John 8:47

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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 1:12-13 : 12 To all those who did so take him, however, he gave the right of becoming children of God--that is, to those who had faith in his name: 13 Whose birth was from God and not from blood, or from an impulse of the flesh and man's desire.
  • John 6:45-46 : 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.
  • John 6:65 : 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 8:37 : 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.
  • John 8:43 : 43 Why are my words not clear to you? It is because your ears are shut to my teaching.
  • John 8:45 : 45 But because I say what is true, you have no belief in me.
  • 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 17:6-8 : 6 I have given knowledge of your name to the men whom you gave me out of the world: yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your words. 7 Now it is clear to them that whatever you have given to me comes from you: 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 18:37 : 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.
  • 1 John 3:10 : 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.
  • 1 John 4:1-6 : 1 My loved ones, do not put your faith in every spirit, but put them to the test, to see if they are from God: because a great number of false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 By this you may have knowledge of the Spirit of God: every spirit which says that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God: 3 And every spirit which does not say this is not from God: this is the spirit of Antichrist, of which you have had word; and it is in the world even now. 4 You are of God, my little children, and you have overcome them because he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. 5 They are of the world, so their talk is the world's talk, and the world gives ear to them. 6 We are of God: he who has the knowledge of God gives ear to us; he who is not of God does not give ear to us. By this we may see which is the true spirit, and which is the spirit of error.
  • 1 John 5:1 : 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 John 1:9 : 9 Anyone who goes on and does not keep to the teaching of Christ, has not God: he who keeps to the teaching has the Father and the Son.
  • 3 John 1:11 : 11 My loved one, do not be copying what is evil, but what is good. He who does good is of God: he who does evil has not seen God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 8:37-46
    10 verses
    83%

    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.

    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.

    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.

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

    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?

  • 1 John 4:5-6
    2 verses
    79%

    5 They are of the world, so their talk is the world's talk, and the world gives ear to them.

    6 We are of God: he who has the knowledge of God gives ear to us; he who is not of God does not give ear to us. By this we may see which is the true spirit, and which is the spirit of error.

  • John 5:38-40
    3 verses
    78%

    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.

  • John 10:25-27
    3 verses
    78%

    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.

    27 My sheep give ear to my voice, and I have knowledge of them, and they come after me:

  • John 8:48
    77%

    48 The Jews said to him in answer, Are we not right in saying that you are of Samaria and have an evil spirit?

  • John 8:23-24
    2 verses
    75%

    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 9:31
    75%

    31 We have knowledge that God does not give ear to sinners, but if any man is a worshipper of God and does his pleasure, to him God's ears are open.

  • John 8:26-27
    2 verses
    73%

    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.

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

  • John 5:42
    73%

    42 But I have knowledge of you that you have no love for God in your hearts.

  • John 14:24
    72%

    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 8:52
    72%

    52 The Jews said to him, Now we are certain that you have an evil spirit. Abraham is dead, and the prophets are dead; and you say, If a man keeps my word he will never see death.

  • John 8:19
    72%

    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 3:11
    72%

    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 5:47
    72%

    47 If you have no belief in his writings, how will you have belief in my words?

  • John 6:65
    71%

    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 3:34
    71%

    34 For he whom God has sent says God's words; and God does not give him the Spirit by measure.

  • John 8:55
    71%

    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.

  • Matt 13:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13 For this reason I put things into the form of stories; because they see without seeing, and give ear without hearing, and the sense is not clear to them.

    14 And for them the words of Isaiah have come true, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you:

  • John 12:48
    71%

    48 He who puts me on one side and does not take my words to heart, is not without a judge: the word which I have said will be his judge on the last day.

  • John 17:16
    71%

    16 They are not of the world any more than I am of the world.

  • John 7:7
    71%

    7 It 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.

  • Mark 7:16
    71%

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  • John 7:36
    71%

    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 6:45-46
    2 verses
    71%

    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.

  • John 10:36-37
    2 verses
    71%

    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;

  • Matt 11:15
    70%

    15 He who has ears, let him give ear.

  • John 9:33
    70%

    33 If this man did not come from God he would be unable to do anything.

  • John 16:9
    70%

    9 Of sin, because they have not faith in me;

  • Acts 28:26
    70%

    26 Go to this people and say, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you:

  • John 8:31
    70%

    31 Then Jesus said to the Jews who had faith in him, If you keep my word, then you are truly my disciples;

  • John 10:33
    70%

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