John 9:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

While it is day we have to do the works of him who sent me: the night comes when no work may be done.

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Referenced Verses

  • John 12:35 : 35 Jesus said to them, For a little time longer the light will be among you; while you have the light go on walking in it, so that the dark may not overtake you: one walking in the dark has no knowledge of where he is going.
  • Eph 5:16 : 16 Making good use of the time, because the days are evil.
  • Gal 6:10 : 10 So then, as we have the chance, let us do good to all men, and specially to those who are of the family of the faith.
  • Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatever comes to your hand to do with all your power, do it because there is no work, or thought, or knowledge, or wisdom in the place of the dead to which you are going.
  • John 4:34 : 34 Jesus said, My food is to do the pleasure of him who sent me and to make his work complete.
  • John 11:9-9 : 9 Then Jesus said in answer, Are there not twelve hours in the day? A man may go about in the day without falling, because he sees the light of this world. 10 But if a man goes about in the night, he may have a fall because the light is not in him.
  • Col 4:5 : 5 Be wise in your behaviour to those who are outside, making good use of the time.
  • John 17:4 : 4 I have given you glory on the earth, having done all the work which you gave me to do.
  • Acts 4:20 : 20 For it is not possible for us to keep from saying what we have seen and have knowledge of.
  • John 10:37 : 37 If I am not doing the works of my Father, do not have belief in me;
  • 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 5:36 : 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 10:32 : 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?
  • Isa 38:18-19 : 18 For the underworld is not able to give you praise, death gives you no honour: for those who go down into the underworld there is no hope in your mercy. 19 The living, the living man, he will give you praise, as I do this day: the father will give the story of your mercy to his children.
  • Luke 13:32-34 : 32 And he said, Go and say to that fox, I send out evil spirits and do works of mercy today and tomorrow, and on the third day my work will be complete. 33 But I have to go on my way today and tomorrow and the third day, for it is not right for a prophet to come to his death outside Jerusalem. 34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, putting to death the prophets, and stoning those who were sent to her! again and again would I have taken your children to myself, as a bird takes her young ones under her wings, but you would not!

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 9:5
    81%

    5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

  • John 11:9-10
    2 verses
    76%

    9 Then Jesus said in answer, Are there not twelve hours in the day? A man may go about in the day without falling, because he sees the light of this world.

    10 But if a man goes about in the night, he may have a fall because the light is not in him.

  • John 5:16-17
    2 verses
    76%

    16 And for this reason the Jews were turned against Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath.

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

  • John 4:34-35
    2 verses
    74%

    34 Jesus said, My food is to do the pleasure of him who sent me and to make his work complete.

    35 You would say, Four months from now is the time of the grain-cutting. Take a look, I say to you, at the fields; they are even now white for cutting.

  • John 12:35-36
    2 verses
    74%

    35 Jesus said to them, For a little time longer the light will be among you; while you have the light go on walking in it, so that the dark may not overtake you: one walking in the dark has no knowledge of where he is going.

    36 In so far as you have the light, put your faith in the light so that you may become sons of light. With these words Jesus went away and for a time was not seen again by them.

  • John 6:27-29
    3 verses
    72%

    27 Let your work not be for the food which comes to an end, but for the food which goes on for eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you, for on him has God the Father put his mark.

    28 Then they said to him, How may we do the works of God?

    29 Jesus, answering, said to them, This is to do the work of God: to have faith in him whom God has sent.

  • John 9:3
    72%

    3 Jesus said in answer, It was not because of his sin, or because of his father's or mother's; it was so that the works of God might be seen openly in him.

  • John 12:45-46
    2 verses
    71%

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

    46 I have come as a light into the world, so that no one who has faith in me will go on living in the dark.

  • John 7:6-8
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    71%

    6 Jesus said to them, My time is still to come, but any time is good for you.

    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.

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

  • Rom 13:12
    71%

    12 The night is far gone, and the day is near: so let us put off the works of the dark, arming ourselves with light,

  • John 8:12
    71%

    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.

  • John 5:35-36
    2 verses
    70%

    35 He was a burning and shining light, and for a time you were ready to be happy in his light.

    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 10:37-38
    2 verses
    70%

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

    38 But 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 3:21
    70%

    21 But he whose life is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his acts have been done by the help of God.

  • John 9:39
    70%

    39 And Jesus said, I came into this world to be a judge, so that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.

  • John 1:9
    70%

    9 The true light, which gives light to every man, was then coming into the world.

  • John 5:19
    69%

    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 17:4
    69%

    4 I have given you glory on the earth, having done all the work which you gave me to do.

  • Matt 5:16
    68%

    16 Even so let your light be shining before men, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.

  • John 4:38
    68%

    38 I sent you to get in grain which you had no hand in planting: other men did that work, and you take the reward.

  • Exod 20:9
    68%

    9 On six days do all your work:

  • John 14:31
    68%

    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 6:38
    68%

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

  • John 5:30
    68%

    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 8:20-21
    2 verses
    68%

    20 Jesus said these words in the place where the offerings were stored, while he was teaching in the Temple: but no man took him because his time was still to come.

    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.

  • John 12:23
    68%

    23 And Jesus said to them in answer, The hour of the glory of the Son of man has come.

  • Luke 4:43
    68%

    43 But he said to them, I have to give the good news of the kingdom of God in other towns, because that is why I was sent.

  • John 3:2
    68%

    2 He came to Jesus by night and said to him, Rabbi, we are certain that you have come from God as a teacher, because no man would be able to do these signs which you do if God was not with him.

  • Ps 104:23
    68%

    23 Man goes out to his work, and to his business, till the evening.

  • John 9:33
    68%

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

  • John 8:26
    67%

    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 3:19
    67%

    19 And this is the test by which men are judged: the light has come into the world and men have more love for the dark than for the light, because their acts are evil.

  • John 14:10-11
    2 verses
    67%

    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.

    11 Have 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 8:28
    67%

    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 9:14
    67%

    14 Now the day on which the earth was mixed by Jesus and the man's eyes were made open was the Sabbath.

  • John 4:4
    67%

    4 And it was necessary for him to go through Samaria.

  • John 8:23
    67%

    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.