John 5:37

Webster's Bible (1833)

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

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  • John 8:18 : 18 I am one who testifies about myself, and the Father who sent me testifies about me."
  • John 1:18 : 18 No one has seen God at any time. The one and only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.
  • Matt 3:17 : 17 Behold, a voice out of the heavens said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased."
  • Deut 4:12 : 12 Yahweh spoke to you out of the midst of the fire: you heard the voice of words, but you saw no form; only [you heard] a voice.
  • John 14:9 : 9 Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you such a long time, and do you not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father. How do you say, 'Show us the Father?'
  • 1 Tim 1:17 : 17 Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
  • 1 Tim 6:16 : 16 who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light; whom no man has seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and eternal power. Amen.
  • 1 John 1:1-2 : 1 That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we saw, and our hands touched, concerning the Word of life 2 (and the life was revealed, and we have seen, and testify, and declare to you the life, the eternal life, which was with the Father, and was revealed to us);
  • 1 John 4:12 : 12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.
  • 1 John 4:20 : 20 If a man says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn't love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
  • John 15:24 : 24 If 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.
  • John 6:27 : 27 Don't work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him."
  • Exod 20:19 : 19 They said to Moses, "Speak with us yourself, and we will listen; but don't let God speak with us, lest we die."
  • Matt 17:5 : 5 While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. Behold, a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to him."

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 5:30-36
    7 verses
    83%

    30I 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.

    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.

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

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

    35He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.

    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.

  • John 5:38-39
    2 verses
    80%

    38You don't have his word living in you; because you don't believe him whom he sent.

    39"You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me.

  • John 8:18-19
    2 verses
    79%

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

    19They said therefore to him, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered, "You know neither me, nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also."

  • John 6:46
    78%

    46Not that anyone has seen the Father, except he who is from God. He has seen the Father.

  • John 1:18
    77%

    18No one has seen God at any time. The one and only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.

  • John 8:38
    76%

    38I say the things which I have seen with my Father; and you also do the things which you have seen with your father."

  • John 12:45
    76%

    45He who sees me sees him who sent me.

  • John 14:9-11
    3 verses
    75%

    9Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you such a long time, and do you not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father. How do you say, 'Show us the Father?'

    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.

    11Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me; or else believe me for the very works' sake.

  • John 12:49
    74%

    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.

  • John 14:7
    74%

    7If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on, you know him, and have seen him."

  • John 17:25
    73%

    25Righteous Father, the world hasn't known you, but I knew you; and these knew that you sent me.

  • John 16:27
    73%

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

  • John 10:25
    73%

    25Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you don't believe. The works that I do in my Father's name, these testify about me.

  • John 5:19-20
    2 verses
    73%

    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.

    20For the Father has affection for the Son, and shows him all things that he himself does. He will show him greater works than these, that you may marvel.

  • John 3:34
    73%

    34For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for God gives the Spirit without measure.

  • John 15:26-27
    2 verses
    73%

    26"When the Counselor{Greek Parakletos: Counselor, Helper, Advocate, Intercessor, and Comfortor.} has come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me.

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

  • John 8:42
    73%

    42Therefore 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 3:32
    73%

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

  • John 5:23
    72%

    23that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who doesn't honor the Son doesn't honor the Father who sent him.

  • John 5:43
    72%

    43I have come in my Father's name, and you don't receive me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him.

  • John 10:37-38
    2 verses
    72%

    37If I don't do the works of my Father, don't believe me.

    38But if I do them, though you don't believe me, believe the works; that you may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I in the Father."

  • John 8:16
    71%

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

  • John 3:11
    71%

    11Most assuredly I tell you, we speak that which we know, and testify of that which we have seen, and you don't receive our witness.

  • Matt 11:27
    71%

    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.

  • John 5:17
    71%

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

  • John 17:5
    71%

    5Now, Father, glorify me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world existed.

  • John 9:37
    71%

    37Jesus said to him, "You have both seen him, and it is he who speaks with you."

  • John 8:26
    71%

    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 7:28-29
    2 verses
    71%

    28Jesus therefore cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, "You both know me, and know where I am from. I have not come of myself, but he who sent me is true, whom you don't know.

    29I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me."

  • John 8:29
    70%

    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 10:30
    70%

    30I and the Father are one."

  • John 15:24
    70%

    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.

  • John 8:54
    70%

    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.

  • John 16:25
    70%

    25I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. But the time is coming when I will no more speak to you in figures of speech, but will tell you plainly about the Father.

  • John 14:28
    70%

    28You heard how I told you, 'I go away, and I come to you.' If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I said 'I am going to my Father;' for the Father is greater than I.

  • 2 Pet 1:17
    70%

    17For he received from God the Father honor and glory, when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."