John 8:14

Contemporary English Version 1995

Jesus replied: Even if I do speak for myself, what I say is true! I know where I came from and where I am going. But you don't know where I am from or where I am going.

Cross References

John 16:28

I came from the Father into the world, but I am leaving the world and returning to the Father.

John 13:3

Jesus knew he had come from God and would go back to God. He also knew that the Father had given him complete power.

John 14:10

Don't you believe that I am one with the Father and that the Father is one with me? What I say isn't said on my own. The Father who lives in me does these things.

John 8:42

Jesus answered: If God were your Father, you would love me, because I came from God and now I am here. He sent me. I did not come on my own.

John 17:8

I told my followers what you told me, and they accepted it. They know I came from you, and they believe you are the one who sent me.

Revelation 3:14

This is what you must write to the angel of the church in Laodicea: I am the one called Amen! I am the faithful and true witness and the source of God's creation. Listen to what I say.

2 Corinthians 12:19

Have you been thinking all along that we have been defending ourselves to you? Actually, we have been speaking to God as followers of Christ. But, my friends, we did it all for your good.

2 Corinthians 12:11

I have been making a fool of myself. But you forced me to do it, when you should have been speaking up for me. I may be nothing at all, but I am as good as those super apostles.

2 Corinthians 11:31

God, the Father of our Lord Jesus, knows I am not lying. And God is to be praised forever!

John 10:36

So why do you accuse me of a terrible sin for saying that I am the Son of God? After all, it is the Father who prepared me for this work. He is also the one who sent me into the world.

John 10:15

Just as the Father knows me, I know the Father, and I give up my life for my sheep.

Proverbs 8:7

I always speak the truth and refuse to tell a lie.

John 5:31

If I speak for myself, there is no way to prove I am telling the truth.

John 18:37

“So you are a king,” Pilate replied. “You are saying that I am a king,” Jesus told him. “I was born into this world to tell about the truth. And everyone who belongs to the truth knows my voice.”

Revelation 1:5

May kindness and peace be yours from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness. Jesus was the first to conquer death, and he is the ruler of all earthly kings. Christ loves us, and by his blood he set us free from our sins.