John 6:65

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And he said, This is why I said to you, No man is able to come to me if he is not given the power to do so by the Father.

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  • John 6:44-45 : 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. 45 The writings of the prophets say, And they will all have teaching from God. Everyone whose ears have been open to the teaching of the Father comes to me.
  • John 6:37 : 37 Whatever the Father gives to me will come to me; and I will not send away anyone who comes to me.
  • Eph 2:8-9 : 8 Because by grace you have salvation through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is given by God: 9 Not by works, so that no man may take glory to himself.
  • 2 Tim 2:25 : 25 Gently guiding those who go against the teaching; if by chance God may give them a change of heart and true knowledge,
  • Titus 3:3-7 : 3 For in the past we were foolish, hard in heart, turned from the true way, servants of evil desires and pleasures, living in bad feeling and envy, hated and hating one another. 4 But when the mercy of God our Saviour, and his love to man was seen, 5 Not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but in the measure of his mercy, he gave us salvation, through the washing of the new birth and the giving of new life in the Holy Spirit, 6 Which he gave us freely through Jesus Christ our Saviour; 7 So that, having been given righteousness through grace, we might have a part in the heritage, the hope of eternal life.
  • 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.
  • Jas 1:16-18 : 16 Do not be turned from the right way, dear brothers. 17 Every good and true thing is given to us from heaven, coming from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change or any shade made by turning. 18 Of his purpose he gave us being, by his true word, so that we might be, in a sense, the first-fruits of all the things which he had made.
  • Phil 1:29 : 29 Because to you it has been given in the cause of Christ not only to have faith in him, but to undergo pain on his account:
  • 1 Tim 1:14 : 14 And the grace of our Lord was very great, with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
  • John 3:27 : 27 And this was John's answer: A man is unable to have anything if it is not given to him from heaven.
  • John 10:16 : 16 And I have other sheep which are not of this field: I will be their guide in the same way, and they will give ear to my voice, so there will be one flock and one keeper.
  • John 10:26-27 : 26 But you have no belief because you are not of my sheep. 27 My sheep give ear to my voice, and I have knowledge of them, and they come after me:
  • John 12:37-41 : 37 But though he had done such a number of signs before them, they still had no belief in him: 38 So that the words of the prophet Isaiah might come true, when he said, Lord, who has any belief in our preaching? and the arm of the Lord, to whom has it been unveiled? 39 For this reason they were unable to have belief, because Isaiah said again, 40 He has made their eyes blind, and their hearts hard; for fear that they might see with their eyes and get knowledge with their hearts, and be changed, and I might make them well. 41 (Isaiah said these words because he saw his glory. His words were about him.)

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  • John 6:44-47
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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.

    45 The writings of the prophets say, And they will all have teaching from God. Everyone whose ears have been open to the teaching of the Father comes to me.

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

    47 Truly I say to you, He who has faith in me has eternal life.

  • John 6:35-40
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    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.

    36 But it is as I said to you: you have seen me, and still you have no faith.

    37 Whatever the Father gives to me will come to me; and I will not send away anyone who comes to me.

    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 6:64
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    64 But still some of you have no faith. For it was clear to Jesus from the first who they were who had no faith, and who it was who would be false to him.

  • John 10:29
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    29 That which my Father has given to me has more value than all; and no one is able to take anything out of the Father's hand.

  • John 14:6-7
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    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.

  • Matt 11:27
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    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 6:66-67
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    66 Because of what he said, a number of the disciples went back and would no longer go with him.

    67 So Jesus said to the twelve, Have you a desire to go away?

  • John 3:27
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    27 And this was John's answer: A man is unable to have anything if it is not given to him from heaven.

  • John 6:32
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    32 Jesus then said to them, Truly I say to you, What Moses gave you was not the bread from heaven; it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.

  • Matt 19:11
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    11 But he said to them, Not all men are able to take in this saying, but only those to whom it is given.

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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.

  • John 8:42-43
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    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.

    43 Why are my words not clear to you? It is because your ears are shut to my teaching.

  • John 6:53
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    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.

  • John 16:27
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    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 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.

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    40 And still you have no desire to come to me so that you may have life.

  • John 10:25-26
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    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.

    26 But you have no belief because you are not of my sheep.

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    47 He 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.

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  • John 7:34
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    34 You will be looking for me, and you will not see me: and where I am you may not come.

  • John 3:13
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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.

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

  • John 7:36
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    36 What is this saying of his, You will be looking for me and will not see me, and where I am you may not come?

  • John 6:57-60
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    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.

    59 Jesus said these things in the Synagogue while he was teaching at Capernaum.

    60 Then, hearing this, a number of his disciples said, This is a hard saying; who is able to take in such teaching?

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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.

  • John 5:43
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    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 8:19
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    42 And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we have seen? How is it then that he now says, I have come down from heaven?

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  • Luke 6:47
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    47 Everyone who comes to me and gives ear to my words and does them, I will make clear to you what he is like:

  • John 3:5
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    5 Jesus said in answer, Truly, I say to you, If a man's birth is not from water and from the Spirit, it is not possible for him to go into the kingdom of God.

  • Matt 13:11
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    11 And he said to them in answer, To you is given the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

  • 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.