John 4:34

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Jesus said, My food is to do the pleasure of him who sent me and to make his work complete.

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  • John 6:38 : 38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do my pleasure, but the pleasure of him who sent me.
  • John 19:30 : 30 So when Jesus had taken the wine he said, All is done. And with his head bent he gave up his spirit.
  • John 17:4 : 4 I have given you glory on the earth, having done all the work which you gave me to do.
  • John 5:30 : 30 Of myself I am unable to do anything: as the voice comes to me so I give a decision: and my decision is right because I have no desire to do what is pleasing to myself, but only what is pleasing to him who sent me.
  • Job 23:12 : 12 I have never gone against the orders of his lips; the words of his mouth have been stored up in my heart.
  • Heb 12:2 : 2 Having our eyes fixed on Jesus, the guide and end of our faith, who went through the pains of the cross, not caring for the shame, because of the joy which was before him, and who has now taken his place at the right hand of God's seat of power.
  • Acts 20:35 : 35 In all things I was an example to you of how, in your lives, you are to give help to the feeble, and keep in memory the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, There is a greater blessing in giving than in getting.
  • Ps 40:8 : 8 My delight is to do your pleasure, O my God; truly, your law is in my heart.
  • Isa 61:1-3 : 1 The spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make the broken-hearted well, to say that the prisoners will be made free, and that those in chains will see the light again; 2 To give knowledge that the year of the Lord's good pleasure has come, and the day of punishment from our God; to give comfort to all who are sad; 3 To give them a fair head-dress in place of dust, the oil of joy in place of the clothing of grief, praise in place of sorrow; so that they may be named trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, and so that he may have glory.
  • John 5:36 : 36 But 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.
  • John 4:32 : 32 But he said to them, I have food of which you have no knowledge.
  • John 6:33 : 33 The bread of God is the bread which comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world.
  • Matt 26:39 : 39 And he went forward a little, and falling down on his face in prayer, he said, O my Father, if it is possible, let this cup go from me; but let not my pleasure, but yours be done.
  • Luke 15:4-6 : 4 What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if one of them gets loose and goes away, will not let the ninety-nine be in the waste land by themselves, and go after the wandering one, till he sees where it is? 5 And when he has got it again, he takes it in his arms with joy. 6 And when he gets back to his house, he sends for his neighbours and friends, saying to them, Be glad with me, for I have got back my sheep which had gone away.
  • Luke 15:10 : 10 Even so, I say to you, There is joy among the angels of God, when one sinner is turned away from his wrongdoing.
  • Luke 19:10 : 10 For the Son of man came to make search for those who are wandering from the way, and to be their Saviour.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 4:31-33
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    31 While this was taking place, the disciples were saying to Jesus, Master, take some food.

    32 But he said to them, I have food of which you have no knowledge.

    33 So the disciples said one to another, Did anyone give him food?

  • John 6:38-40
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    38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do my pleasure, but the pleasure of him who sent me.

    39 And this is the pleasure of him who sent me, that I am not to let out of my hands anything which he has given me, but I am to give it new life on the last day.

    40 This, I say, is my Father's pleasure, that everyone who sees the Son and has faith in him may have eternal life: and I will take him up on the last day.

  • John 6:26-30
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    26 Jesus, answering them, said, Truly I say to you, You come after me, not because you saw signs, but because you were given the bread and had enough.

    27 Let your work not be for the food which comes to an end, but for the food which goes on for eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you, for on him has God the Father put his mark.

    28 Then they said to him, How may we do the works of God?

    29 Jesus, answering, said to them, This is to do the work of God: to have faith in him whom God has sent.

    30 So they said, What sign do you give us, so that we may see and have faith in you? What do you do?

  • John 17:4
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    4 I have given you glory on the earth, having done all the work which you gave me to do.

  • John 4:35-36
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    35 You would say, Four months from now is the time of the grain-cutting. Take a look, I say to you, at the fields; they are even now white for cutting.

    36 He who does the cutting now has his reward; he is getting together fruit for eternal life, so that he who did the planting and he who gets in the grain may have joy together.

  • John 9:4
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    4 While it is day we have to do the works of him who sent me: the night comes when no work may be done.

  • John 6:50-58
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    50 The bread which comes from heaven is such bread that a man may take it for food and never see death.

    51 I am the living bread which has come from heaven: if any man takes this bread for food he will have life for ever: and more than this, the bread which I will give is my flesh which I will give for the life of the world.

    52 Then the Jews had an angry discussion among themselves, saying, How is it possible for this man to give us his flesh for food?

    53 Then Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, If you do not take the flesh of the Son of man for food, and if you do not take his blood for drink, you have no life in you.

    54 He who takes my flesh for food and my blood for drink has eternal life: and I will take him up from the dead at the last day.

    55 My flesh is true food and my blood is true drink.

    56 He who takes my flesh for food and my blood for drink is in me and I in him.

    57 As the living Father has sent me, and I have life because of the Father, even so he who takes me for his food will have life because of me.

    58 This is the bread which has come down from heaven. It is not like the food which your fathers had: they took of the manna, and are dead; but he who takes this bread for food will have life for ever.

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

  • John 7:16-17
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    16 Jesus gave them this answer: It is not my teaching, but his who sent me.

    17 If any man is ready to do God's pleasure he will have knowledge of the teaching and of where it comes from--from God or from myself.

  • John 5:30
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    30 Of myself I am unable to do anything: as the voice comes to me so I give a decision: and my decision is right because I have no desire to do what is pleasing to myself, but only what is pleasing to 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 5:36
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    36 But 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.

  • John 6:33-35
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    33 The bread of God is the bread which comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world.

    34 Ah, Lord, they said, give us that bread for ever!

    35 And this was the answer of Jesus: I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never be in need of food, and he who has faith in me will never be in need of drink.

  • John 4:8
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    8 For his disciples had gone to the town to get food.

  • John 15:8
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    8 Here is my Father's glory, in that you give much fruit and so are my true disciples.

  • John 5:19
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    19 So Jesus made answer and said, Truly I say to you, The Son is not able to do anything himself; he is able to do only what he sees the Father doing; whatever the Father does the Son does it in the same way.

  • John 8:29
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    29 He who sent me is with me; he has not gone from me, because at all times I do the things which are pleasing to him.

  • Matt 12:50
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    50 For whoever does the pleasure of my Father in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.

  • John 6:48
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    48 I am the bread of life.

  • Mark 3:35
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    35 Whoever does God's pleasure, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

  • Matt 9:37
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    37 Then he said to his disciples, There is much grain but not enough men to get it in.

  • Matt 4:4
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    4 But he made answer and said, It is in the Writings, Bread is not man's only need, but every word which comes out of the mouth of God.

  • John 12:23
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    23 And Jesus said to them in answer, The hour of the glory of the Son of man has come.

  • John 4:38
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    38 I sent you to get in grain which you had no hand in planting: other men did that work, and you take the reward.

  • Luke 22:16
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    16 For I say to you, I will not take it till it is made complete in the kingdom of God.

  • Luke 17:7
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    7 But which of you, having a servant who is ploughing or keeping sheep, will say to him, when he comes in from the field, Come now and be seated and have a meal,

  • Mark 6:36
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    36 Send them away, so that they may go into the country and small towns round about, and get some food for themselves.

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

  • Mark 14:22
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    22 And while they were taking food, he took bread, and after blessing it, he gave the broken bread to them, and said, Take it: this is my body.

  • John 6:5
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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?