John 14:10

Plain English Version

Do you believe that I am joined to the father, so that it’s like I am in him? And do you believe that the father is joined to me, so that it’s like he is in me? I don’t just say whatever I want to say. The father told me what to say. You see, it’s like he lives inside me and uses me to do his work.

Cross References

John 10:30

My father and me, we are joined together, like we are one.”

John 12:49

You see, the words I said to you are not just mine. The father told me what to say, and he sent me here to tell you his message.

John 14:11

Believe me when I say that I am joined to the father, so that it’s like I am in him. And the father is joined to me, so that it’s like he is in me. If you don’t believe what I’m saying, look at the powerful things I do. Those things will get you to believe me.

John 14:20

Then you will know that I am joined to my father, so that it’s like I am in him. And you will know that each one of you is joined to me in the same way, so that it’s like you are in me. And I am joined to you, so that it’s like I am in you.

John 14:24

But if somebody doesn’t love me, they don’t do what I tell them. And these things that I tell you are not my own words, but they come from my father, the one that sent me here.

John 17:8

I told them the message that you told me, and they believed it. Now they know for sure that you sent me to the world.

John 5:17

Jesus said to them, “God, my father, is always working, and I am always working too.”

John 5:19

Jesus knew what they were saying, so he said to them, “Listen, I am telling you straight, God is my father, and I am his son. I can only do what my father does. I can’t do anything on my own. I do the same things that I see my father do. Whatever he does, I do the same.

John 7:16

Jesus told them, “God sent me to you, and he told me to teach these things. They are his words, not mine.

John 8:28

So he said, “I am the special man from heaven, and after you put me on a cross and lift me up, you will know who I am. And you will understand that I am not working alone. I only say what my father taught me.

John 8:38

I am only telling you the things I saw, and the things I heard, while I was with my father. But you listen to your father, and you do anything he wants you to do.”

John 8:40

I am telling you the true message I heard from God, and you are trying to kill me. You are nothing like Abraham. He never did bad things like that.

Acts 10:38

Then God gave Jesus the Holy Spirit, and he gave him power to do his special work. Jesus was from a town called Nazareth, and he went everywhere doing good things. Some people were sick, and the devil, the boss over the bad spirits, was giving them big trouble. But Jesus made them all better. You see, God was with him.

Colossians 1:19

At the time when God’s son became a man, God lived in him properly. God was happy to live in him.

Colossians 2:9

Listen. God himself lives in Jesus Christ. Jesus has a body and God lives in that body, so that Jesus is properly God.