John 8:38

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I speak of what I have seen in the presence of the Father, and you do what you have heard from your father."

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  • John 5:19 : 19 So 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.'
  • John 8:41 : 41 You are doing the works of your father." They said to him, "We are not illegitimate children. We have one Father—God."
  • John 8:44 : 44 You are from your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
  • John 14:10 : 10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words I speak to you I do not speak on my own authority. Rather, the Father who dwells in me does his work.
  • John 14:24 : 24 The 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 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 3:32 : 32 He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.
  • John 8:26 : 26 I 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 12:49-50 : 49 For I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to speak. 50 I know that His command leads to eternal life. So whatever I say is just what the Father has told Me to say.
  • 1 John 3:8-9 : 8 The one who practices sin is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this reason: to destroy the works of the devil. 9 No one born of God practices sin, for His seed abides in them; they cannot keep on sinning, because they have been born of God. 10 By this the children of God and the children of the devil are distinguished: Anyone who does not practice righteousness and does not love their brother or sister is not of God.
  • John 17:8 : 8 For 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.
  • Matt 3:7 : 7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, 'You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 8:39-47
    9 verses
    83%

    39 They answered him, "Our father is Abraham." Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham’s children, you would do the works of Abraham.

    40 But now you are trying to kill me—a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do this.

    41 You are doing the works of your father." They said to him, "We are not illegitimate children. We have one Father—God."

    42 Jesus 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.

    43 Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word.

    44 You are from your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

    45 But because I tell you the truth, you do not believe me.

    46 Who among you can convict me of sin? If I am telling the truth, why don’t you believe me?

    47 The one who is from God listens to God’s words. This is why you do not listen, because you are not from God.

  • John 8:37
    80%

    37 I know that you are Abraham’s descendants, but you are trying to kill me because my word has no place in you.

  • John 8:18-19
    2 verses
    80%

    18 I am the one who testifies about myself, and the Father who sent me also testifies about me.

    19 Then they asked him, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered, "You know neither me nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also."

  • John 8:26-29
    4 verses
    77%

    26 I 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."

    27 They did not understand that he was speaking to them about the Father.

    28 So 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.

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

  • John 5:36-38
    3 verses
    76%

    36 But 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.

    37 The Father who sent me has Himself testified about me. You have never heard His voice or seen His form.

    38 Nor do you have His word abiding in you, because you do not believe the one He sent.

  • John 8:54-56
    3 verses
    76%

    54 Jesus answered, "If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, whom you claim as your God.

    55 Yet you do not know him, but I know him. If I were to say I do not know him, I would be a liar like you. But I know him and I keep his word.

    56 Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day; he saw it and was glad.

  • John 14:9-11
    3 verses
    76%

    9 Jesus said to him, 'Philip, have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?'

    10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words I speak to you I do not speak on my own authority. Rather, the Father who dwells in me does his work.

    11 Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me. Or at least believe because of the works themselves.

  • John 10:36-38
    3 verses
    75%

    36 what about the one whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world? Why then do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, ‘I am God’s Son’?

    37 If I do not do the works of my Father, do not believe me.

    38 But if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.

  • John 10:25
    75%

    25 Jesus answered them, 'I told you, and you do not believe. The works I do in my Father's name testify about me,

  • John 5:19-20
    2 verses
    75%

    19 So 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.'

    20 'For the Father loves the Son and shows Him everything that He does. And He will show Him greater works than these, so that you may be amazed.'

  • John 14:7
    75%

    7 If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on, you know him and have seen him.

  • John 15:23-24
    2 verses
    75%

    23 Whoever hates me also hates my Father.

    24 If I had not done the works among them that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen these works, and yet they have hated both me and my Father.

  • John 8:49
    74%

    49 Jesus answered, "I do not have a demon, but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me.

  • John 12:49-50
    2 verses
    74%

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

    50 I know that His command leads to eternal life. So whatever I say is just what the Father has told Me to say.

  • John 8:23
    74%

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

  • John 8:16
    74%

    16 And even if I judge, my judgment is true, because I am not alone, but I am with the Father who sent me.

  • John 5:17
    74%

    17 But Jesus answered them, 'My Father is working until now, and I too am working.'

  • John 3:11
    74%

    11 Truly, truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, but you do not accept our testimony.

  • John 6:46
    73%

    46 No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God; only he has seen the Father.

  • John 8:14
    73%

    14 Jesus answered, "Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you do not know where I come from or where I am going.

  • John 10:32
    72%

    32 Jesus answered them, 'I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these works are you stoning me?'

  • John 15:8
    72%

    8 By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and show yourselves to be my disciples.

  • John 16:27-28
    2 verses
    72%

    27 for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.

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

  • John 16:3
    72%

    3 They will do these things because they have not known the Father or me.

  • John 12:45
    72%

    45 "And whoever sees Me sees the One who sent Me.

  • John 14:28
    72%

    28 You heard me say to you, 'I am going away, and I will come to you.' If you loved me, you would have rejoiced because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.