John 13:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Jesus, answering, said to him, What I do is not clear to you now, but it will be clear to you in time to come.

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  • John 12:16 : 16 (These things were not clear to his disciples at first: but when Jesus had been lifted up into his glory, then it came to their minds that these things in the Writings were about him and that they had been done to him.)
  • Dan 12:12 : 12 A blessing will be on the man who goes on waiting, and comes to the thousand, three hundred and thirty-five days.
  • Hab 2:1-3 : 1 I will take my position and be on watch, placing myself on my tower, looking out to see what he will say to me, and what answer he will give to my protest. 2 And the Lord gave me an answer, and said, Put the vision in writing and make it clear on stones, so that the reader may go quickly. 3 For the vision is still for the fixed time, and it is moving quickly to the end, and it will not be false: even if it is slow in coming, go on waiting for it; because it will certainly come, it will not be kept back.
  • Jer 32:24-25 : 24 See, they have made earthworks against the town to take it; and the town is given into the hands of the Chaldaeans who are fighting against it, because of the sword and need of food and disease: and what you have said has taken place, and truly you see it. 25 And you have said to me, Give the money to get yourself a property, and have the business witnessed; though the town is given into the hands of the Chaldaeans.
  • Jer 32:43 : 43 And there will be trading in fields in this land of which you say, It is a waste, without man or beast; it is given into the hands of the Chaldaeans.
  • Dan 12:8 : 8 And the words came to my ears, but the sense of them was not clear to me: then I said, O my lord, what is the sense of these things?
  • John 13:10-12 : 10 Jesus said to him, He who is bathed has need only to have his feet washed and then he is clean all over: and you, my disciples, are clean, but not all of you. 11 (He had knowledge who was false to him; that is why he said, You are not all clean.) 12 Then, after washing their feet and putting on his robe again, he took his seat and said to them, Do you see what I have done to you?
  • John 13:36 : 36 Simon Peter said to him, Lord, where are you going? Jesus said in answer, Where I am going you may not come with me now, but you will come later.
  • John 14:26 : 26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will be your teacher in all things and will put you in mind of everything I have said to you.
  • Jas 5:7-9 : 7 Go on waiting calmly, my brothers, till the coming of the Lord, like the farmer waiting for the good fruit of the earth till the early and late rains have come. 8 Be as calm in your waiting; let your hearts be strong: because the coming of the Lord is near. 9 Say no hard things against one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged; see, the judge is waiting at the doors. 10 Take as an example of pain nobly undergone and of strength in trouble, the prophets who gave to men the words of the Lord. 11 We say that those men who have gone through pain are happy: you have the story of Job and the troubles through which he went and have seen that the Lord was full of pity and mercy in the end.

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  • John 13:8-15
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    8 Peter said, I will never let my feet be washed by you, never. Jesus said in answer, If I do not make you clean you have no part with me.

    9 Simon Peter said to him, Lord, not my feet only, but my hands and my head.

    10 Jesus said to him, He who is bathed has need only to have his feet washed and then he is clean all over: and you, my disciples, are clean, but not all of you.

    11 (He had knowledge who was false to him; that is why he said, You are not all clean.)

    12 Then, after washing their feet and putting on his robe again, he took his seat and said to them, Do you see what I have done to you?

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

    14 If then I, the Lord and the Master, have made your feet clean, it is right for you to make one another's feet clean.

    15 I have given you an example, so that you may do what I have done to you.

  • John 13:3-6
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    3 Jesus, being conscious that the Father had put everything into his hands, and that he came from God and was going to God,

    4 Got up from table, put off his robe and took a cloth and put it round him.

    5 Then he put water into a basin and was washing the feet of the disciples and drying them with the cloth which was round him.

    6 So he came to Simon Peter. Peter said, Lord, are my feet to be washed by you?

  • John 13:36-38
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    36 Simon Peter said to him, Lord, where are you going? Jesus said in answer, Where I am going you may not come with me now, but you will come later.

    37 Peter said to him, Why may I not come with you even now? I will give up my life for you.

    38 Jesus said in answer, Will you give up your life for me? Truly I say to you, Before the cry of the cock you will have said three times that you are not my disciple.

  • John 13:24-28
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    24 Making a sign to him, Simon Peter said, Who is it he is talking about?

    25 He, then, resting his head on Jesus' breast, said to him, Lord, who is it?

    26 This was the answer Jesus gave: It is the one to whom I will give this bit of bread after I have put it in the vessel. Then he took the bit of bread, put it into the vessel, and gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot.

    27 And when Judas took the bread Satan went into him. Then Jesus said to him, Do quickly what you have to do.

    28 Now it was not clear to anyone at table why he said this to him.

  • John 3:10-11
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    10 And Jesus, answering, said, Are you the teacher of Israel and have no knowledge of these things?

    11 Truly, I say to you, We say that of which we have knowledge; we give witness of what we have seen; and you do not take our witness to be true.

  • John 14:7
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    7 If you had knowledge of me, you would have knowledge of my Father: you have knowledge of him now and have seen him.

  • John 13:33
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    33 My dear children, I am only to be with you a little longer. Then you will be looking for me: and as I said to the Jews, so now I say to you, Where I am going you may not come.

  • John 13:17-19
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    17 If these things are clear to you, happy are you if you do them.

    18 I am not talking of you all: I have knowledge of my true disciples, but things are as they are, so that the Writings may come true, The foot of him who takes bread with me is lifted up against me.

    19 From this time forward, I give you knowledge of things before they come about, so that when they come about you may have belief that I am he.

  • John 16:16-19
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    16 After a little time you will see me no longer; and then again, after a little time, you will see me.

    17 So some of the disciples said one to another, What is this he is saying, After a little time, you will see me no longer; and then again, after a little time, you will see me? and, I am going to the Father?

    18 So they said again and again, What is this he is saying, A little time? His words are not clear to us.

    19 Jesus saw that they had a desire to put the question to him, so he said to them, Is this what you are questioning one with another, why I said, After a little time, you will see me no longer; and then again, after a little time, you will see me?

  • John 16:30-31
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    30 Now we are certain that you have knowledge of all things and have no need for anyone to put questions to you: through this we have faith that you came from God.

    31 Jesus made answer, Have you faith now?

  • John 14:4-5
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    4 And you all have knowledge of where I am going, and of the way to it.

    5 Thomas said, Lord, we have no knowledge of where you are going; how may we have knowledge of the way?

  • John 13:1
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    1 Now before the feast of the Passover, it was clear to Jesus that the time had come for him to go away from this world to the Father. Having once had love for those in the world who were his, his love for them went on to the end.

  • John 14:31
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    31 But he comes so that the world may see that I have love for the Father, and that I am doing as I am ordered by the Father. Get up, and let us go.

  • John 14:22
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    22 Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, How is it that you will let yourself be seen clearly by us and not by the world?

  • John 21:21-22
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    21 Seeing him, Peter said to Jesus, What about this man?

    22 Jesus said to him, If it is my desire for him to be here till I come back, what is that to you? come yourself after me.

  • John 21:18-19
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    18 Truly I say to you, When you were young, you made yourself ready and went wherever you had a desire to go: but when you are old, you will put out your hands and another will make you ready, and you will be taken where you have no desire to go.

    19 Now this he said, pointing out the sort of death by which he would give God glory. And after saying this, he said to him, Come after me.

  • John 8:55
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    55 You have no knowledge of him, but I have knowledge of him; and if I said I have no knowledge of him I would be talking falsely like you: but I have full knowledge of him, and I keep his word.

  • John 8:14
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    14 Jesus said in answer, Even if I give witness about myself, my witness is true, because I have knowledge of where I came from and where I am going; but you have no knowledge of where I come from or of where I am going.

  • John 8:19
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    19 Then 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 13:31
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    31 Then when he had gone out, Jesus said, Now is glory given to the Son of man, and God is given glory in him.

  • John 9:37
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    37 Jesus said to him, You have seen him; it is he who is talking to you.

  • John 14:9
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    9 Jesus said to him, Philip, have I been with you all this time, and still you have no knowledge of me? He who has seen me has seen the Father. Why do you say, Let us see the Father?

  • John 16:5
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    5 But now I am going to him who sent me; and not one of you says to me, Where are you going?

  • John 7:36
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    36 What is this saying of his, You will be looking for me and will not see me, and where I am you may not come?