John 5:37

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • John 8:18 : 18 I give witness about myself and the Father who sent me gives witness about me.
  • John 1:18 : 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.
  • Matt 3:17 : 17 And a voice came out of heaven, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.
  • Deut 4:12 : 12 And the voice of the Lord came to you out of the fire: the sound of his words came to your ears but you saw no form; there was nothing but a voice.
  • John 14:9 : 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?
  • 1 Tim 1:17 : 17 Now to the King eternal, ever-living, unseen, the only God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. So be it.
  • 1 Tim 6:16 : 16 Who only has life for ever, living in light to which no man may come near; whom no man has seen or is able to see: to whom be honour and power for ever. So be it.
  • 1 John 1:1-2 : 1 That which was from the first, which has come to our ears, and which we have seen with our eyes, looking on it and touching it with our hands, about the Word of life 2 (And the life was made clear to us, and we have seen it and are witnessing to it and giving you word of that eternal life which was with the Father and was seen by us);
  • 1 John 4:12 : 12 No man has ever seen God: if we have love for one another, God is in us and his love is made complete in us:
  • 1 John 4:20 : 20 If a man says, I have love for God, and has hate for his brother, his words are false: for how is the man who has no love for his brother whom he has seen, able to have love for God whom he has not seen?
  • John 15:24 : 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.
  • John 6:27 : 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.
  • Exod 20:19 : 19 And they said to Moses, To your words we will give ear, but let not the voice of God come to our ears, for fear death may come on us.
  • Matt 17:5 : 5 While he was still talking, a bright cloud came over them: and a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased; give ear to him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 5:30-36
    7 verses
    83%

    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.

    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.

    33 You sent to John and he gave true witness.

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

    35 He was a burning and shining light, and for a time you were ready to be happy in his light.

    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 5:38-39
    2 verses
    80%

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

    39 You make search in the holy Writings, in the belief that through them you get eternal life; and it is those Writings which give witness about me.

  • John 8:18-19
    2 verses
    79%

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

    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 6:46
    78%

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

  • John 1:18
    77%

    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.

  • John 8:38
    76%

    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 12:45
    76%

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

  • John 14:9-11
    3 verses
    75%

    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 12:49
    74%

    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.

  • John 14:7
    74%

    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 17:25
    73%

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

  • John 16:27
    73%

    27 For the Father himself gives his love to you, because you have given your love to me and have had faith that I came from God.

  • John 10:25
    73%

    25 Jesus said in answer, I have said it and you have no belief: the works which I do in my Father's name, these give witness about me.

  • John 5:19-20
    2 verses
    73%

    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.

    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.

  • John 3:34
    73%

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

  • John 15:26-27
    2 verses
    73%

    26 When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father even the Spirit of true knowledge who comes from the Father--he will give witness about me;

    27 And you, in addition, will give witness because you have been with me from the first.

  • John 8:42
    73%

    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 3:32
    73%

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

  • John 5:23
    72%

    23 So that all men may give honour to the Son even as they give honour to the Father. He who gives no honour to the Son gives no honour to the Father who sent him.

  • John 5:43
    72%

    43 I have come in my Father's name, and your hearts are not open to me. If another comes with no other authority but himself, you will give him your approval.

  • John 10:37-38
    2 verses
    72%

    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 8:16
    71%

    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 3:11
    71%

    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.

  • Matt 11:27
    71%

    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 5:17
    71%

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

  • John 17:5
    71%

    5 And now, Father, let me have glory with you, even that glory which I had with you before the world was.

  • John 9:37
    71%

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

  • John 8:26
    71%

    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 7:28-29
    2 verses
    71%

    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 8:29
    70%

    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 10:30
    70%

    30 I and my Father are one.

  • John 15:24
    70%

    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.

  • John 8:54
    70%

    54 Jesus said in answer, If I take glory for myself, my glory is nothing: it is my Father who gives me glory, of whom you say that he is your God.

  • John 16:25
    70%

    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 14:28
    70%

    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.

  • 2 Pet 1:17
    70%

    17 For God the Father gave him honour and glory, when such a voice came to him out of the great glory, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.