John 8:14

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • John 13:3 : 3 Jesus, being conscious that the Father had put everything into his hands, and that he came from God and was going to God,
  • John 16:28 : 28 I came out from the Father and have come into the world: again, I go away from the world and go to the Father.
  • 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 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.
  • Num 12:3 : 3 Now the man Moses was more gentle than any other man on earth.
  • Neh 5:14-19 : 14 Now from the time when I was made ruler of the people in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year till the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, for twelve years, I and my servants have never taken the food which was the right of the ruler. 15 But earlier rulers who were before me made the people responsible for their upkeep, and took from them bread and wine at the rate of forty shekels of silver; and even their servants were lords over the people: but I did not do so, because of the fear of God. 16 And I kept on with the work of this wall, and we got no land for ourselves: and all my servants were helping with the work. 17 And more than this, a hundred and fifty of the Jews and the rulers were guests at my table, in addition to those who came to us from the nations round about us. 18 Now the food made ready for one day was one ox and six fat sheep, as well as fowls; and once in ten days a store of all sorts of wine: but all the same, I did not take the food to which the ruler had a right, because the people were crushed under a hard yoke. 19 Keep in mind, O my God, for my good, all I have done for this people.
  • John 7:27-29 : 27 However, it is clear to us where this man comes from: but when the Christ comes no one will have knowledge where he comes from. 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 9:29-30 : 29 We are certain that God gave his word to Moses: but as for this man, we have no knowledge where he comes from. 30 The man said in answer, Why, here is a strange thing! You have no knowledge where he comes from though he gave me the use of my eyes.
  • John 10:15 : 15 Even as the Father has knowledge of me and I of the Father; and I am giving my life for the sheep.
  • John 10:36 : 36 Do 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 17:8 : 8 Because I have given them the words which you gave to me; and they have taken them to heart, and have certain knowledge that I came from you, and they have faith that you sent me.
  • 2 Cor 11:31 : 31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, to whom be praise for ever, is witness that the things which I say are true.
  • 2 Cor 12:11 : 11 I have been forced by you to become foolish, though it was right for my praise to have come from you: for in no way was I less than the chief of the Apostles, though I am nothing.
  • 2 Cor 12:19 : 19 It may seem to you that all this time we have been attempting to put ourselves in the right; but we are saying these things before God in Christ. For all things, dear brothers, are for your profit.
  • Rev 3:14 : 14 And to the angel of the church in Laodicea say: These things says the true and certain witness, the head of God's new order:

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  • John 8:12-13
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    12 Then 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.

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

  • John 7:27-29
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    27 However, it is clear to us where this man comes from: but when the Christ comes no one will have knowledge where he comes from.

    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 8:18-19
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    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 8:21-26
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    21 Then 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.

    22 So the Jews said, Will he take his life? Is that why he says, Where I go it is not possible for you to come?

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

    24 For 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.

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

    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 8:15-16
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    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 8:54-55
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    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.

    55 You 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 14:4-7
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    4 And you all have knowledge of where I am going, and of the way to it.

    5 Thomas said, Lord, we have no knowledge of where you are going; how may we have knowledge of the way?

    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.

  • John 5:30-32
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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.

    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 18:8
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    8 Jesus made answer, I have said that I am he; if you are looking for me, let these men go away.

  • John 8:28
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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.

  • John 8:46
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    46 Which 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?

  • John 16:28
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    28 I came out from the Father and have come into the world: again, I go away from the world and go to the Father.

  • 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 8:42
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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.

  • John 18:34
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    34 Jesus made answer, Do you say this of yourself, or did others say it about me?

  • John 3:10-11
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    10 And Jesus, answering, said, Are you the teacher of Israel and have no knowledge of these things?

    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.

  • John 7:36
    74%

    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?

  • Luke 20:7
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    7 And they made answer that they had no idea where it came from.

  • John 18:21
    73%

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

  • John 5:36
    73%

    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 16:5
    73%

    5 But now I am going to him who sent me; and not one of you says to me, Where are you going?

  • John 10:25
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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.

  • 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 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 18:37
    72%

    37 Then 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 8:50
    72%

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

  • John 14:28
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    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.

  • John 13:33
    72%

    33 My dear children, I am only to be with you a little longer. Then you will be looking for me: and as I said to the Jews, so now I say to you, Where I am going you may not come.

  • John 7:8
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    8 Go you up to the feast: I am not going up now to the feast because my time has not fully come.

  • John 18:4
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    4 Then Jesus, having knowledge of everything which was coming on him, went forward and said to them, Who are you looking for?

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

  • John 6:42
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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?

  • John 5:39
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    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.