John 4:34

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Jesus saith to them, `My food is, that I may do the will of Him who sent me, and may finish His work;

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  • John 6:38 : 38 because I have come down out of the heaven, not that I may do my will, but the will of Him who sent me.
  • John 19:30 : 30 when, therefore, Jesus received the vinegar, he said, `It hath been finished;' and having bowed the head, gave up the spirit.
  • John 17:4 : 4 I did glorify Thee on the earth, the work I did finish that Thou hast given me, that I may do `it'.
  • John 5:30 : 30 `I am not able of myself to do anything; according as I hear I judge, and my judgment is righteous, because I seek not my own will, but the will of the Father who sent me.
  • Job 23:12 : 12 The command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth.
  • Heb 12:2 : 2 looking to the author and perfecter of faith -- Jesus, who, over-against the joy set before him -- did endure a cross, shame having despised, on the right hand also of the throne of God did sit down;
  • Acts 20:35 : 35 all things I did shew you, that, thus labouring, it behoveth `us' to partake with the ailing, to be mindful also of the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.'
  • Ps 40:8 : 8 To do Thy pleasure, my God, I have delighted, And Thy law `is' within my heart.
  • Isa 61:1-3 : 1 The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah `is' on me, Because Jehovah did anoint me To proclaim tidings to the humble, He sent me to bind the broken of heart, To proclaim to captives liberty, And to bound ones an opening of bands. 2 To proclaim the year of the good pleasure of Jehovah, And the day of vengeance of our God, To comfort all mourners. 3 To appoint to mourners in Zion, To give to them beauty instead of ashes, The oil of joy instead of mourning, A covering of praise for a spirit of weakness, And He is calling to them, `Trees of righteousness, The planting of Jehovah -- to be beautified.'
  • John 5:36 : 36 `But I have the testimony greater than John's, for the works that the Father gave me, that I might finish them, the works themselves that I do, they testify concerning me, that the Father hath sent me.
  • John 4:32 : 32 and he said to them, `I have food to eat that ye have not known.'
  • John 6:33 : 33 for the bread of God is that which is coming down out of the heaven, and giving life to the world.'
  • Matt 26:39 : 39 And having gone forward a little, he fell on his face, praying, and saying, `My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as Thou.'
  • Luke 15:4-6 : 4 `What man of you having a hundred sheep, and having lost one out of them, doth not leave behind the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go on after the lost one, till he may find it? 5 and having found, he doth lay `it' on his shoulders rejoicing, 6 and having come to the house, he doth call together the friends and the neighbours, saying to them, Rejoice with me, because I found my sheep -- the lost one.
  • Luke 15:10 : 10 `So I say to you, joy doth come before the messengers of God over one sinner reforming.'
  • Luke 19:10 : 10 for the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.'

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    31And in the meanwhile his disciples were asking him, saying, `Rabbi, eat;'

    32and he said to them, `I have food to eat that ye have not known.'

    33The disciples then said one to another, `Did any one bring him anything to eat?'

  • John 6:38-40
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    38because I have come down out of the heaven, not that I may do my will, but the will of Him who sent me.

    39`And this is the will of the Father who sent me, that all that He hath given to me I may not lose of it, but may raise it up in the last day;

    40and this is the will of Him who sent me, that every one who is beholding the Son, and is believing in him, may have life age-during, and I will raise him up in the last day.'

  • John 6:26-30
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    26Jesus answered them and said, `Verily, verily, I say to you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw signs, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were satisfied;

    27work not for the food that is perishing, but for the food that is remaining to life age-during, which the Son of Man will give to you, for him did the Father seal -- `even' God.'

    28They said therefore unto him, `What may we do that we may work the works of God?'

    29Jesus answered and said to them, `This is the work of God, that ye may believe in him whom He did send.'

    30They said therefore to him, `What sign, then, dost thou, that we may see and may believe thee? what dost thou work?

  • John 17:4
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    4I did glorify Thee on the earth, the work I did finish that Thou hast given me, that I may do `it'.

  • John 4:35-36
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    35do not say that it is yet four months, and the harvest cometh; lo, I say to you, Lift up your eyes, and see the fields, that they are white unto harvest already.

    36`And he who is reaping doth receive a reward, and doth gather fruit to life age-during, that both he who is sowing and he who is reaping may rejoice together;

  • John 9:4
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    4it behoveth me to be working the works of Him who sent me while it is day; night doth come, when no one is able to work: --

  • John 6:50-58
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    50this is the bread that out of the heaven is coming down, that any one may eat of it, and not die.

    51`I am the living bread that came down out of the heaven; if any one may eat of this bread he shall live -- to the age; and the bread also that I will give is my flesh, that I will give for the life of the world.'

    52The Jews, therefore, were striving with one another, saying, `How is this one able to give us `his' flesh to eat?'

    53Jesus, therefore, said to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you, If ye may not eat the flesh of the Son of Man, and may not drink his blood, ye have no life in yourselves;

    54he who is eating my flesh, and is drinking my blood, hath life age-during, and I will raise him up in the last day;

    55for my flesh truly is food, and my blood truly is drink;

    56he who is eating my flesh, and is drinking my blood, doth remain in me, and I in him.

    57`According as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, he also who is eating me, even that one shall live because of me;

    58this is the bread that came down out of the heaven; not as your fathers did eat the manna, and died; he who is eating this bread shall live -- to the age.'

  • John 5:17
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    17And Jesus answered them, `My Father till now doth work, and I work;'

  • John 7:16-17
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    16Jesus answered them and said, `My teaching is not mine, but His who sent me;

    17if any one may will to do His will, he shall know concerning the teaching, whether it is of God, or -- I do speak from myself.

  • John 5:30
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    30`I am not able of myself to do anything; according as I hear I judge, and my judgment is righteous, because I seek not my own will, but the will of the Father who sent me.

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    31but that the world may know that I love the Father, and according as the Father gave me command so I do; arise, we may go hence.

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    36`But I have the testimony greater than John's, for the works that the Father gave me, that I might finish them, the works themselves that I do, they testify concerning me, that the Father hath sent me.

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    33for the bread of God is that which is coming down out of the heaven, and giving life to the world.'

    34They said, therefore, unto him, `Sir, always give us this bread.'

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    8for his disciples were gone away to the city, that they may buy victuals;

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    8`In this was my Father glorified, that ye may bear much fruit, and ye shall become my disciples.

  • John 5:19
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    19Jesus therefore responded and said to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you, The Son is not able to do anything of himself, if he may not see the Father doing anything; for whatever things He may do, these also the Son in like manner doth;

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    29and He who sent me is with me; the Father did not leave me alone, because I, the things pleasing to Him, do always.'

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    48I am the bread of the life;

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    35for whoever may do the will of God, he is my brother, and my sister, and mother.'

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    4But he answering said, `It hath been written, Not upon bread alone doth man live, but upon every word coming forth from the mouth of God.'

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    23And Jesus responded to them, saying, `The hour hath come that the Son of Man may be glorified;

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    38I sent you to reap that on which ye have not laboured; others laboured, and ye into their labour have entered.

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    16for I say to you, that no more may I eat of it till it may be fulfilled in the reign of God.'

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    36let them away, that, having gone away to the surrounding fields and villages, they may buy to themselves loaves, for what they may eat they have not.'

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    17if these things ye have known, happy are ye, if ye may do them;

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    22And as they are eating, Jesus having taken bread, having blessed, brake, and gave to them, and said, `Take, eat; this is my body.'

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    5Jesus then having lifted up `his' eyes and having seen that a great multitude doth come to him, saith unto Philip, `Whence shall we buy loaves, that these may eat?' --