John 3:27

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

John replied: No one can do anything unless God in heaven allows it.

Cross References

Jeremiah 1:5

“Jeremiah, I am your Creator, and before you were born, I chose you to speak for me to the nations.”

Jeremiah 17:16

Our LORD, you chose me to care for your people, and that's what I have done. You know everything I have said, and I have never once asked you to punish them.

Amos 7:15

But the LORD told me to leave my herds and preach to the people of Israel.

Numbers 17:5

I will then choose a man to be my priest, and his stick will sprout. After that happens, I won't have to listen to any more complaints about you.

Matthew 21:25

Who gave John the right to baptize? Was it God in heaven or merely some human being?” They thought it over and said to each other, “We can't say that God gave John this right. Jesus will ask us why we didn't believe John.

Matthew 25:15

The man knew what each servant could do. So he handed five thousand coins to the first servant, two thousand to the second, and one thousand to the third. Then he left the country.

Mark 13:34

It is like what happens when a man goes away for a while and places his servants in charge of everything. He tells each of them what to do, and he orders the guard to keep alert.

John 10:41

many people came to him. They were saying, “John didn't perform any miracles, but everything he said about Jesus is true.”

John 6:65

Then Jesus said, “You cannot come to me, unless the Father makes you want to come. That is why I have told these things to all of you.”

Romans 1:5

Jesus was kind to me and chose me to be an apostle, so that people of all nations would obey and have faith.

Romans 12:6

God has also given each of us different gifts to use. If we can prophesy, we should do it according to the amount of faith we have.

1 Corinthians 1:1

From Paul, chosen by God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and from Sosthenes, who is also a follower.

1 Corinthians 12:11

But it is the Spirit who does all this and decides which gifts to give to each of us.

1 Corinthians 15:10

But God was kind! He made me what I am, and his wonderful kindness wasn't wasted. I worked much harder than any of the other apostles, although it was really God's kindness at work and not me.

1 Corinthians 3:5

Apollos and I are merely servants who helped you to have faith. It was the Lord who made it all happen.

1 Corinthians 4:7

What is so special about you? What do you have that you were not given? And if it was given to you, how can you boast?

Galatians 1:1

From the apostle Paul and from all the Lord's followers with me. I was chosen to be an apostle by Jesus Christ and by God the Father, who raised him from death. No mere human chose or appointed me to this work. To the churches in Galatia.

Ephesians 1:1

From Paul, chosen by God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus. To God's people who live in Ephesus and are faithful followers of Christ Jesus.

1 Timothy 2:7

This is why God chose me to be a preacher and an apostle of the good news. I am telling the truth. I am not lying. God sent me to teach the Gentiles about faith and truth.

James 1:17

Every good and perfect gift comes down from the Father who created all the lights in the heavens. He is always the same and never makes dark shadows by changing.