John 8:42

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • 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.
  • John 12:49 : 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 14:10 : 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 3:17 : 17 God did not send his Son into the world to be judge of the world; he sent him so that the world might have salvation through him.
  • John 17:25 : 25 Father of righteousness, I have knowledge of you, though the world has not; and to these it is clear that you sent me;
  • 1 Cor 16:22 : 22 If any man has not love for the Lord, let him be cursed. Maran atha (our Lord comes).
  • Gal 4:4 : 4 But when the time had come, God sent out his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
  • 1 John 4:9-9 : 9 And the love of God was made clear to us when he sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him. 10 And this is love, not that we had love for God, but that he had love for us, and sent his Son to be an offering for our sins.
  • 1 John 4:14 : 14 And we have seen and give witness that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
  • 1 John 5:1-2 : 1 Everyone who has faith that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God: and everyone who has love for the Father has love for his child. 2 In this way, we are certain that we have love for the children of God, when we have love for God and keep his laws.
  • Rev 22:1 : 1 And I saw a river of water of life, clear as glass, coming out of the high seat of God and of the Lamb,
  • John 5:23 : 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 : 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 7:28-29 : 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 15:23-24 : 23 He who has hate for me has hate for my Father. 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 16:27-28 : 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. 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.
  • Mal 1:6 : 6 A son gives honour to his father, and a servant has fear of his master: if then I am a father, where is my honour? and if I am a master, where is the fear of me? says the Lord of armies to you, O priests, who give no value to my name. And you say, How have we not given value to your name?
  • John 1:14 : 14 And so the Word became flesh and took a place among us for a time; and we saw his glory--such glory as is given to an only son by his father--saw it to be true and full of grace.

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  • John 16:27-28
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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.

    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 8:37-41
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    37 I 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.

    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.

    39 In 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.

    40 But 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.

    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 8:18-19
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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 7:28-29
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    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 5:42-43
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    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.

  • 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 6:38
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    38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do my pleasure, but the pleasure of him who sent me.

  • John 8:43-44
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    43 Why are my words not clear to you? It is because your ears are shut to my teaching.

    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 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 8:23-24
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    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.

  • John 8:14
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    14 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.

  • 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 14:7
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    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 8:28-29
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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.

    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 12:49
    73%

    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 10:36-37
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    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?

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

  • John 5:36-38
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    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.

  • John 15:22-24
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    22 If I had not come and been their teacher they would have had no sin: but now they have no reason to give for their sin.

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

    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 8:46-47
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    72%

    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?

    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.

  • John 8:16
    72%

    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 14:24
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    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 6:65
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    65 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.

  • John 17:8
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    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.

  • John 8:26
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    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 12:45
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    45 And he who sees me, sees him who sent me.

  • John 7:16
    71%

    16 Jesus gave them this answer: It is not my teaching, but his who sent me.

  • John 8:49
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    49 And 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 6:44-45
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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.

  • John 14:10
    70%

    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 15:26
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    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;

  • John 8:21
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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.