John 8:42

Modern English Version

Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I came from God and proceeded into the world. I did not come of My own authority, but He sent Me.

Cross References

Malachi 1:6

A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is My fear? says the Lord of Hosts to you, O priests, who despise My name. But you say, “How have we despised Your name?”

John 1:14

The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, the glory as of the only begotten Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

John 12:49

For I have not spoken on My own authority, but the Father who sent Me gave Me a command, what I should say and what I should speak.

John 13:3

Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands and that He came from God and was going to God,

John 14:10

Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on My own authority. But the Father who lives in Me does the works.

John 16:30

Now we know that You know everything and do not need anyone to question You. By this we believe that You came from God.”

John 17:25

“O righteous Father, the world has not known You, but I have known You, and these have known that You sent Me.

John 17:8

For I have given them the words which You gave Me. They have received them and certainly know that I came from You, and they have believed that You sent Me.

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 5:23

that all men should honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

John 5:43

I have come in My Father’s name, but you do not receive Me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him.

John 8:14

Jesus answered, “Though I bear witness of Myself, My testimony is true. For I know where I came from and where I am going. But you do not know where I came from or where I am going.

1 Corinthians 16:22

If anyone does not love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed. Come, O Lord!

Galatians 4:4

But when the fullness of time came, God sent forth His Son, born from a woman, born under the law,

1 John 4:14

And we have seen and testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.

1 John 5:20

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true, and we are in Him who is true —His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

Revelation 22:1

Then he showed me a pure river of the water of life, clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb