John 3:32

Bible in Basic English (1941)

He gives witness of what he has seen and of what has come to his ears; and no man takes his witness as true.

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  • John 3:11 : 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 1:11 : 11 He came to the things which were his and his people did not take him to their hearts.
  • John 8:26 : 26 I have much to say about you and against you: but he who sent me is true and what he has said to me I say to the world.
  • John 15:15 : 15 No longer do I give you the name of servants; because a servant is without knowledge of what his master is doing: I give you the name of friends, because I have given you knowledge of all the things which my Father has said to me.
  • Rom 10:16-21 : 16 But they have not all given ear to the good news. For Isaiah says, Lord, who has had faith in our word? 17 So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ. 18 But I say, Did not the word come to their ears? Yes, certainly: Their sound has gone out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world. 19 But I say, Had Israel no knowledge? First Moses says, You will be moved to envy by that which is not a nation, and by a foolish people I will make you angry. 20 And Isaiah says without fear, Those who were not searching for me made discovery of me; and I was seen by those whose hearts were turned away from me. 21 But about Israel he says; All the day my hands have been stretched out to a people whose hearts were turned away, and who put themselves against my word.
  • Rom 11:2-6 : 2 God has not put away the people of his selection. Or have you no knowledge of what is said about Elijah in the holy Writings? how he says words to God against Israel, 3 Lord, they have put your prophets to death, and made waste your altars, and now I am the last, and they are searching for me to take away my life. 4 But what answer does God make to him? I have still seven thousand men whose knees have not been bent to Baal. 5 In the same way, there are at this present time some who are marked out by the selection of grace. 6 But if it is of grace, then it is no longer of works: or grace would not be grace.
  • John 3:26 : 26 And they went to John and said to him, Rabbi, the man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan, the man to whom you gave witness, is now giving baptism, and everyone is going to him.
  • John 3:33 : 33 He who so takes his witness has made clear his faith that God is true.
  • John 5:20 : 20 For the Father has love for the Son and lets him see everything which he does: and he will let him see greater works than these so that you may be full of wonder.
  • Isa 50:2 : 2 Why, then, when I came, was there no man? and no one to give answer to my voice? has my hand become feeble, so that it is unable to take up your cause? or have I no power to make you free? See, at my word the sea becomes dry, I make the rivers a waste land: their fish are dead for need of water, and make an evil smell.
  • Isa 53:1 : 1 Who would have had faith in the word which has come to our ears, and to whom had the arm of the Lord been unveiled?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 3:33-34
    2 verses
    84%

    33He who so takes his witness has made clear his faith that God is true.

    34For he whom God has sent says God's words; and God does not give him the Spirit by measure.

  • John 3:11-13
    3 verses
    81%

    11Truly, 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.

    12If you have no belief when my words are about the things of earth, how will you have belief if my words are about the things of heaven?

    13And no one has ever gone up to heaven but he who came down from heaven, the Son of man.

  • John 3:31
    77%

    31He who comes from heaven is greater than all others: he who comes from earth is of the earth, and of the earth are his words: he who comes from heaven is over all.

  • John 5:31-34
    4 verses
    77%

    31If I gave witness about myself, my witness would not be true.

    32There is another who gives witness about me and I am certain that the witness he gives about me is true.

    33You sent to John and he gave true witness.

    34But I have no need of a man's witness: I only say these things so that you may have salvation.

  • Rev 1:2
    77%

    2Who gave witness of the word of God, and of the witness of Jesus Christ, even of all the things which he saw.

  • John 3:26-28
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    76%

    26And they went to John and said to him, Rabbi, the man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan, the man to whom you gave witness, is now giving baptism, and everyone is going to him.

    27And this was John's answer: A man is unable to have anything if it is not given to him from heaven.

    28You yourselves give witness that I said, I am not the Christ. What I said was, I am sent before the Christ.

  • 1 John 5:9-10
    2 verses
    75%

    9If we take the witness of men to be true, the witness of God is greater: because this is the witness which God has given about his Son.

    10He who has faith in the Son of God has the witness in himself: he who has not faith in God makes him false, because he has not faith in the witness which God has given about his Son.

  • John 6:46
    73%

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

  • John 19:35
    73%

    35And he who saw it has given witness (and his witness is true; he is certain that what he says is true) so that you may have belief.

  • John 5:36-38
    3 verses
    73%

    36But the witness which I have is greater than that of John: the work which the Father has given me to do, the very work which I am now doing, is a witness that the Father has sent me.

    37And the Father himself who sent me has given witness about me. Not one of you has ever given ear to his voice; his form you have not seen.

    38And you have not kept his word in your hearts, because you have not faith in him whom he has sent.

  • John 1:18
    72%

    18No 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.

  • John 1:32-34
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    72%

    32And John gave this witness, saying, I saw the Spirit coming down from heaven like a dove and resting on him.

    33I had no knowledge who he was, but he who sent me to give baptism with water said to me, The one on whom you see the Spirit coming down and resting, it is he who gives baptism with the Holy Spirit.

    34This I saw myself and my witness is that he is the Son of God.

  • Acts 5:32
    72%

    32And we are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who keep his laws.

  • John 1:7-8
    2 verses
    71%

    7He came for witness, to give witness about the light, so that all men might have faith through him.

    8He himself was not the light: he was sent to give witness about the light.

  • John 2:25
    70%

    25He had no need for any witness about man; for he himself had knowledge of what was in man.

  • Acts 22:15
    70%

    15For you will be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and of what has come to your ears.

  • 1 John 5:6
    70%

    6This is he who came by water and by blood, Jesus Christ; not by water only but by water and by blood.

  • John 3:3
    70%

    3Jesus said to him, Truly, I say to you, Without a new birth no man is able to see the kingdom of God.

  • John 21:24
    70%

    24This is the disciple who gives witness about these things and who put them in writing: and we have knowledge that his witness is true.

  • John 10:41
    69%

    41And a great number of people came to him, saying, John did no sign: but everything John said of this man was true.

  • John 8:18
    69%

    18I give witness about myself and the Father who sent me gives witness about me.

  • John 12:17
    69%

    17Now the people who were with him when his voice came to Lazarus in the place of the dead, and gave him life again, had been talking about it.

  • 1 John 1:3
    69%

    3We give you word of all we have seen and everything which has come to our ears, so that you may be united with us; and we are united with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ:

  • John 1:11
    69%

    11He came to the things which were his and his people did not take him to their hearts.

  • 1 Cor 2:14
    69%

    14For the natural man is not able to take in the things of the Spirit of God: for they seem foolish to him, and he is not able to have knowledge of them, because such knowledge comes only through the Spirit.

  • Acts 13:31
    69%

    31And for a number of days he was seen by those who came with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses before the people.

  • John 12:48
    69%

    48He who puts me on one side and does not take my words to heart, is not without a judge: the word which I have said will be his judge on the last day.

  • Luke 22:71
    69%

    71And they said, What more need have we of witness? we have the very words of his mouth.

  • John 4:44
    69%

    44For Jesus himself said that a prophet has no honour in the country of his birth.

  • John 8:47
    69%

    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.

  • 3 John 1:12
    68%

    12Demetrius has the approval of all men and of what is true: and we give the same witness, and you are certain that our witness is true.

  • John 8:13
    68%

    13So the Pharisees said to him, The witness you give is about yourself: your witness is not true.

  • Acts 2:32
    68%

    32This Jesus God has given back to life, of which we all are witnesses.

  • John 12:45
    68%

    45And he who sees me, sees him who sent me.

  • Acts 4:20
    68%

    20For it is not possible for us to keep from saying what we have seen and have knowledge of.

  • John 5:41
    68%

    41I do not take honour from men;