John 6:38

Modern English Version

For I came down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

Cross References

Isaiah 53:10

Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; He has put him to grief. If he made himself as an offering for sin, he shall see his offspring, he shall prolong his days, and the good pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.

Matthew 20:28

even as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve and to give His life as a ransom for many.”

John 3:13

No one has ascended to heaven except He who descended from heaven, even the Son of Man who is in heaven.

John 3:17

For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.

John 3:31

He who comes from above is above all. He who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.

John 4:34

Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work.

John 5:19

Then Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do. For whatever He does, likewise the Son does.

John 5:30

I can do nothing of Myself. As I hear, I judge. My judgment is just, because I seek not My own will, but the will of the Father who sent Me.

John 6:29

Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent.”

John 6:33

For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”

John 6:42

They said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How is it then that He says, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”

John 6:57

As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on Me also will live because of Me.

Romans 15:3

For even Christ did not please Himself. But as it is written, “The insults of those who insulted You fell on Me.”

Ephesians 4:9

(In saying, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that He also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?

Hebrews 5:8

Though He was a Son, He learned obedience through the things that He suffered,