John 5:37

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The Father who sent me also speaks for me, but you have never heard his voice or seen him face to face.

Cross References

John 8:18

I am one of my witnesses, and the Father who sent me is the other one.

John 1:18

No one has ever seen God. The only Son, who is truly God and is closest to the Father, has shown us what God is like.

1 Timothy 1:17

I pray that honour and glory will always be given to the only God, who lives for ever and is the invisible and eternal King! Amen.

1 Timothy 6:16

Only God lives for ever! And he lives in light that no one can come near. No human has ever seen God or ever can see him. God will be honoured, and his power will last for ever. Amen.

Matthew 3:17

Then a voice from heaven said, “This is my own dear Son, and I am pleased with him.”

1 John 4:20

But if we say we love God and don't love each other, we are liars. We cannot see God. So how can we love God, if we don't love the people we can see?

1 John 4:12

No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is truly in our hearts.

John 14:9

Jesus replied: Philip, I have been with you for a long time. Don't you know who I am? If you have seen me, you have seen the Father. How can you ask me to show you the Father?

John 6:27

Don't work for food that spoils. Work for food that gives eternal life. The Son of Man will give you this food, because God the Father has given him the right to do so.”

Matthew 17:5

While Peter was still speaking, the shadow of a bright cloud passed over them. From the cloud a voice said, “This is my own dear Son, and I am pleased with him. Listen to what he says!”

Deuteronomy 4:12

and the LORD spoke to you from the fire. You could hear him and understand what he was saying, but you couldn't see him.

Exodus 20:19

and said to Moses, “If you speak to us, we will listen. But don't let God speak to us, or we will die!”

John 15:24

I have done things that no one else has ever done. If they had not seen me do these things, they would not be guilty. But they did see me do these things, and they still hate me and my Father too.

Isaiah 26:10

Even when the wicked are treated with mercy in this land of justice, they do wrong and are blind to your glory, our LORD.

Mark 1:11

A voice from heaven said, “You are my own dear Son, and I am pleased with you.”

Luke 3:22

and the Holy Spirit came down upon him in the form of a dove. A voice from heaven said, “You are my own dear Son, and I am pleased with you.”

Luke 24:27

Jesus then explained everything written about himself in the Scriptures, beginning with the Law of Moses and the Books of the Prophets.

John 5:32

But there is someone else who speaks for me, and I know what he says is true.

1 John 5:9

We believe what people tell us. But we can trust what God says even more, and God is the one who has spoken about his Son.