John 8:42

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

Cross References

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 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 17:8

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

John 17:25

Good Father, the people of this world don't know you. But I know you, and my followers know that you sent me.

Malachi 1:6

I, the LORD All-Powerful, have something to say to you priests. Children respect their fathers, and servants respect their masters. I am your father and your master, so why don't you respect me? You priests have insulted me, and now you ask, “How did we insult you?”

John 1:14

The Word became a human being and lived here with us. We saw his true glory, the glory of the only Son of the Father. From him all the kindness and all the truth of God have come down to us.

1 John 4:14

God sent his Son to be the Saviour of the world. We saw his Son and are now telling others about him.

John 5:43

I have come with my Father's authority, and you have not welcomed me. But you will welcome people who come on their own.

1 Corinthians 16:22

I pray that God will put a curse on everyone who doesn't love the Lord. And may the Lord come soon.

John 3:17

God did not send his Son into the world to condemn its people. He sent him to save them!

John 5:23

The Father wants all people to honour the Son as much as they honour him. When anyone refuses to honour the Son, that is the same as refusing to honour the Father who sent him.

Revelation 22:1

The angel showed me a river that was crystal clear, and its waters gave life. The river came from the throne where God and the Lamb were seated.

Galatians 4:4

But when the time was right, God sent his Son, and a woman gave birth to him. His Son obeyed the Law,

John 8:14

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.

John 13:3

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

John 16:30

At last we know that you understand everything, and we don't have any more questions. Now we believe that you truly have come from God.”

1 John 5:20

We know that Jesus Christ the Son of God has come and has shown us the true God. And because of Jesus, we now belong to the true God who gives eternal life.