John 8:38

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.

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  • John 5:19 : 19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.
  • John 8:41 : 41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
  • John 8:44 : 44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
  • John 14:10 : 10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
  • John 14:24 : 24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.
  • John 5:30 : 30 I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
  • John 3:32 : 32 And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony.
  • John 8:26 : 26 I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.
  • John 12:49-50 : 49 For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. 50 And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.
  • 1 John 3:8-9 : 8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. 9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. 10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
  • John 17:8 : 8 For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.
  • Matt 3:7 : 7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 8:39-47
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    83%

    39 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.

    40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.

    41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.

    42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.

    43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.

    44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

    45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.

    46 Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?

    47 He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.

  • John 8:37
    80%

    37 I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.

  • John 8:18-19
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    18 I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me.

    19 Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.

  • John 8:26-29
    4 verses
    77%

    26 I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.

    27 They understood not that he spake to them of the Father.

    28 Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.

    29 And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.

  • John 5:36-38
    3 verses
    76%

    36 But I have greater witness than that of n: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.

    37 And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.

    38 And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.

  • John 8:54-56
    3 verses
    76%

    54 Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:

    55 Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.

    56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.

  • John 14:9-11
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    9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?

    10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.

    11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.

  • John 10:36-38
    3 verses
    75%

    36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?

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

    38 But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.

  • John 10:25
    75%

    25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.

  • John 5:19-20
    2 verses
    75%

    19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.

    20 For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.

  • John 14:7
    75%

    7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.

  • John 15:23-24
    2 verses
    75%

    23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also.

    24 If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.

  • John 8:49
    74%

    49 Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me.

  • John 12:49-50
    2 verses
    74%

    49 For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.

    50 And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.

  • John 8:23
    74%

    23 And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.

  • John 8:16
    74%

    16 And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me.

  • John 5:17
    74%

    17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.

  • John 3:11
    74%

    11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.

  • John 6:46
    73%

    46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.

  • John 8:14
    73%

    14 Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.

  • John 10:32
    72%

    32 Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?

  • John 15:8
    72%

    8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.

  • John 16:27-28
    2 verses
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    27 For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.

    28 I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.

  • John 16:3
    72%

    3 And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.

  • John 12:45
    72%

    45 And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me.

  • John 14:28
    72%

    28 Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.