John 5:36

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

“But I have a testimony greater than that from John. For the deeds that the Father has assigned me to complete– the deeds I am now doing– testify about me that the Father has sent me.

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  • John 10:25 : 25 Jesus replied,“I told you and you do not believe. The deeds I do in my Father’s name testify about me.
  • John 15:24 : 24 If I had not performed among them the miraculous deeds that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen the deeds and have hated both me and my Father.
  • 1 John 5:9 : 9 If we accept the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, because this is the testimony of God that he has testified concerning his Son.
  • Matt 11:4 : 4 Jesus answered them,“Go tell John what you hear and see:
  • John 3:2 : 2 came to Jesus at night and said to him,“Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signs that you do unless God is with him.”
  • John 3:17 : 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world should be saved through him.
  • John 2:23 : 23 Jesus at the Passover Feast Now while Jesus was in Jerusalem at the Feast of the Passover, many people believed in his name because they saw the miraculous signs he was doing.
  • John 10:37-38 : 37 If I do not perform the deeds of my Father, do not believe me. 38 But if I do them, even if you do not believe me, believe the deeds, so that you may come to know and understand that I am in the Father and the Father is in me.”
  • John 9:30-33 : 30 The man replied,“This is a remarkable thing, that you don’t know where he comes from, and yet he caused me to see! 31 We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is devout and does his will, God listens to him. 32 Never before has anyone heard of someone causing a man born blind to see. 33 If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.”
  • John 14:10-11 : 10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you, I do not speak on my own initiative, but the Father residing in me performs his miraculous deeds. 11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me, but if you do not believe me, believe because of the miraculous deeds themselves.
  • John 17:4 : 4 I glorified you on earth by completing the work you gave me to do.
  • Acts 2:22 : 22 “Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man clearly attested to you by God with powerful deeds, wonders, and miraculous signs that God performed among you through him, just as you yourselves know–
  • 1 John 5:11-12 : 11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 The one who has the Son has this eternal life; the one who does not have the Son of God does not have this eternal life.
  • John 11:37 : 37 But some of them said,“This is the man who caused the blind man to see! Couldn’t he have done something to keep Lazarus from dying?”
  • John 4:34 : 34 Jesus said to them,“My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to complete his work.
  • John 5:32 : 32 There is another who testifies about me, and I know the testimony he testifies about me is true.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 5:37-39
    3 verses
    83%

    37And the Father who sent me has himself testified about me. You people have never heard his voice nor seen his form at any time,

    38nor do you have his word residing in you, because you do not believe the one whom he sent.

    39You study the scriptures thoroughly because you think in them you possess eternal life, and it is these same scriptures that testify about me,

  • John 8:18
    82%

    18I testify about myself and the Father who sent me testifies about me.”

  • John 10:25
    80%

    25Jesus replied,“I told you and you do not believe. The deeds I do in my Father’s name testify about me.

  • John 5:30-35
    6 verses
    80%

    30I can do nothing on my own initiative. Just as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will, but the will of the one who sent me.

    31More Testimony About Jesus“If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true.

    32There is another who testifies about me, and I know the testimony he testifies about me is true.

    33You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.

    34(I do not accept human testimony, but I say this so that you may be saved.)

    35He was a lamp that was burning and shining, and you wanted to rejoice greatly for a short time in his light.

  • John 10:36-38
    3 verses
    78%

    36do you say about the one whom the Father set apart and sent into the world,‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said,‘I am the Son of God’?

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

    38But if I do them, even if you do not believe me, believe the deeds, so that you may come to know and understand that I am in the Father and the Father is in me.”

  • John 14:10-12
    3 verses
    78%

    10Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you, I do not speak on my own initiative, but the Father residing in me performs his miraculous deeds.

    11Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me, but if you do not believe me, believe because of the miraculous deeds themselves.

    12I tell you the solemn truth, the person who believes in me will perform the miraculous deeds that I am doing, and will perform greater deeds than these, because I am going to the Father.

  • John 5:19-20
    2 verses
    77%

    19So Jesus answered them,“I tell you the solemn truth, the Son can do nothing on his own initiative, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, the Son does likewise.

    20For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything he does, and will show him greater deeds than these, so that you will be amazed.

  • John 8:38
    76%

    38I am telling you the things I have seen while with the Father; as for you, practice the things you have heard from the Father!”

  • John 8:26
    76%

    26I have many things to say and to judge about you, but the Father who sent me is truthful, and the things I have heard from him I speak to the world.”

  • John 5:17
    76%

    17So he told them,“My Father is working until now, and I too am working.”

  • John 8:16
    75%

    16But if I judge, my evaluation is accurate, because I am not alone when I judge, but I and the Father who sent me do so together.

  • John 15:24
    75%

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

  • John 17:4-5
    2 verses
    75%

    4I glorified you on earth by completing the work you gave me to do.

    5And now, Father, glorify me at your side with the glory I had with you before the world was created.

  • John 15:26-27
    2 verses
    74%

    26When the Advocate comes, whom I will send you from the Father– the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father– he will testify about me,

    27and you also will testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.

  • 1 John 5:9
    74%

    9If we accept the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, because this is the testimony of God that he has testified concerning his Son.

  • John 3:28
    74%

    28You yourselves can testify that I said,‘I am not the Christ,’ but rather,‘I have been sent before him.’

  • John 8:28-29
    2 verses
    74%

    28Then Jesus said,“When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and I do nothing on my own initiative, but I speak just what the Father taught me.

    29And the one who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, because I always do those things that please him.”

  • John 12:49
    74%

    49For I have not spoken from my own authority, but the Father himself who sent me has commanded me what I should say and what I should speak.

  • John 12:45
    73%

    45and the one who sees me sees the one who sent me.

  • John 8:13-14
    2 verses
    73%

    13So the Pharisees objected,“You testify about yourself; your testimony is not true!”

    14Jesus 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 people do not know where I came from or where I am going.

  • John 14:28
    73%

    28You heard me say to you,‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I am.

  • John 10:32
    73%

    32Jesus said to them,“I have shown you many good deeds from the Father. For which one of them are you going to stone me?”

  • John 1:34
    72%

    34I have both seen and testified that this man is the Chosen One of God.”

  • John 7:29
    72%

    29but I know him, because I have come from him and he sent me.”

  • John 6:36
    72%

    36But I told you that you have seen me and still do not believe.

  • John 17:8
    72%

    8because I have given them the words you have given me. They accepted them and really understand that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me.

  • John 13:20
    72%

    20I tell you the solemn truth, whoever accepts the one I send accepts me, and whoever accepts me accepts the one who sent me.”

  • John 1:15
    71%

    15John testified about him and shouted out,“This one was the one about whom I said,‘He who comes after me is greater than I am, because he existed before me.’”

  • John 6:29
    71%

    29Jesus replied,“This is the deed God requires– to believe in the one whom he sent.”

  • John 16:27
    71%

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

  • John 6:38
    71%

    38For I have come down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of the one who sent me.

  • John 8:54
    71%

    54Jesus replied,“If I glorify myself, my glory is worthless. The one who glorifies me is my Father, about whom you people say,‘He is our God.’

  • John 10:30
    71%

    30The Father and I are one.”

  • John 3:11
    71%

    11I tell you the solemn truth, we speak about what we know and testify about what we have seen, but you people do not accept our testimony.