John 12:30 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

³⁰ Jesus said to them, “This voice did not speak for my sake, but for yours.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁰ Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁰ Jesus answered, This voice has not come for My sake, but for your sake.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁰ Jesus answered and said, This voice hath not come for my sake, but for your sakes.

Common English Bible

³⁰ Jesus replied, “This voice wasn’t for my benefit but for yours.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁰ Jesus responded and said: "This voice came, not for my sake, but for your sakes.

John 12:30 Cross References

John 11:15

And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there [when he died], so that [now] you will believe [i.e., when you see him miraculously raised up]. But let us go to him [now].”

John 11:42

I know that you always hear me, but I said this for the sake of the crowd standing here, so they would believe that you sent me.”

John 12:31

Judgment is now coming to this world; the prince of this world [i.e., Satan] will now be driven out.

John 5:34

But I do not rely on the testimony of men about me; therefore I tell you these things so you will be saved [i.e., from condemning judgment. See verse 29].

2 Corinthians 8:9

For you know the unearned favor of our Lord Jesus Christ, [how] that even though He was rich, He became poor for your sakes, so that through His poverty you people could become [spiritually] rich.