John 18:20

Plain English Version

Jesus said, “I always talked to people in places where everybody can hear me. I talked in our meeting houses, and in God’s ceremony house in Jerusalem, the places where all of us Jewish people meet. I didn’t keep my message secret.

Cross References

Psalm 40:9

Whenever your people come together to respect you, I tell them, “God helps his people.” I always talk like that, I don’t keep my mouth shut. You know that’s true, God.

Matthew 4:23

After that, Jesus went through all of Galilee country. He taught people in the Jewish meeting houses, and he told them the good news about God’s family. And he made a lot of sick people better. They had all sorts of sickness.

Mark 8:32

Jesus talked straight to them, but Peter couldn’t believe it. He took Jesus away from the others and told him not to talk like that.

Luke 4:15

He went to the Jewish meeting houses every week, and he taught everyone about God. And they were all really happy with him.

John 18:21

So why are you asking me all these questions? You should ask the people that listened to me. They know the things I said.”

John 6:59

Jesus said all those things while he taught in the Jewish meeting house in Capernium.

John 7:14

Half-way through the Tents Ceremony, Jesus went to God’s ceremony house in Jerusalem, and he started to teach the people there.

John 7:26

But he is teaching out in the open, and they are not trying to stop him. They are not saying anything against him. Maybe he is the Christ, the special man that God promised to send to save us, and our leaders know that he is.

John 7:28

Jesus was still teaching in God’s ceremony house, and he knew what those people were saying. So he said out loud, “You think you know me, and you think you know where I come from. But you don’t really know me. Listen. It was not my idea to come here. God is the one that sent me here. He really is the one that sent me. You don’t know him.

John 8:2

Early in the morning, he went back to God’s ceremony house in Jerusalem. All the people there went to him, so he sat down and started to teach them.

John 8:26

I can say a lot about you, and I can even judge you. But I will not do that now. You see, right now I am telling people what I heard from the one that sent me to the world. And you can trust his words. They are true.”

Acts 26:26

The other big boss here knows about these things, so I can talk to him, and I know he will understand. You see, people everywhere have heard about Jesus.”