Matthew 11:27

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

All things have been handed over to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son decides to reveal him.

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  • John 14:6-9 : 6 Jesus replied,“I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7 If you have known me, you will know my Father too. And from now on you do know him and have seen him.” 8 Philip said,“Lord, show us the Father, and we will be content.” 9 Jesus replied,“Have I been with you for so long, and you have not known me, Philip? The person who has seen me has seen the Father! How can you say,‘Show us the Father’?
  • Matt 28:18 : 18 Then Jesus came up and said to them,“All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
  • John 10:15 : 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father– and I lay down my life for the sheep.
  • 2 John 1:9 : 9 Everyone who goes on ahead and does not remain in the teaching of Christ does not have God. The one who remains in this teaching has both the Father and the Son.
  • John 17:25-26 : 25 Righteous Father, even if the world does not know you, I know you, and these men know that you sent me. 26 I made known your name to them, and I will continue to make it known, so that the love you have loved me with may be in them, and I may be in them.”
  • Luke 10:22 : 22 All things have been given to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son and anyone to whom the Son decides to reveal him.”
  • 1 John 2:23 : 23 Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father either. The person who confesses the Son has the Father also.
  • 1 John 5:19-20 : 19 We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one. 20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us insight to know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This one is the true God and eternal life.
  • John 3:35 : 35 The Father loves the Son and has placed all things under his authority.
  • John 6:46 : 46 (Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God– he has seen the Father.)
  • John 7:29 : 29 but I know him, because I have come from him and he sent me.”
  • John 1:18 : 18 No one has ever seen God. The only one, himself God, who is in closest fellowship with the Father, has made God known.
  • Phil 2:10-11 : 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow– in heaven and on earth and under the earth– 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.
  • John 17:2-3 : 2 just as you have given him authority over all humanity, so that he may give eternal life to everyone you have given him. 3 Now this is eternal life– that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you sent.
  • John 5:21-29 : 21 For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whomever he wishes. 22 Furthermore, the Father does not judge anyone, but has assigned all judgment to the Son, 23 so that all people will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him. 24 “I tell you the solemn truth, the one who hears my message and believes the one who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned, but has crossed over from death to life. 25 I tell you the solemn truth, a time is coming– and is now here– when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. 26 For just as the Father has life in himself, thus he has granted the Son to have life in himself, 27 and he has granted the Son authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man. 28 “Do not be amazed at this, because a time is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice 29 and will come out– the ones who have done what is good to the resurrection resulting in life, and the ones who have done what is evil to the resurrection resulting in condemnation.
  • John 13:3 : 3 Because Jesus knew that the Father had handed all things over to him, and that he had come from God and was going back to God,
  • 1 Pet 3:22 : 22 who went into heaven and is at the right hand of God with angels and authorities and powers subject to him.
  • John 17:6 : 6 Jesus Prays for the Disciples“I have revealed your name to the men you gave me out of the world. They belonged to you, and you gave them to me, and they have obeyed your word.
  • Heb 2:8-9 : 8 You put all things under his control.” For when he put all things under his control, he left nothing outside of his control. At present we do not yet see all things under his control, 9 but we see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by God’s grace he would experience death on behalf of everyone. 10 For it was fitting for him, for whom and through whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
  • 1 Cor 15:25-27 : 25 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. 26 The last enemy to be eliminated is death. 27 For he has put everything in subjection under his feet. But when it says“everything” has been put in subjection, it is clear that this does not include the one who put everything in subjection to him.
  • Eph 1:20-23 : 20 This power he exercised in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms 21 far above every rule and authority and power and dominion and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come. 22 And God put all things under Christ’s feet, and gave him to the church as head over all things. 23 Now the church is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.

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    21 On that same occasion Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said,“I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was your gracious will.

    22 All things have been given to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son and anyone to whom the Son decides to reveal him.”

    23 Then Jesus turned to his disciples and said privately,“Blessed are the eyes that see what you see!

  • 35 The Father loves the Son and has placed all things under his authority.

  • John 6:44-46
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    44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.

    45 It is written in the prophets,‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who hears and learns from the Father comes to me.

    46 (Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God– he has seen the Father.)

  • 25 Righteous Father, even if the world does not know you, I know you, and these men know that you sent me.

  • 15 Everything that the Father has is mine; that is why I said the Spirit will receive from me what is mine and will tell it to you.

  • John 5:19-23
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    19 So 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.

    20 For 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.

    21 For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whomever he wishes.

    22 Furthermore, the Father does not judge anyone, but has assigned all judgment to the Son,

    23 so that all people will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

  • 32 Be Ready!“But as for that day or hour no one knows it– neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son– except the Father.

  • 76%

    25 Jesus’ Invitation At that time Jesus said,“I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent, and have revealed them to little children.

    26 Yes, Father, for this was your gracious will.

  • 19 Then they began asking him,“Who is your father?” Jesus answered,“You do not know either me or my Father. If you knew me you would know my Father too.”

  • John 8:27-28
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    27 (They did not understand that he was telling them about his Father.)

    28 Then 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.

  • 65 So Jesus added,“Because of this I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has allowed him to come.”

  • 7 Now they understand that everything you have given me comes from you,

  • 7 If you have known me, you will know my Father too. And from now on you do know him and have seen him.”

  • 18 No one has ever seen God. The only one, himself God, who is in closest fellowship with the Father, has made God known.

  • 36 Be Ready!“But as for that day and hour no one knows it– not even the angels in heaven– except the Father alone.

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    29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one can snatch them from my Father’s hand.

    30 The Father and I are one.”

  • 25 “I have told you these things in obscure figures of speech; a time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in obscure figures, but will tell you plainly about the Father.

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    20 You will know at that time that I am in my Father and you are in me and I am in you.

    21 The person who has my commandments and obeys them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will reveal myself to him.”

  • 11 He said to them,“The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those outside, everything is in parables,

  • John 14:9-11
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    9 Jesus replied,“Have I been with you for so long, and you have not known me, Philip? The person who 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 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 5:26-27
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    26 For just as the Father has life in himself, thus he has granted the Son to have life in himself,

    27 and he has granted the Son authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man.

  • 23 Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father either. The person who confesses the Son has the Father also.

  • 11 He replied,“You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but they have not.

  • 10 Everything I have belongs to you, and everything you have belongs to me, and I have been glorified by them.

  • 3 Because Jesus knew that the Father had handed all things over to him, and that he had come from God and was going back to God,

  • 49 For 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.

  • 37 Everyone whom the Father gives me will come to me, and the one who comes to me I will never send away.

  • 1 Jesus Prays for the Father to Glorify Him When Jesus had finished saying these things, he looked upward to heaven and said,“Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, so that your Son may glorify you–

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

  • 13 No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven– the Son of Man.

  • 31 but I am doing just what the Father commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Get up, let us go from here.

  • 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father– and I lay down my life for the sheep.

  • 15 I no longer call you slaves, because the slave does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because I have revealed to you everything I heard from my Father.

  • 28 Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

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