Then Jesus came to them and said, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
Matthew 11:27 - New International Version (Anglicised) ‘All things have been committed to me by my Father. No-one knows the Son except the Father, and no-one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition All things have been entrusted and delivered to Me by My Father; and no one fully knows and accurately understands the Son except the Father, and no one fully knows and accurately understands the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son deliberately wills to make Him known. American Standard Version (1901) All things have been delivered unto me of my Father: and no one knoweth the Son, save the Father; neither doth any know the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son willeth to reveal him. Common English Bible “My Father has handed all things over to me. No one knows the Son except the Father. And nobody knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son wants to reveal him. Catholic Public Domain Version All things have been delivered to me by my Father. And no one knows the Son except the Father, nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and those to whom the Son is willing to reveal him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version All things are delivered to me by my Father. And no one knoweth the Son, but the Father: neither doth any one know the Father, but the Son, and he to whom it shall please the Son to reveal him. |
Then Jesus came to them and said, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
‘All things have been committed to me by my Father. No-one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no-one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.’
No-one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in the closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.
just as the Father knows me and I know the Father – and I lay down my life for the sheep.
Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God;
‘I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word.
No-one has seen the Father except the one who is from God; only he has seen the Father.
who has gone into heaven and is at God’s right hand – with angels, authorities and powers in submission to him.
No-one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.
Anyone who runs ahead and does not continue in the teaching of Christ does not have God; whoever continues in the teaching has both the Father and the Son.