John 8:42

New International Reader's Version

Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me. I have come here from God. I have not come on my own. God sent me.

Cross References

Malachi 1:6

“A son honors his father. A slave honors his master. If I am a father, where is the honor I should have? If I am a master, where is the respect you should give me?” says the Lord who rules over all. “You priests look down on me. “But you ask, ‘How have we looked down on you?’

John 1:14

The Word became a human being. He made his home with us. We have seen his glory. It is the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father. And the Word was full of grace and truth.

John 12:49

I did not speak on my own. The Father who sent me commanded me to say all that I have said.

John 13:3

Jesus knew that the Father had put everything under his power. He also knew he had come from God and was returning to God.

John 14:10

Don’t you believe that I am in the Father? Don’t you believe that the Father is in me? The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority. The Father lives in me. He is the one who is doing his work.

John 16:30

Now we can see that you know everything. You don’t even need anyone to ask you questions. This makes us believe that you came from God.”

John 17:25

“Father, you are holy. The world does not know you, but I know you. Those you have given me know you have sent me.

John 17:8

I gave them the words you gave me. And they accepted them. They knew for certain that I came from you. They believed that you sent me.

John 3:17

God did not send his Son into the world to judge the world. He sent his Son to save the world through him.

John 5:23

Then all people will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him.

John 5:43

I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not accept me. But if someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him.

John 8:14

Jesus answered, “Even if I am a witness about myself, what I say does count. I know where I came from. And I know where I am going. But you have no idea where I come from or where I am going.

1 Corinthians 16:22

If anyone does not love the Lord, let a curse be on that person! Come, Lord!

Galatians 4:4

But then the chosen time came. God sent his Son. A woman gave birth to him. He was born under the authority of the law.

1 John 4:14

The Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. We have seen it and are witnesses to it.

1 John 5:20

We also know that the Son of God has come. He has given us understanding. So we can know the God who is true. And we belong to the true God by belonging to his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

Revelation 22:1

Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life. It was as clear as crystal. It flowed from the throne of God and of the Lamb.