John 14:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Philip said to him, Lord, let us see the Father, and we have need of nothing more.

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  • Exod 33:18-23 : 18 And Moses said, O Lord, let me see your glory. 19 And he said, I will make all the light of my being come before you, and will make clear to you what I am; I will be kind to those to whom I will be kind, and have mercy on those on whom I will have mercy. 20 But it is not possible for you to see my face, for no man may see me and still go on living. 21 And the Lord said, See, there is a place near me, and you may take your place on the rock: 22 And when my glory goes by, I will put you in a hole in the rock, covering you with my hand till I have gone past: 23 Then I will take away my hand, and you will see my back: but my face is not to be seen.
  • Exod 34:5-7 : 5 And the Lord came down in the cloud and took his place by the side of Moses, and Moses gave worship to the name of the Lord. 6 And the Lord went past before his eyes, saying, The Lord, the Lord, a God full of pity and grace, slow to wrath and great in mercy and faith; 7 Having mercy on thousands, overlooking evil and wrongdoing and sin; he will not let wrongdoers go free, but will send punishment on children for the sins of their fathers, and on their children's children to the third and fourth generation.
  • Job 33:26 : 26 He makes his prayer to God, and he has mercy on him; he sees God's face with cries of joy; he gives news of his righteousness to men;
  • Ps 17:15 : 15 As for me, I will see your face in righteousness: when I am awake it will be joy enough for me to see your form.
  • Ps 63:2 : 2 To see your power and your glory, as I have seen you in the holy place.
  • Matt 5:8 : 8 Happy are the clean in heart: for they will see God.
  • John 1:43-46 : 43 The day after this, Jesus had a desire to go into Galilee. He came across Philip and said to him, Come and be my disciple. 44 Now Philip's town was Beth-saida, where Andrew and Peter came from. 45 Philip came across Nathanael and said to him, We have made a discovery! It is he of whom Moses, in the law, and the prophets were writing, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. 46 Nazareth! said Nathanael, Is it possible for any good to come out of Nazareth? Philip said to him, Come and see.
  • John 6:5-7 : 5 Lifting up his eyes, Jesus saw a great number of people coming to where he was, and he said to Philip, Where may we get bread for all these people? 6 This he said, testing him: for he had no doubt what he himself would do. 7 Philip made answer, Bread to the value of two hundred pence would not be enough even to give everyone a little.
  • John 12:21-22 : 21 They came to Philip, who was of Beth-saida in Galilee, and made a request, saying, Sir, we have a desire to see Jesus. 22 Philip went and gave word of it to Andrew; and Andrew went with Philip to Jesus.
  • John 16:25 : 25 All this I have said to you in veiled language: but the time is coming when I will no longer say things in veiled language but will give you knowledge of the Father clearly.
  • Rev 22:3-5 : 3 And there will be no more curse: and the high seat of God and of the Lamb will be there; and his servants will be worshipping him; 4 And they will see his face; and his name will be on their brows. 5 And there will be no more night; and they have no need of a light or of the shining of the sun; for the Lord God will give them light: and they will be ruling for ever and ever.

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  • John 14:9-11
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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?

    10 Have you not faith that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words which I say to you, I say not from myself: but the Father who is in me all the time does his works.

    11 Have faith that I am in the Father and that the Father is in me: at least, have faith in me because of what I do.

  • John 14:4-7
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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?

    6 Jesus said to him, I am the true and living way: no one comes to the Father but by me.

    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 6:46
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    46 Not that anyone has ever seen the Father; only he who is from God, he has seen the Father.

  • John 12:21-22
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    21 They came to Philip, who was of Beth-saida in Galilee, and made a request, saying, Sir, we have a desire to see Jesus.

    22 Philip went and gave word of it to Andrew; and Andrew went with Philip to Jesus.

  • 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 14:20-23
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    20 At that time it will be clear to you that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I in you.

    21 He who has my laws and keeps them, he it is who has love for me: and he who has love for me will be loved by my Father, and I will have love for him and will let myself be seen clearly by him.

    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?

    23 Jesus said to him in answer, If anyone has love for me, he will keep my words: and he will be dear to my Father; and we will come to him and make our living-place with him.

  • John 16:25
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    25 All this I have said to you in veiled language: but the time is coming when I will no longer say things in veiled language but will give you knowledge of the Father clearly.

  • John 6:5-7
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    5 Lifting up his eyes, Jesus saw a great number of people coming to where he was, and he said to Philip, Where may we get bread for all these people?

    6 This he said, testing him: for he had no doubt what he himself would do.

    7 Philip made answer, Bread to the value of two hundred pence would not be enough even to give everyone a little.

  • Matt 11:26-27
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    26 Yes, Father, for so it was pleasing in your eyes.

    27 All things have been given to me by my Father; and no one has knowledge of the Son, but the Father; and no one has knowledge of the Father, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will make it clear.

  • John 16:29-30
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    29 His disciples said, Now you are talking clearly and not in veiled language.

    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.

  • Matt 6:8
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    8 So be not like them; because your Father has knowledge of your needs even before you make your requests to 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 12:45
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    45 And he who sees me, sees him who sent me.

  • 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 1:43
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    43 The day after this, Jesus had a desire to go into Galilee. He came across Philip and said to him, Come and be my disciple.

  • John 17:23-25
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    23 I in them, and you in me, so that they may be made completely one, and so that it may become clear to all men that you have sent me and that they are loved by you as I am loved by you.

    24 Father, it is my desire that these whom you have given to me may be by my side where I am, so that they may see my glory which you have given to me, because you had love for me before the world came into being.

    25 Father of righteousness, I have knowledge of you, though the world has not; and to these it is clear that you sent me;

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    18 No man has seen God at any time; the only Son, who is on the breast of the Father, he has made clear what God is.

  • Luke 22:38
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    38 And they said, Lord, here are two swords. And he said, It is enough.

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    28 So Jesus said, When the Son of man has been lifted up by you, then it will be clear to you who I am, and that I do nothing of myself, but say as the Father gave me teaching.

  • John 16:15-16
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    15 Everything which the Father has is mine: that is why I say, He will take of what is mine and will make it clear to you.

    16 After a little time you will see me no longer; and then again, after a little time, you will see me.

  • John 14:28
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    28 Keep in mind how I said to you, I go away and come to you again. If you had love for me you would be glad, because I am going to the Father: for the Father is greater than I.

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

  • John 20:28
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  • Acts 8:30-31
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    30 And Philip, running up to him, saw that he was reading Isaiah the prophet, and said to him, Is the sense of what you are reading clear to you?

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  • John 8:55-56
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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.

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    38 I 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.

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    22 All things have been given to me by my Father: and no one has knowledge of the Son, but only the Father: and of the Father, but only the Son, and he to whom the Son will make it clear.

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    35 So Philip, starting from this writing, gave him the good news about Jesus.

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    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?

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

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    21 May they all be one! Even as you, Father, are in me and I am in you, so let them be in us, so that all men may come to have faith that you sent me.