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John 8:42

WEB

42Therefore Jesus said to them, If God were your father, you would love me, for I came out and have come from God. For I haven’t come of myself, but he sent me.

KJV

42Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.

BSB

42Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on My own, but He sent Me.

FBV

42Jesus replied, “If God really was your father, you would love me. I came from God and now I am here. The decision to come wasn't mine, but the one who sent me.

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Extra References

John 12:49

49For I spoke not from myself, but the Father who sent me gave me a commandment, what I should say and what I should speak.


John 14:10

10Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I tell you, I speak not from myself; but the Father who lives in me does his works.


John 17:8

8for the words which you have given me I have given to them; and they received them, and knew for sure that I came from you. They have believed that you sent me.


John 17:25

25Righteous Father, the world hasn’t known you, but I knew you; and these knew that you sent me.


John 15:23-24

23He who hates me, hates my Father also. 24If I hadn’t done among them the works which no one else did, they wouldn’t have had sin. But now they have seen and also hated both me and my Father.


Malachi 1:6

6A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If I am a father, then where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is the respect due me?” says the LORD of Armies to you priests who despise my name. “You say, ‘How have we despised your name?’


John 1:14

14The Word became flesh and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the only born[+] of the Father, full of grace and truth.


1 John 5:1-2

1Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God. Whoever loves the Father also loves the child who is born of him. 2By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep his commandments.


1 John 4:14

14We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the world.


John 5:43

43I have come in my Father’s name, and you don’t receive me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him.