire to put me to death, a man who has said to you what is true, as I had it from God: Abraham did not do that.

    41You are doing the works of your father. They said to him, We are true sons of Abraham; we have one Father, who is God.

  • John 13:13
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    13You give me the name of Master and Lord: and you are right; that is what I am.

  • Matt 27:11
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    11And Jesus was before the ruler, who put a question to him, Are you the King of the Jews? And Jesus said to him, You say so.

  • Matt 22:43
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    43He says to them, How then does David in the Spirit give him the name of Lord, saying,

  • John 18:8
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    8Jesus made answer, I have said that I am he; if you are looking for me, let these men go away.

  • Mark 15:2
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    2And Pilate put a question to him, Are you the King of the Jews? And he, answering, said to him, You say so.

  • Mark 12:35
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    35And Jesus, when he was teaching in the Temple, said, How do the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David?

  • John 18:37
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    37Then Pilate said to him, Are you then a king? Jesus made answer, You say that I am a king. For this purpose was I given birth, and for this purpose I came into the world, that I might give witness to what is true. Every lover of what is true gives ear to my voice.

  • Luke 20:41
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    41And he said to them, Why do they say that the Christ is the son of David?

  • John 8:58
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    58Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, Before Abraham came into being, I am.

  • John 8:19
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    19Then they said to him, Where is your Father? Jesus said in answer, You have no knowledge of me or of my Father: if you had knowledge of me you would have knowledge of my Father.

  • John 18:21
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    21Why are you questioning me? put questions to my hearers about what I have said to them: they have knowledge of what I said.

  • John 10:25
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    25Jesus said in answer, I have said it and you have no belief: the works which I do in my Father's name, these give witness about me.

  • Luke 23:3
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    3And Pilate said to him, Are you the King of the Jews? And he said in answer, You say so.

  • Mark 14:62
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    62And Jesus said, I am: and you will see the Son of man seated at the right hand of power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.

  • Mark 12:24
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    24Jesus said to them, Is not this the reason for your error, that you have no knowledge of the holy Writings or of the power of God?

  • Luke 20:39
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    39And some of the scribes, in answer to this, said, Master, you have said well.

  • Ps 82:1
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    1<A Psalm. Of Asaph.> God is in the meeting-place of God; he is judging among the gods.