John 3:12 - The Scriptures 1998

¹² “If you do not believe when I spoke to you about earthly matters, how are you going to believe when I speak to you about the heavenly matters?

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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

John 3:11

“Truly, truly, I say to you, We speak what We know and witness what We have seen, and you do not receive Our witness.

John 3:3

יהושע  answered and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born from above, he is unable to see the reign of Elohim.”

John 3:5

יהושע  answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he is unable to enter into the reign of Elohim.

John 3:8

“The Spirit breathes where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but do not know where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who has been born of the Spirit.”

1 Timothy 3:16

And, beyond all question, the secret of reverence is great – who was revealed in the flesh, declared right in Spirit, was seen by messengers, was proclaimed among nations, was believed on in the world, was taken up in esteem.

Hebrews 5:11

concerning whom we have much to say, and hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing.

1 John 4:10

In this is love, not that we loved Elohim, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be an atoning offering for our sins.