John 8:42 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God, and now I am here. I did not come on my own, but he sent me. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Jesus said to them, If God were your Father, you would love Me and respect Me and welcome Me gladly, for I proceeded (came forth) from God [out of His very presence]. I did not even come on My own authority or of My own accord (as self-appointed); but He sent Me. American Standard Version (1901) Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I came forth and am come from God; for neither have I come of myself, but he sent me. Common English Bible Jesus replied, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God. Here I am. I haven’t come on my own. God sent me. Catholic Public Domain Version Then Jesus said to them: "If God were your father, certainly you would love me. For I proceeded and came from God. For I did not come from myself, but he sent me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Jesus therefore said to them: If God were your Father, you would indeed love me. For from God I proceeded, and came; for I came not of myself, but he sent me: |
A son honors his father and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is the honor due me? And if I am a master, where is the respect due me? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. You say, “How have we despised your name?”
And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son, full of grace and truth.
for I have not spoken on my own, but the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment about what to say and what to speak.
Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands and that he had come from God and was going to God,
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, but the Father who dwells in me does his works.
Now we know that you know all things and do not need to have anyone question you; by this we believe that you came from God.”
“Righteous Father, the world does not know you, but I know you, and these know that you have sent me.
for the words that you gave to me I have given to them, and they have received them and know in truth that I came from you, and they have believed that you sent me.
“Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world but in order that the world might be saved through him.
so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Anyone who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.
I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not accept me; if another comes in his own name, you will accept him.
Jesus answered, “Even if I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is valid because I know where I have come from and where I am going, but you do not know where I come from or where I am going.
But when the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
And we have seen and do testify that the Father has sent his Son as the Savior of the world.
And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb