John 6:38

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

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  • John 4:34 : 34 Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to accomplish his work.
  • John 5:30 : 30 I can do nothing on My own. As I hear, I judge, and My judgment is just because I do not seek My own will but the will of Him who sent Me.
  • John 3:13 : 13 No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.
  • John 3:31 : 31 The one who comes from above is above all. The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks about earthly things. The one who comes from heaven is above all.
  • Isa 53:10 : 10 Yet it was the Lord's will to crush him and cause him to suffer. When you make his life an offering for sin, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand.
  • John 6:33 : 33 'For the bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.'
  • Eph 4:9 : 9 But what does 'he ascended' mean except that he also descended to the lower parts of the earth?
  • Phil 2:7-8 : 7 but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of humanity. And being found in appearance as a man, 8 He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death—even death on a cross.
  • Heb 5:8 : 8 Although He was a Son, He learned obedience through what He suffered.
  • Heb 10:7-9 : 7 Then I said, 'Behold, I have come—it is written about Me in the scroll of the book—to do Your will, O God.'" 8 After saying above that sacrifices, offerings, whole burnt offerings, and offerings for sins You did not desire nor were pleased with—which are offered according to the law— 9 then He said, 'Behold, I have come to do Your will.' He takes away the first to establish the second.
  • Ps 40:7-8 : 7 Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but You have prepared my ears to listen; burnt offering and sin offering You did not require. 8 Then I said, 'Here I am; I have come. In the scroll of the book it is written about me.'
  • Rom 15:3 : 3 For even Christ did not please Himself; as it is written: 'The insults of those who insult You have fallen on Me.'
  • Matt 20:28 : 28 Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
  • Matt 26:39-42 : 39 Going a little farther, He fell facedown and prayed, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will." 40 Then He returned to His disciples and found them sleeping. "Couldn't you men keep watch with Me for one hour?" He asked Peter. 41 "Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak." 42 A second time He went away and prayed, "My Father, if this cup cannot pass unless I drink it, may Your will be done."

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 6:39-42
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    39'And this is the will of him who sent me: that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up on the last day.'

    40For this is the will of my Father: that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him may have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day.

    41At this, the Jews began to grumble about him because he said, 'I am the bread that came down from heaven.'

    42They said, 'Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?'.

  • John 5:30
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    30I can do nothing on My own. As I hear, I judge, and My judgment is just because I do not seek My own will but the will of Him who sent Me.

  • John 6:37
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    37'All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.'

  • John 12:49
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    49For I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to speak.

  • John 4:34
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    34Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to accomplish his work.

  • John 8:42
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    42Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and I am here. I did not come on my own, but he sent me.

  • John 7:16-17
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    16Jesus answered them, 'My teaching is not Mine, but comes from the One who sent Me.

    17'If anyone wants to do His will, they will know whether My teaching comes from God or whether I speak on My own authority.'

  • John 16:27-28
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    27for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.

    28I came from the Father and have come into the world. Again, I am leaving the world and going to the Father.

  • John 6:50-51
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    50But this is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die.

    51I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats this bread, they will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

  • John 6:44-45
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    44No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I will raise them up on the last day.

    45It is written in the Prophets: ‘They will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to me.

  • John 8:23
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    23He said to them, "You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.

  • John 8:28-29
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    28So Jesus said to them, "When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he and that I do nothing on my own, but speak just as the Father taught me.

    29The one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, because I always do what pleases him."

  • John 6:32-33
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    32Jesus said to them, 'Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.'

    33'For the bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.'

  • John 12:30
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    30Jesus replied, "This voice did not come for My sake, but for yours."

  • John 7:28-29
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    28Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple, cried out, 'You know Me, and you know where I am from. I have not come on My own, but the One who sent Me is true. You do not know Him.

    29I know Him because I am from Him, and He sent Me.'

  • John 6:65
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    65He went on to say, 'This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted to them by the Father.'

  • John 12:47
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    47"If anyone hears My words and does not keep them, I do not judge them. For I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world.

  • John 5:40-41
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    40But you are unwilling to come to me so that you may have life.

    41I do not accept glory from people.

  • John 3:13
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    13No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.

  • John 6:57-58
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    57As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so the one who eats me will live because of me.

    58This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your ancestors who ate and died, the one who eats this bread will live forever.

  • John 5:43
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    43I have come in my Father's name, and you do not accept me. But if someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him.

  • John 14:31
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    31But so that the world may know that I love the Father, I do exactly as the Father commanded me. Rise, let us go from here.

  • John 5:36
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    36But I have testimony greater than John's: the works the Father has given Me to complete, the very works I am doing, testify about Me that the Father has sent Me.

  • John 12:27-28
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    27Now My soul is troubled. And what shall I say? 'Father, save Me from this hour'? But this is why I came to this hour.

    28Father, glorify Your name." Then a voice came from heaven: "I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again."

  • John 8:50
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    50Yet I do not seek my own glory; there is one who seeks it, and he is the judge.

  • John 17:8
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    8For I gave them the words You gave Me, and they received them. They knew with certainty that I came from You, and they believed that You sent Me.

  • John 10:17-18
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    17The Father loves me because I lay down my life so that I may take it up again.

    18No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have the authority to lay it down and the authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father.

  • John 5:19
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    19So Jesus answered them, 'Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing by Himself; He only does what He sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, the Son also does in the same way.'

  • Luke 6:47
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    47Everyone who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice, I will show you what they are like.

  • John 6:48
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    48I am the bread of life.

  • John 14:24
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    24The one who does not love me does not keep my words. The word you hear is not my own but belongs to the Father who sent me.

  • John 17:4
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    4I have glorified You on earth by completing the work You gave Me to do.

  • Luke 22:42
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    42He said, "Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me. Yet not my will, but yours be done."

  • John 1:31
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    31I myself did not know Him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that He might be revealed to Israel.

  • John 8:26
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    26I have much to say about you and much to judge. But the one who sent me is true, and I declare to the world what I have heard from him."

  • John 3:31
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    31The one who comes from above is above all. The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks about earthly things. The one who comes from heaven is above all.