John 3:27

KJV1611 – Modern English

John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it is given to him from heaven.

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  • 1 Cor 4:7 : 7 For who makes you different from another? And what do you have that you did not receive? Now if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?
  • Jas 1:17 : 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.
  • Matt 21:25 : 25 The baptism of John, where was it from? From heaven, or from men? And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven, he will say to us, Why then did you not believe him?
  • Matt 25:15 : 15 And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to each according to his own ability; and immediately went on his journey.
  • Mark 11:30-31 : 30 The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men? answer me. 31 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did you not believe him?
  • Mark 13:34 : 34 For the Son of Man is like a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to watch.
  • Num 16:9-9 : 9 Does it seem like a small thing to you, that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to Himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them? 10 And He has brought you near to Him, and all your brethren the sons of Levi with you: and do you seek the priesthood also? 11 For this cause, both you and all your company are gathered together against the LORD: and what is Aaron, that you complain against him?
  • Num 17:5 : 5 And it shall come to pass, that the man's rod whom I choose shall blossom: and I will put an end to the murmurings of the children of Israel against you.
  • 1 Chr 28:4-5 : 4 However the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever: for he has chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he was pleased to make me king over all Israel: 5 And of all my sons, (for the LORD has given me many sons,) he has chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.
  • Jer 1:5 : 5 Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; and before you came forth out of the womb I sanctified you, and I ordained you a prophet to the nations.
  • Jer 17:16 : 16 As for me, I have not hastened from being a shepherd to follow you: neither have I desired the woeful day; you know: that which came out of my lips was right before you.
  • Amos 7:15 : 15 And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said to me, Go, prophesy to my people Israel.
  • 1 Cor 12:11 : 11 But the one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills.
  • 1 Cor 15:10 : 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
  • Gal 1:1 : 1 Paul, an apostle, not from men nor by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead,
  • Eph 1:1 : 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints who are in Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:
  • Eph 3:7-8 : 7 Of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effective working of His power. 8 To me, who am less than the least of all saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
  • 1 Tim 2:7 : 7 For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I speak the truth in Christ, and do not lie), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
  • Heb 5:4-5 : 4 And no man takes this honor unto himself, but only he who is called by God, as was Aaron. 5 So also Christ did not glorify Himself to become a high priest, but He who said to Him, 'You are My Son, today I have begotten You.'
  • 1 Pet 4:10-11 : 10 As every person has received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. 11 If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God; if anyone serves, let him do so with the ability which God gives: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
  • Rom 12:6 : 6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;
  • 1 Cor 1:1 : 1 Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,
  • 1 Cor 2:12-14 : 12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God. 13 These things we also speak, not in words which man's wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
  • 1 Cor 3:5 : 5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom you believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?
  • Rom 1:5 : 5 Through whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for His name;

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  • John 3:31-32
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    31 He who comes from above is above all. He who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.

    32 What he has seen and heard, that he testifies; and no one receives his testimony.

  • 26 They came to John and said to him, Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you bore witness, behold, he baptizes, and all men come to him.

  • John 3:2-13
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    2 This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these miracles that you do, except God be with him.

    3 Jesus answered and said to him, Truly, truly, I say to you, except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

    4 Nicodemus said to him, How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?

    5 Jesus answered, Truly, truly, I say to you, except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

    6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

    7 Do not marvel that I said to you, You must be born again.

    8 The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes; so is everyone that is born of the Spirit.

    9 Nicodemus answered and said to him, How can these things be?

    10 Jesus answered and said to him, Are you a teacher of Israel, and do not know these things?

    11 Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak what we know and testify what we have seen, and you do not receive our witness.

    12 If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?

    13 No man has ascended to heaven but he who came down from heaven, even the Son of Man who is in heaven.

  • 65 And he said, Therefore I said to you, that no man can come to me, except it were given to him by my Father.

  • 30 The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men? answer me.

  • 4 The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men?

  • 6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

  • 33 I did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me, Upon whom you see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.

  • Matt 3:13-14
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    13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him.

    14 But John tried to stop him, saying, I have need to be baptized by you, and you come to me?

  • 28 You yourselves bear me witness that I said, I am not the Christ, but I have been sent before him.

  • 13 Who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

  • 11 But he said to them, All cannot receive this saying, except those to whom it has been given.

  • 25 The baptism of John, where was it from? From heaven, or from men? And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven, he will say to us, Why then did you not believe him?

  • John 1:25-26
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    25 And they asked him, and said to him, Why then do you baptize if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?

    26 John answered them, saying, I baptize with water, but there stands one among you whom you do not know.

  • 7 For let not that man think that he will receive anything from the Lord.

  • 33 If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.

  • 34 For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives not the Spirit by measure to him.

  • 16 And of his fullness we have all received, and grace for grace.

  • 31 I did not know him, but that he should be revealed to Israel, therefore I came baptizing with water.

  • 27 All things have been delivered to me by my Father: and no one knows the Son except the Father; nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and those to whom the Son will reveal him.

  • 44 No man can come to me, except the Father who has sent me draws him: and I will raise him up at the last day.

  • 11 Truly I say to you, among those born of women there has not risen a greater than John the Baptist: yet he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

  • 11 He replied, Because it is given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

  • 46 Not that any man has seen the Father, except he who is from God, he has seen the Father.

  • 7 And they answered that they could not tell where it was from.

  • 25 For he who has, more will be given to him; and he who does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.

  • 32 Then Jesus said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, Moses did not give you that bread from heaven; but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.

  • 7 For who makes you different from another? And what do you have that you did not receive? Now if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?

  • 20 Truly, truly, I say to you, He who receives whomever I send receives me; and he who receives me receives him who sent me.

  • 18 And the disciples of John reported to him of all these things.

  • 16 John answered, saying to them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I comes, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire:

  • 19 And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who are you?