John 8:13

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • John 5:31-47 : 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. 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. 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. 40 And still you have no desire to come to me so that you may have life. 41 I do not take honour from men; 42 But I have knowledge of you that you have no love for God in your hearts. 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. 44 How is it possible for you to have faith while you take honour one from another and have no desire for the honour which comes from the only God? 45 Put out of your minds the thought that I will say things against you to the Father: the one who says things against you is Moses, on whom you put your hopes. 46 If you had belief in Moses you would have belief in me; for his writings are about me. 47 If you have no belief in his writings, how will you have belief in my words?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 8:14-19
    6 verses
    85%

    14Jesus 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.

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

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

    17Even in your law it is said that the witness of two men is true.

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

    19Then 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 5:31-34
    4 verses
    78%

    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.

  • John 8:12
    76%

    12Then again Jesus said to them, I am the light of the world; he who comes with me will not be walking in the dark but will have the light of life.

  • John 8:45-47
    3 verses
    75%

    45But because I say what is true, you have no belief in me.

    46Which of you is able truly to say that I am a sinner? If I say what is true, why have you no belief in me?

    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.

  • John 18:34
    75%

    34Jesus made answer, Do you say this of yourself, or did others say it about me?

  • John 3:10-11
    2 verses
    74%

    10And Jesus, answering, said, Are you the teacher of Israel and have no knowledge of these things?

    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.

  • John 8:53-55
    3 verses
    74%

    53Are you greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? and the prophets are dead: who do you say that you are?

    54Jesus 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.

    55You have no knowledge of him, but I have knowledge of him; and if I said I have no knowledge of him I would be talking falsely like you: but I have full knowledge of him, and I keep his word.

  • John 8:23-26
    4 verses
    73%

    23And he said to them, You are of the earth; I am from heaven: you are of this world; I am not of this world.

    24For this reason I said to you that death will overtake you in your sins: for if you have not faith that I am he, death will come to you while you are in your sins.

    25Then they said to him, Who are you? Jesus said, What I said to you from the first.

    26I 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
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    28Then, 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.

  • John 8:38
    72%

    38I 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 5:38-39
    2 verses
    72%

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

    39You 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 10:25
    72%

    25Jesus 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 5:36
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    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.

  • John 9:40-41
    2 verses
    71%

    40These words came to the ears of the Pharisees who were with him and they said to him, Are we, then, blind?

    41Jesus said to them, If you were blind you would have no sin: but now that you say, We see; your sin is there still.

  • John 7:18-19
    2 verses
    71%

    18The 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.

    19Did not Moses give you the law? Even so, not one of you keeps the law. Why have you a desire to put me to death?

  • John 12:19
    71%

    19Then the Pharisees said one to another, You see, you are unable to do anything: the world has gone after him.

  • John 8:40-41
    2 verses
    71%

    40But now you have a desire to put me to death, a man who has said to you what is true, as I had it from God: Abraham did not do that.

    41You are doing the works of your father. They said to him, We are true sons of Abraham; we have one Father, who is God.

  • John 10:33
    71%

    33This was their answer: We are not stoning you for a good work but for evil words; because being a man you make yourself God.

  • John 8:50
    70%

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

  • John 18:37
    70%

    37Then Pilate said to him, Are you then a king? Jesus made answer, You say that I am a king. For this purpose was I given birth, and for this purpose I came into the world, that I might give witness to what is true. Every lover of what is true gives ear to my voice.

  • John 10:36
    70%

    36Do you say of him whom the Father made holy and sent into the world, Your words are evil; because I said, I am God's Son?

  • John 5:44
    70%

    44How is it possible for you to have faith while you take honour one from another and have no desire for the honour which comes from the only God?

  • John 18:21
    70%

    21Why are you questioning me? put questions to my hearers about what I have said to them: they have knowledge of what I said.

  • John 3:28
    70%

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

  • John 7:4
    70%

    4Because no man does things secretly if he has a desire that men may have knowledge of him. If you do these things, let yourself be seen by all men.

  • John 8:21
    70%

    21Then he said to them again, I am going away and you will be looking for me, but death will overtake you in your sins. It is not possible for you to come where I am going.

  • John 7:50
    70%

    50Nicodemus--he who had come to Jesus before, being himself one of them--said to them,

  • Luke 22:71
    70%

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

  • John 7:7
    69%

    7It is not possible for you to be hated by the world; but I am hated by it, because I give witness that what it does is evil.

  • John 8:28
    69%

    28So 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.