John 6:38

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

For I have come down from Heaven, to do, not my own will, but the will of him who sent me;

Cross References

Matthew 20:28

Just as the Son of Man came, not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

John 3:13

No one has ascended to Heaven, except him who descended from Heaven--the Son of Man himself.

John 3:17

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.

John 3:31

He who comes from above is above all others; but a child of earth is earthly, and his teaching is earthly, too. He who comes from Heaven is above all others.

John 4:34

"My food," replied Jesus, "is to do the will of him who sent me, and to complete his work.

John 5:19

So Jesus made this further reply: "In truth I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself; he does only what he sees the Father doing; whatever the Father does, the Son does also.

John 5:30

I can do nothing of myself; I judge as I am taught; and the judgment that I give is just, because my aim is not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

John 6:29

"The work that God would have you do," answered Jesus, "is to believe in him whom God sent as his Messenger."

John 6:33

For the Bread that God gives is that which comes down from Heaven, and gives Life to the world."

John 6:42

"Is not this Jesus, Joseph's son," they asked, "whose father and mother we know? How is it that he now says that he has come down from Heaven?"

John 6:57

As the Living Father sent me as his Messenger, and as I live because the Father lives, so he who takes me for his food shall live because I live.

Romans 15:3

Even the Christ did not please himself! On the contrary, as Scripture says of him--'The reproaches of those who were reproaching thee fell upon me.'

Ephesians 4:9

Now surely this 'going up' must imply that he had already gone down into the world beneath.

Hebrews 5:8

Son though he was, he learned obedience from his sufferings;