John 6:38

Catholic Public Domain Version

For I descended from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

Cross References

Isaiah 53:10

But it was the will of the Lord to crush him with infirmity. If he lays down his life because of sin, he will see offspring with long lives, and the will of the Lord will be directed by his hand.

Matthew 20:28

even as the Son of man has not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a redemption for many."

John 3:13

And no one has ascended to heaven, except the one who descended from heaven: the Son of man who is in heaven.

John 3:17

For God did not send his Son into the world, in order to judge the world, but in order that the world may be saved through him.

John 3:31

He who comes from above, is above everything. He who is from below, is of the earth, and he speaks about the earth. He who comes from heaven is above everything.

John 4:34

Jesus said to them: "My food is to do the will of the One who sent me, so that I may perfect his work.

John 5:19

Then Jesus responded and said to them: "Amen, amen, I say to you, the Son is not able to do anything of himself, but only what he has seen the Father doing. For whatever he does, even this does the Son do, similarly.

John 5:30

I am not able to do anything of myself. As I hear, so do I judge. And my judgment is just. For I do not seek my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

John 6:29

Jesus responded and said to them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he sent."

John 6:33

For the bread of God is he who descends from heaven and gives life to the world."

John 6:42

And they said: "Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? Then how can he say: 'For I descended from heaven?' "

John 6:57

Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him.

Romans 15:3

For even Christ did not please himself, but as it was written: "The reproaches of those who reproached you fell upon me."

Ephesians 4:9

Now that he has ascended, what is left except for him also to descended, first to the lower parts of the earth?

Hebrews 5:8

And although, certainly, he is the Son of God, he learned obedience by the things that he suffered.