John 14:31

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

I obey my Father, so that everyone in the world might know that I love him. It is time for us to go now.

Cross References

Psalm 40:8

‘I enjoy pleasing you. Your Law is in my heart.’ ”

Isaiah 50:5

he made me willing to listen and not rebel or run away.

Matthew 26:39

Jesus walked on a little way. Then he knelt with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, don't make me suffer by making me drink from this cup. But do what you want, and not what I want.”

Matthew 26:46

Get up! Let's go. The one who will betray me is already here.”

Luke 12:50

I am going to be put to a hard test. And I will have to suffer a lot of pain until it is over.

John 10:18

No one takes my life from me. I give it up willingly! I have the power to give it up and the power to receive it back again, just as my Father commanded me to do.

John 12:27

Now I am deeply troubled, and I don't know what to say. But I must not ask my Father to keep me from this time of suffering. In fact, I came into the world to suffer.

John 12:49

I don't speak on my own. I say only what the Father who sent me has told me to say.

John 13:1

It was before Passover, and Jesus knew that the time had come for him to leave this world and to return to the Father. He had always loved his followers in this world, and he loved them to the very end.

John 15:9

I have loved you, just as my Father has loved me. So remain faithful to my love for you.

John 18:11

Jesus told Peter, “Put your sword away. I must drink from the cup that the Father has given me.”

John 4:34

Jesus said: My food is to do what God wants! He is the one who sent me, and I must finish the work that he gave me to do.

Philippians 2:8

Christ was humble. He obeyed God and even died on a cross.