John 5:30

Webster's Bible (1833)

I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I don't seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.

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  • John 4:34 : 34 Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.
  • John 5:19 : 19 Jesus therefore answered them, "Most assuredly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father doing. For whatever things he does, these the Son also does likewise.
  • John 6:38 : 38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.
  • Matt 26:39 : 39 He went forward a little, fell on his face, and prayed, saying, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me; nevertheless, not what I desire, but what you desire."
  • John 8:28 : 28 Jesus therefore said to them, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and I do nothing of myself, but as my Father taught me, I say these things.
  • Rom 15:3 : 3 For even Christ didn't please himself. But, as it is written, "The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me."
  • John 14:10 : 10 Don't you believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I tell you, I speak not from myself; but the Father who lives in me does his works.
  • John 8:15-16 : 15 You judge according to the flesh. I judge no one. 16 Even if I do judge, my judgment is true, for I am not alone, but I am with the Father who sent me.
  • Gen 18:25 : 25 Be it far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn't the Judge of all the earth do right?"
  • Ps 40:7-8 : 7 Then I said, "Behold, I have come. It is written about me in the book in the scroll. 8 I delight to do your will, my God. Yes, your law is within my heart."
  • Isa 11:3-4 : 3 His delight shall be in the fear of Yahweh; and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither decide after the hearing of his ears; 4 but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and decide with equity for the humble of the earth; and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips shall he kill the wicked.
  • Hos 10:7-9 : 7 Samaria and her king float away, Like a twig on the water. 8 The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, will be destroyed. The thorn and the thistle will come up on their altars. They will tell the mountains, "Cover us!" and the hills, "Fall on us!" 9 "Israel, you have sinned from the days of Gibeah. There they remained. The battle against the children of iniquity doesn't overtake them in Gibeah. 10 When it is my desire, I will chastise them; And the nations will be gathered against them, When they are bound to their two transgressions.
  • Ps 96:13 : 13 Before Yahweh; for he comes, For he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, The peoples with his truth.
  • John 17:4 : 4 I glorified you on the earth. I have accomplished the work which you have given me to do.
  • John 18:11 : 11 Jesus therefore said to Peter, "Put the sword into its sheath. The cup which the Father has given me, shall I not surely drink it?"
  • Rom 2:2 : 2 We know that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who practice such things.
  • Rom 2:5 : 5 But according to your hardness and unrepentant heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath, revelation, and of the righteous judgment of God;
  • John 8:42 : 42 Therefore Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came out and have come from God. For I haven't come of myself, but he sent me.
  • John 8:50 : 50 But I don't seek my own glory. There is one who seeks and judges.

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    31"If I testify about myself, my witness is not valid.

    32It is another who testifies about me. I know that the testimony which he testifies about me is true.

  • John 5:19
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    19Jesus therefore answered them, "Most assuredly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father doing. For whatever things he does, these the Son also does likewise.

  • John 8:14-16
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    14Jesus answered them, "Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you don't know where I came from, or where I am going.

    15You judge according to the flesh. I judge no one.

    16Even if I do judge, my judgment is true, for I am not alone, but I am with the Father who sent me.

  • John 8:50
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    50But I don't seek my own glory. There is one who seeks and judges.

  • John 6:38-40
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    38For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

    39This is the will of my Father who sent me, that of all he has given to me I should lose nothing, but should raise him up at the last day.

    40This is the will of the one who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day."

  • John 5:36-37
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    36But the testimony which I have is greater than that of John, for the works which the Father gave me to accomplish, the very works that I do, testify about me, that the Father has sent me.

    37The Father himself, who sent me, has testified about me. You have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form.

  • John 8:28-29
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    28Jesus therefore said to them, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and I do nothing of myself, but as my Father taught me, I say these things.

    29He who sent me is with me. The Father hasn't left me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to him."

  • John 12:49-50
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    49For I spoke not from myself, but the Father who sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.

    50I know that his commandment is eternal life. The things therefore which I speak, even as the Father has said to me, so I speak."

  • John 8:26
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    26I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you. However he who sent me is true; and the things which I heard from him, these I say to the world."

  • John 5:21-22
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    21For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom he desires.

    22For the Father judges no one, but he has given all judgment to the Son,

  • John 7:16-18
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    16Jesus therefore answered them, "My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.

    17If anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God, or if I am speaking from myself.

    18He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory, but he who seeks the glory of him who sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.

  • 1 Cor 4:3-4
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    3But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you, or by man's judgment. Yes, I don't judge my own self.

    4For I know nothing against myself. Yet I am not justified by this, but he who judges me is the Lord.

  • John 5:29
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    29and will come out; those who have done good, to the resurrection of life; and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment.

  • John 8:18
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    18I am one who testifies about myself, and the Father who sent me testifies about me."

  • John 5:17
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    17But Jesus answered them, "My Father is still working, so I am working, too."

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  • John 10:37-38
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    37If I don't do the works of my Father, don't believe me.

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    10Don't you believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I tell you, I speak not from myself; but the Father who lives in me does his works.

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    54Jesus answered, "If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say that he is our God.

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    47If anyone listens to my sayings, and doesn't believe, I don't judge him. For I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.

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    30I will no more speak much with you, for the prince of the world comes, and he has nothing in me.

    31But that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father commanded me, even so I do. Arise, let us go from here.

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    30I and the Father are one."

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    27He also gave him authority to execute judgment, because he is a son of man.

  • John 7:24
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    24Don't judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment."

  • John 5:41
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    41I don't receive glory from men.

  • John 16:10-11
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    17Therefore the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.

    18No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down by myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. I received this commandment from my Father."

  • Matt 11:27
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    27All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows the Son, except the Father; neither does anyone know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son desires to reveal him.

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    34But the testimony which I receive is not from man. However, I say these things that you may be saved.

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

  • John 15:24
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    24If I hadn't done among them the works which no one else did, they wouldn't have had sin. But now have they seen and also hated both me and my Father.