John 5:30

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

“I can do nothing alone. I judge only the way I am told. And my judgment is right, because I am not trying to please myself. I want only to please the one who sent me.

Cross References

John 6:38

I came down from heaven to do what God wants, not what I want.

John 5:19

But Jesus answered, “I assure you that the Son can do nothing alone. He does only what he sees his Father doing. The Son does the same things that the Father does.

John 4:34

Jesus said, “My food is to do what the one who sent me wants me to do. My food is to finish the work that he gave me to do.

John 14:10

Don’t you believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The things I have told you don’t come from me. The Father lives in me, and he is doing his own work.

Matthew 26:39

Then Jesus went on a little farther away from them. He fell to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, don’t make me drink from this cup. But do what you want, not what I want.”

John 8:28

So he said to them, “You will lift up the Son of Man. Then you will know that I AM. You will know that whatever I do is not by my own authority. You will know that I say only what the Father has taught me.

Romans 15:3

Even Christ did not live trying to please himself. As the Scriptures say about him, “Those people who insulted you have also insulted me.”

John 8:50

I am not trying to get honor for myself. There is one who wants this honor for me. He is the judge.

John 8:42

Jesus said to them, “If God were really your Father, you would love me. I came from God, and now I am here. I did not come by my own authority. God sent me.

John 17:4

I finished the work you gave me to do. I brought you glory on earth.

Psalm 96:13

when they see the Lord coming! He is coming to rule the world. He will rule all the nations of the world with justice and fairness.

John 18:11

Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword back in its place! I must drink from the cup the Father has given me.”

Genesis 18:25

Surely you would not destroy the city. You would not destroy fifty good people to kill those who are evil. If that happened, those who are good would be the same as those who are evil—both would be punished. As the judge of the whole world, surely you would do the right thing!”

Romans 2:5

But you are so stubborn! You refuse to change. So you are making your own punishment greater and greater. You will be punished on the day when God will show his anger. On that day everyone will see how right God is to judge people.

Romans 2:2

God judges all who do such things, and we know his judgment is right.

Isaiah 28:6

Then he will give wisdom to the judges who rule his people. He will give strength to the people who are in battles at the city gates.

Zephaniah 3:15

The Lord stopped your punishment. He destroyed your enemies’ strong towers. King of Israel, the Lord is with you. You don’t need to worry about anything bad happening.