John 5:30

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • John 4:34 : 34 Jesus said, My food is to do the pleasure of him who sent me and to make his work complete.
  • John 5:19 : 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 6:38 : 38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do my pleasure, but the pleasure of him who sent me.
  • 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.
  • John 8:28 : 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.
  • Rom 15:3 : 3 For Christ did not give pleasure to himself, but, as it is said, The bitter words of those who were angry with you came on me.
  • John 14:10 : 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.
  • John 8:15-16 : 15 You are judging from what you see; I am judging no man. 16 Even if I am judging, my decision is right, because I am not by myself--with me is the Father who sent me.
  • Gen 18:25 : 25 Let such a thing be far from you, to put the upright to death with the sinner: will not the judge of all the earth do right?
  • Ps 40:7-8 : 7 Then I said, See, I come; it is recorded of me in the roll of the book, 8 My delight is to do your pleasure, O my God; truly, your law is in my heart.
  • Isa 11:3-4 : 3 And he will not be guided in his judging by what he sees, or give decisions by the hearing of his ears: 4 But he will do right in the cause of the poor, and give wise decisions for those in the land who are in need; and the rod of his mouth will come down on the cruel, and with the breath of his lips he will put an end to the evil-doer.
  • Hos 10:7-9 : 7 As for Samaria, her king is cut off, like mist on the water. 8 And the high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, will come to destruction; thorns and waste plants will come up on their altars; they will say to the mountains, Be a cover over us; and to the hills, Come down on us. 9 O Israel, you have done evil from the days of Gibeah; there they took up their position, so that the fighting against the children of evil might not overtake them in Gibeah. 10 I will come and give them punishment; and the peoples will come together against them when I give them the reward of their two sins.
  • Ps 96:13 : 13 Before the Lord, for he is come; he is come to be the judge of the earth; the earth will be judged in righteousness, and the peoples with unchanging faith.
  • John 17:4 : 4 I have given you glory on the earth, having done all the work which you gave me to do.
  • John 18:11 : 11 Then Jesus said to Peter, Put back your sword: am I not to take the cup which my Father has given to me?
  • Rom 2:2 : 2 And we are conscious that God is a true judge against those who do such things.
  • Rom 2:5 : 5 But by your hard and unchanged heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of the revelation of God's judging in righteousness;
  • John 8:42 : 42 Jesus said to them, If God was your Father you would have love for me, because it was from God I came and am here. I did not come of myself, but he sent me.
  • John 8:50 : 50 I, however, am not in search of glory for myself: there is One who is searching for it and he is judge.

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  • John 5:31-32
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    31 If I gave witness about myself, my witness would not be true.

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

  • 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 8:14-16
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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.

    15 You are judging from what you see; I am judging no man.

    16 Even if I am judging, my decision is right, because I am not by myself--with me is the Father who sent me.

  • John 8:50
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    50 I, however, am not in search of glory for myself: there is One who is searching for it and he is judge.

  • 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 5:36-37
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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.

    37 And 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.

  • John 8:28-29
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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.

    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.

  • John 12:49-50
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    49 For I have not said it on my authority, but the Father who sent me gave me orders what to say and how to say it.

    50 And I have knowledge that his order is eternal life: so that the things which I say, I say them even as the Father says them to me.

  • John 8:26
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    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 5:21-22
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    21 In the same way, as the Father gives life to the dead, even so the Son gives life to those to whom he is pleased to give it.

    22 The Father is not the judge of men, but he has given all decisions into the hands of the Son;

  • John 7:16-18
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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.

    18 The man whose words come from himself is looking for glory for himself, but he who is looking for the glory of him who sent him--that man is true and there is no evil in him.

  • 1 Cor 4:3-4
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    3 But it is a small thing to me that I am judged by you or by man's judging; I am not even a judge of myself.

    4 For I am not conscious of any wrong in myself; but this does not make me clear, for it is the Lord who is my judge.

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    29 And they will come out; those who have done good, into the new life; and those who have done evil, to be judged.

  • John 8:18
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    18 I give witness about myself and the Father who sent me gives witness about me.

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

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    28 Then, when he was teaching in the Temple, Jesus said with a loud voice, You have knowledge of me and you have knowledge of where I come from; and I have not come of myself; but there is One who has sent me; he is true, but you have no knowledge of him.

    29 I have knowledge of him because I came from him and he sent me.

  • John 10:37-38
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    37 If I am not doing the works of my Father, do not have belief in me;

    38 But if I am doing them, then have belief in the works even if you have no belief in me; so that you may see clearly and be certain that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.

  • John 14:10
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    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.

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  • John 12:47
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    47 And if any man gives ear to my words and does not keep them, I am not his judge: I did not come to be judge of the world but to give salvation to the world.

  • John 14:30-31
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    30 After this I will not say much to you, because the ruler of this world comes: and he has no power over me;

    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 10:30
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    30 I and my Father are one.

  • John 5:27
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    27 And he has given him authority to be judge because he is the Son of man.

  • John 7:24
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    24 Let not your decisions be based on what you see, but on righteousness.

  • John 5:41
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    41 I do not take honour from men;

  • John 16:10-11
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    10 Of righteousness, because I go to the Father and you will see me no more;

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  • John 4:34
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    34 Jesus said, My food is to do the pleasure of him who sent me and to make his work complete.

  • John 10:17-18
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    17 For this reason am I loved by the Father, because I give up my life so that I may take it again.

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  • John 8:38
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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.

  • John 5:34
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    34 But I have no need of a man's witness: I only say these things so that you may have salvation.

  • John 6:44
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    44 No man is able to come to me if the Father who sent me does not give him the desire to come: and I will take him up from the dead on the last day.

  • John 15:24
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    24 If I had not done among them the works which no other man ever did, they would have had no sin: but now they have seen, and they have had hate in their hearts for me and my Father.