John 8:49

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Prov 26:4-5 : 4 Do not give to the foolish man a foolish answer, or you will be like him. 5 Give a foolish man a foolish answer, or he will seem wise to himself.
  • Isa 42:21 : 21 It was the Lord's pleasure, because of his righteousness, to make the teaching great and give it honour.
  • Isa 49:3 : 3 And he said to me, You are my servant, Israel, in whom my glory will be seen;
  • Matt 3:15-17 : 15 But Jesus made answer, saying to him, Let it be so now: because so it is right for us to make righteousness complete. Then he gave him baptism. 16 And Jesus, having been given baptism, straight away went up from the water; and, the heavens opening, he saw the Spirit of God coming down on him as a dove; 17 And a voice came out of heaven, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.
  • John 8:29 : 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 11:4 : 4 When this came to his ears, Jesus said, The end of this disease is not death, but the glory of God, so that the Son of God may have glory because of it.
  • John 13:31-32 : 31 Then when he had gone out, Jesus said, Now is glory given to the Son of man, and God is given glory in him. 32 If God is given glory in him, God will give him glory in himself, and will give him glory even now.
  • John 14:13 : 13 And whatever request you make in my name, that I will do, so that the Father may have glory in the Son.
  • John 17:4 : 4 I have given you glory on the earth, having done all the work which you gave me to do.
  • Phil 2:6-9 : 6 To whom, though himself in the form of God, it did not seem that to take for oneself was to be like God; 7 But he made himself as nothing, taking the form of a servant, being made like men; 8 And being seen in form as a man, he took the lowest place, and let himself be put to death, even the death of the cross. 9 For this reason God has put him in the highest place and has given to him the name which is greater than every name; 10 So that at the name of Jesus every knee may be bent, of those in heaven and those on earth and those in the underworld, 11 And that every tongue may give witness that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
  • 1 Pet 2:23 : 23 To sharp words he gave no sharp answer; when he was undergoing pain, no angry word came from his lips; but he put himself into the hands of the judge of righteousness:
  • John 12:28 : 28 Father, give glory to your name. Then there came a voice out of heaven, saying, I have given it glory, and I will give it glory again.

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  • John 8:40-48
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    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?

    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.

    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 8:52-55
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    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.

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

    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 8:50
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    50 I, however, am not in search of glory for myself: there is One who is searching for it and he is judge.

  • John 5:41-44
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    77%

    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?

  • John 8:38
    74%

    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 5:23
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    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 8:19
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    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 7:20-21
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    20 The people said in answer, You have an evil spirit: who has any desire to put you to death?

    21 This was the answer of Jesus: I have done one work and you are all surprised at 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 5:17-18
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    17 But his answer was: My Father is still working even now, and so I am working.

    18 For this cause the Jews had an even greater desire to put Jesus to death, because not only did he not keep the Sabbath but he said God was his Father, so making himself equal with God.

  • John 10:32-33
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    32 Jesus 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?

    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.

  • John 15:23-24
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    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 12:28
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    28 Father, give glory to your name. Then there came a voice out of heaven, saying, I have given it glory, and I will give it glory again.

  • John 6:70
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    70 Then Jesus said, Did I not make a selection of you, the twelve, and one of you is a son of the Evil One?

  • 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 14:30
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    30 After this I will not say much to you, because the ruler of this world comes: and he has no power over me;

  • John 8:13-15
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    69%

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

    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.

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

  • John 10:20
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    20 And a number of them said, He has an evil spirit and is out of his mind; why do you give ear to him?

  • Mark 3:30
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    30 Because they said, He has an unclean spirit.

  • John 10:30
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    30 I and my Father are one.

  • John 12:30
    69%

    30 Jesus said in answer, This voice came not for me but for you.

  • Mark 5:7
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    7 And crying out with a loud voice he said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In God's name, do not be cruel to me.

  • John 7:16
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    16 Jesus gave them this answer: It is not my teaching, but his who sent me.

  • Luke 4:8
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    8 And Jesus in answer said to him, It has been said in the Writings, Give worship to the Lord your God, and be his servant only.

  • 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 12:49
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    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 7:18
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    18 The 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.

  • Luke 11:19
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    19 And if I, by Beelzebul, send out evil spirits, by whose help do your sons send them out? so let them be your judges.

  • John 17:5
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    5 And now, Father, let me have glory with you, even that glory which I had with you before the world was.