John 8:46

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Heb 4:15 : 15 For we do not have a high priest incapable of sympathizing with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way just as we are, yet without sin.
  • Matt 21:25 : 25 Where did John’s baptism come from? From heaven or from people?” They discussed this among themselves, saying,“If we say,‘From heaven,’ he will say,‘Then why did you not believe him?’
  • Mark 11:31 : 31 They discussed with one another, saying,“If we say,‘From heaven,’ he will say,‘Then why did you not believe him?’
  • John 8:7 : 7 When they persisted in asking him, he stood up straight and replied,“Whoever among you is guiltless may be the first to throw a stone at her.”
  • John 14:30 : 30 I will not speak with you much longer, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no power over me,
  • John 15:10 : 10 If you obey my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.
  • John 16:8 : 8 And when he comes, he will prove the world wrong concerning sin and righteousness and judgment–
  • John 18:37 : 37 Then Pilate said,“So you are a king!” Jesus replied,“You say that I am a king. For this reason I was born, and for this reason I came into the world– to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.”
  • 2 Cor 5:21 : 21 God made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that in him we would become the righteousness of God.
  • Heb 7:26 : 26 For it is indeed fitting for us to have such a high priest: holy, innocent, undefiled, separate from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
  • 1 Pet 2:22 : 22 He committed no sin nor was deceit found in his mouth.

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  • John 8:42-45
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    42Jesus replied,“If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come from God and am now here. I have not come on my own initiative, but he sent me.

    43Why don’t you understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot accept my teaching.

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

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

  • 47The one who belongs to God listens and responds to God’s words. You don’t listen and respond, because you don’t belong to God.”

  • John 16:9-10
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    9concerning sin, because they do not believe in me;

    10concerning righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will see me no longer;

  • John 8:23-24
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    23Jesus replied,“You people are from below; I am from above. You people are from this world; I am not from this world.

    24Thus I told you that you will die in your sins. For unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins.”

  • John 8:13-16
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    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.

    15You people judge by outward appearances; I do not judge anyone.

    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.

  • 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.”

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

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    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.”

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

  • 34Jesus replied,“Are you saying this on your own initiative, or have others told you about me?”

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    37Then Pilate said,“So you are a king!” Jesus replied,“You say that I am a king. For this reason I was born, and for this reason I came into the world– to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.”

    38Pilate asked,“What is truth?” When he had said this he went back outside to the Jewish leaders and announced,“I find no basis for an accusation against him.

  • 21Why do you ask me? Ask those who heard what I said. They know what I said.”

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

    26But you refuse to believe because you are not my sheep.

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

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

  • 55Yet you do not know him, but I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know him, and I obey his teaching.

  • 46“Why do you call me‘Lord, Lord,’ and don’t do what I tell you?

  • 19Hasn’t Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps the law! Why do you want to kill me?”

  • 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!”

  • 41Jesus replied,“If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin, but now because you claim that you can see, your guilt remains.

  • 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.

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

  • 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?”

  • 21Where Jesus Came From and Where He is Going Then Jesus said to them again,“I am going away, and you will look for me but will die in your sin. Where I am going you cannot come.”

  • 47But if you do not believe what Moses wrote, how will you believe my words?”

  • John 3:11-12
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    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.

    12If I have told you people about earthly things and you don’t believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?

  • 7When they persisted in asking him, he stood up straight and replied,“Whoever among you is guiltless may be the first to throw a stone at her.”

  • 1Israel’s Rejection Considered I am telling the truth in Christ(I am not lying!), for my conscience assures me in the Holy Spirit–

  • 45“Do not suppose that I will accuse you before the Father. The one who accuses you is Moses, in whom you have placed your hope.

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    67and said,“If you are the Christ, tell us.” But he said to them,“If I tell you, you will not believe,

    68and if I ask you, you will not answer.

  • 5So they discussed it with one another, saying,“If we say,‘From heaven,’ he will say,‘Why did you not believe him?’

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

  • 31They discussed with one another, saying,“If we say,‘From heaven,’ he will say,‘Then why did you not believe him?’

  • 31Jesus replied,“Do you now believe?

  • 44Jesus’ Final Public Words But Jesus shouted out,“The one who believes in me does not believe in me, but in the one who sent me,

  • 32and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”