John 8:38

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • 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 8:41 : 41 You 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 8:44 : 44 You are the children of your father the Evil One and it is your pleasure to do his desires. From the first he was a taker of life; and he did not go in the true way because there is no true thing in him. When he says what is false, it is natural to him, for he is false and the father of what is false.
  • 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 14:24 : 24 He who has no love for me does not keep my words; and the word which you are hearing is not my word but the Father's who sent me.
  • John 5:30 : 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.
  • John 3:32 : 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 8:26 : 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 12:49-50 : 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.
  • 1 John 3:8-9 : 8 The sinner is a child of the Evil One; for the Evil One has been a sinner from the first. And the Son of God was seen on earth so that he might put an end to the works of the Evil One. 9 Anyone who is a child of God does no sin, because he still has God's seed in him; he is not able to be a sinner, because God is his Father. 10 In this way it is clear who are the children of God and who are the children of the Evil One; anyone who does not do righteousness or who has no love for his brother, is not a child of God.
  • 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.
  • Matt 3:7 : 7 But when he saw a number of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, Offspring of snakes, at whose word are you going in flight from the wrath to come?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 8:39-47
    9 verses
    83%

    39In answer they said to him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus said to them, If you were Abraham's children you would do what Abraham did.

    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.

    42Jesus 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.

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

    44You are the children of your father the Evil One and it is your pleasure to do his desires. From the first he was a taker of life; and he did not go in the true way because there is no true thing in him. When he says what is false, it is natural to him, for he is false and the father of what is false.

    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 8:37
    80%

    37I am conscious that you are Abraham's seed; but you have a desire to put me to death because my word has no place in you.

  • John 8:18-19
    2 verses
    80%

    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 8:26-29
    4 verses
    77%

    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.

    27They did not see that his words were about the Father.

    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.

    29He 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 5:36-38
    3 verses
    76%

    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.

    37And 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.

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

  • John 8:54-56
    3 verses
    76%

    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.

    56Your father Abraham was full of joy at the hope of seeing my day: he saw it and was glad.

  • John 14:9-11
    3 verses
    76%

    9Jesus 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?

    10Have 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.

    11Have 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 10:36-38
    3 verses
    75%

    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?

    37If I am not doing the works of my Father, do not have belief in me;

    38But 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 10:25
    75%

    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 5:19-20
    2 verses
    75%

    19So 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.

    20For 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 14:7
    75%

    7If you had knowledge of me, you would have knowledge of my Father: you have knowledge of him now and have seen him.

  • John 15:23-24
    2 verses
    75%

    23He who has hate for me has hate for my Father.

    24If 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 8:49
    74%

    49And this was the answer of Jesus: I have not an evil spirit; but I give honour to my Father and you do not give honour to me.

  • John 12:49-50
    2 verses
    74%

    49For 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.

    50And 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 8:23
    74%

    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.

  • John 8:16
    74%

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

  • John 5:17
    74%

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

  • John 3:11
    74%

    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 6:46
    73%

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

  • John 8:14
    73%

    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.

  • John 10:32
    72%

    32Jesus said to them in answer, I have let you see a number of good works from the Father; for which of those works are you stoning me?

  • John 15:8
    72%

    8Here is my Father's glory, in that you give much fruit and so are my true disciples.

  • John 16:27-28
    2 verses
    72%

    27For 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.

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

  • John 16:3
    72%

    3They will do these things to you because they have not had knowledge of the Father or of me.

  • John 12:45
    72%

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

  • John 14:28
    72%

    28Keep 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.