John 3:12 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹² If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe [it], how will you believe [it] if I tell you about heavenly things?

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² If I have told you of things that happen right here on the earth and yet none of you believes Me, how can you believe (trust Me, adhere to Me, rely on Me) if I tell you of heavenly things?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² If I told you earthly things and ye believe not, how shall ye believe if I tell you heavenly things?

Common English Bible

¹² If I have told you about earthly things and you don’t believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² If I have spoken to you about earthly things, and you have not believed, then how will you believe, if I will speak to you about heavenly things?

John 3:12 Cross References

Hebrews 5:11

[Now] we have many things to say about Melchizedek, but because of your slowness to grasp things, they are hard to explain.

John 3:8

The wind blows wherever it wants to, and you can hear the sound of it, without knowing where it came from or where it is going. So it is with everyone who is born from the Holy Spirit.”

John 3:5

Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I tell you, a person cannot enter the kingdom of God unless he is born out of water and the Holy Spirit.

1 John 4:10

Here is [the essence of] love: [It is] not that we loved God [first], but that He loved us [See Rom. 5:6-8] and sent His Son to be a “covering over” [see 2:2] of our sins.

1 Timothy 3:16

And without question the revealed secret of godly living is great. [It is this]: He [i.e., Christ, or God], who appeared in a fleshly body [was] vindicated [of false charges] by the Holy Spirit; [He was] seen by angels, was preached among the nations, was believed in throughout the world [and finally] was taken up into glory [i.e., heaven].

John 3:3

Jesus said to him, “Truly, truly, I tell you, a person cannot see the kingdom of God [i.e., enter it. See verse 5], unless he is born from above.” [Note: The words “from above” are also used in verse 31, but in this place they could also mean “again,” or “anew” and refer to the source of a person’s second birth].

John 3:11

Truly, truly, I tell you, we [i.e., Jesus and His disciples] speak about what we know, and testify about what we have seen, but you do not accept our testimony.