John 3:27 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁷ John answered, “No one can receive anything except what has been given from heaven.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ John answered, A man can receive nothing [he can claim nothing, he can take unto himself nothing] except as it has been granted to him from heaven. [A man must be content to receive the gift which is given him from heaven; there is no other source.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁷ John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it have been given him from heaven.

Common English Bible

²⁷ John replied, “No one can receive anything unless it is given from heaven.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ John responded and said: "A man is not able to receive anything, unless it has been given to him from heaven.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁷ John answered, and said: A man cannot receive any thing, unless it be given him from heaven.

John 3:27 Cross References

Jeremiah 1:5

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

Jeremiah 17:16

But I have not run away from being a shepherd in your service, nor have I desired the fatal day. You know what came from my lips; it was before your face.

Amos 7:15

and the Lord took me from following the flock, and the Lord said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’

Numbers 17:5

And the staff of the man whom I choose shall sprout; thus I will put a stop to the complaints of the Israelites that they continually make against you.”

Matthew 21:25

Did the baptism of John come from heaven, or was it of human origin?” And they argued with one another, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say to us, ‘Why, then, did you not believe him?’

Matthew 25:15

to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. At once

Mark 13:34

It is like a man going on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his slaves in charge, each with his work, and commands the doorkeeper to be on the watch.

John 10:41

Many came to him, and they were saying, “John performed no sign, but everything that John said about this man was true.”

John 6:65

And he said, “For this reason I have told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted by the Father.”

Romans 1:5

through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the gentiles for the sake of his name,

Romans 12:6

We have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us: prophecy, in proportion to faith;

1 Corinthians 1:1

Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,

1 Corinthians 12:11

All these are activated by one and the same Spirit, who allots to each one individually just as the Spirit chooses.

1 Corinthians 15:10

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me has not been in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I but the grace of God that is with me.

1 Corinthians 3:5

What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you came to believe, as the Lord assigned to each.

1 Corinthians 4:7

For who sees anything different in you? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive?

Galatians 1:1

Paul an apostle—sent neither by human commission nor from human authorities but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead—

Ephesians 1:1

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus and are faithful in Christ Jesus:

1 Timothy 2:7

For this I was appointed a herald and an apostle (I am telling the truth; I am not lying), a teacher of the gentiles in faith and truth.

James 1:17

Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.