John 3:27

New American Bible - revised edition

John answered and said, “No one can receive anything except what has been given him from heaven.

Cross References

Jeremiah 1:5

Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I dedicated you, a prophet to the nations I appointed you.

Jeremiah 17:16

Yet I did not press you to send disaster; the day without remedy I have not desired. You know what passed my lips; it is present before you.

Amos 7:15

but the Lord took me from following the flock, and the Lord said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’

Numbers 17:5

just as the Lord had directed him through Moses. This was to be a reminder to the Israelites that no unauthorized person, no one who was not a descendant of Aaron, should draw near to offer incense before the Lord, lest he meet the fate of Korah and his faction.

Matthew 21:25

Where was John’s baptism from? Was it of heavenly or of human origin?” They discussed this among themselves and said, “If we say ‘Of heavenly origin,’ he will say to us, ‘Then why did you not believe him?’

Matthew 25:15

To one he gave five talents; to another, two; to a third, one—to each according to his ability. Then he went away. Immediately

Mark 13:34

It is like a man traveling abroad. He leaves home and places his servants in charge, each with his work, and orders the gatekeeper to be on the watch.

John 10:41

Many came to him and said, “John performed no sign, but everything John said about this man was true.”

John 6:65

And he said, “For this reason I have told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by my Father.”

Romans 1:5

Through him we have received the grace of apostleship, to bring about the obedience of faith, for the sake of his name, among all the Gentiles,

Romans 12:6

Since we have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us exercise them: if prophecy, in proportion to the faith;

1 Corinthians 1:1

Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,

1 Corinthians 12:11

But one and the same Spirit produces all of these, distributing them individually to each person as he wishes. One Body, Many Parts.

1 Corinthians 15:10

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me has not been ineffective. Indeed, I have toiled harder than all of them; not I, however, but the grace of God [that is] with me.

1 Corinthians 3:5

What is Apollos, after all, and what is Paul? Ministers through whom you became believers, just as the Lord assigned each one.

1 Corinthians 4:7

Who confers distinction upon you? What do you possess that you have not received? But if you have received it, why are you boasting as if you did not receive it?

Galatians 1:1

Paul, an apostle not from human beings nor through a human being but through Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead,

Ephesians 1:1

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the holy ones who are [in Ephesus] faithful in Christ Jesus:

1 Timothy 2:7

For this I was appointed preacher and apostle (I am speaking the truth, I am not lying), teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

James 1:17

all good giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no alteration or shadow caused by change.