John 12:26

Geneva Bible (1560)

If any man serue me, let him followe me: for where I am, there shall also my seruant be: and if any man serue me, him will my Father honour.

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  • 1 Sam 2:30 : 30 Wherefore the Lorde God of Israel saith, I saide, that thine house and the house of thy father should walke before mee for euer: but nowe the Lord saith, It shall not be so: for them that honour me, I will honour, and they that despise me, shall be despised.
  • 2 Cor 5:8 : 8 Neuerthelesse, we are bolde, and loue rather to remoue out of the body, and to dwell with the Lord.
  • Gal 1:10 : 10 For nowe preach I mans doctrine, or Gods? or go I about to please men? for if I should yet please men, I were not the seruant of Christ.
  • John 17:24 : 24 Father, I will that they which thou hast giuen me, be with me euen where I am, that they may beholde that my glorie, which thou hast giuen mee: for thou louedst me before the foundation of the world.
  • John 10:27 : 27 My sheepe heare my voyce, and I knowe them, and they follow me,
  • John 14:3 : 3 And if I go to prepare a place for you, I wil come againe, and receiue you vnto my selfe, that where I am, there may ye be also.
  • Num 14:24 : 24 But my seruant Caleb, because he had another spirite, and hath followed me stil, euen him will I bring into the lande, whither he went, and his seede shall inherite it.
  • Ps 17:15 : 15 But I will beholde thy face in righteousnes, and when I awake, I shalbe satisfied with thine image.
  • Phil 1:23 : 23 For I am distressed betweene both, desiring to be loosed and to be with Christ, which is best of all.
  • Col 3:24 : 24 Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receiue the reward of the inheritance: for ye serue the Lord Christ.
  • 1 Thess 4:17-18 : 17 Then shall we which liue and remaine, be caught vp with them also in the clouds, to meete the Lord in the ayre: and so shall we euer be with the Lorde. 18 Wherefore, comfort your selues one another with these wordes.
  • Jude 1:1 : 1 Ivde a seruaunt of Iesus Christ, and brother of Iames, to them which are called and sanctified of God the Father, and returned to Iesus Christ:
  • 2 Cor 4:5 : 5 For we preach not our selues, but Christ Iesus the Lorde, and our selues your seruaunts for Iesus sake.
  • Rev 14:4 : 4 These are they, which are not defiled with women: for they are virgins: these followe the Lambe whithersoeuer he goeth: these are bought from men, being the first fruites vnto God, and to the Lambe.
  • 2 Pet 1:1 : 1 Simon Peter a seruant and an Apostle of Iesus Christ, to you which haue obteined like precious faith with vs by the righteousnesse of our God and Sauiour Iesus Christ:
  • 1 John 5:3 : 3 For this is the loue of God, that we keepe his commandements: and his commandements are not burdenous.
  • Col 4:12 : 12 Epaphras the seruant of Christ, which is one of you, saluteth you, and alwayes striueth for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect, and full in all the will of God.
  • Eph 5:1-2 : 1 Bee yee therefore followers of God, as deare children, 2 And walke in loue, euen as Christ hath loued vs, and hath giuen himselfe for vs, to be an offering and a sacrifice of a sweete smelling sauour to God.
  • John 21:22 : 22 Iesus said vnto him, If I will that he tarie till I come, what is it to thee? followe thou me.
  • Rom 1:1 : 1 Pavl a seruant of Iesus Christ called to be an Apostle, put apart to preache the Gospel of God,
  • Rom 14:18 : 18 For whosoeuer in these things serueth Christ, is acceptable vnto God, and is approoued of men.
  • Ps 91:15 : 15 He shall call vpon me, and I wil heare him: I will be with him in trouble: I will deliuer him, and glorifie him.
  • Prov 27:18 : 18 He that keepeth the fig tree, shall eate the fruite thereof: so he that waiteth vpon his master, shall come to honour.
  • Matt 16:24 : 24 Iesus then saide to his disciples, If any man will follow me, let him forsake himselfe: and take vp his crosse, and followe me.
  • Matt 25:21 : 21 Then his master saide vnto him, It is well done good seruant and faithfull, Thou hast bene faithfull in litle, I will make thee ruler ouer much: enter into thy masters ioy.
  • Mark 8:34 : 34 And hee called the people vnto him with his disciples, and saide vnto them, Whosoeuer will followe me, let him forsake himselfe, and take vp his crosse, and follow me.
  • Luke 6:46 : 46 But why call ye me Lord, Lord, and do not the things that I speake?
  • Luke 9:23 : 23 And he sayd to them all, If any man will come after me, let him denie himselfe, & take vp his crosse dayly, and followe me.
  • Num 32:11 : 11 None of the men that came out of Egypt from twentie yeere olde and aboue, shall see the land for the which I sware vnto Abraha, to Izhak, and to Iaakob, because they haue not wholly followed me:
  • John 13:16 : 16 Verely, verely I say vnto you, The seruant is not greater then his master, neither the ambassadour greater then he that sent him.
  • John 14:15 : 15 If ye loue me, keepe my comandements,
  • John 14:21-23 : 21 He that hath my commandements, & keepeth them, is he that loueth me: and he that loueth me, shall be loued of my Father: and I will loue him, & wil shewe mine owne selfe to him. 22 Iudas sayd vnto him (not Iscariot) Lorde, what is the cause that thou wilt shewe thy selfe vnto vs, and not vnto the world? 23 Iesus answered, and sayd vnto him, If any man loue me, he will keepe my worde, and my Father will loue him, and we wil come vnto him, and wil dwell with him.
  • John 15:20 : 20 Remember the word that I said vnto you, The seruant is not greater then his master. If they haue persecuted me, they will persecute you also: if they haue kept my worde, they will also keepe yours.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    27Now is my soule troubled: and what shall I say? Father, saue me from this houre: but therefore came I vnto this houre.

    28Father, glorifie thy Name. Then came there a voyce from heauen, saying, I haue both glorified it, and will glorifie it againe.

  • 25He that loueth his life, shall lose it, and he that hateth his life in this world, shall keepe it vnto life eternall.

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    24Iesus then saide to his disciples, If any man will follow me, let him forsake himselfe: and take vp his crosse, and followe me.

    25For whosoeuer will saue his life, shall lose it: and whosoeuer shall lose his life for my sake, shall finde it.

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    26But yee shall not be so: but let the greatest among you be as the least: and the chiefest as he that serueth.

    27For who is greater, he that sitteth at table, or he that serueth? Is not he that sitteth at table? And I am among you as he that serueth.

  • 23Because that all men shoulde honour the Sonne, as they honour the Father: he that honoureth not the Sonne, the same honoureth not the Father, which hath sent him.

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    25Nowe there went great multitudes with him, and he turned and sayd vnto them,

    26If any man come to mee, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters: yea, and his owne life also, he can not be my disciple.

    27And whosoeuer beareth not his crosse, and commeth after mee, can not bee my disciple.

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    26But it shall not be so among you: but whosoeuer will be great among you, let him be your seruant.

    27And whosoeuer will be chiefe among you, let him be your seruant.

    28Euen as the Sonne of man came not to be serued, but to serue, and to giue his life for the ransome of many.

  • 11But he that is greatest among you, let him be your seruant.

  • 44And whosoeuer will be chiefe of you, shall be the seruant of all.

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    14If I then your Lorde, and Master, haue washed your feete, ye also ought to wash one an others feete.

    15For I haue giuen you an example, that ye should doe, euen as I haue done to you.

    16Verely, verely I say vnto you, The seruant is not greater then his master, neither the ambassadour greater then he that sent him.

  • 19And this spake he signifying by what death he shoulde glorifie God; when he had said this, he said to him, Folowe me.

  • 20Remember the word that I said vnto you, The seruant is not greater then his master. If they haue persecuted me, they will persecute you also: if they haue kept my worde, they will also keepe yours.

  • 35And he sate downe, and called the twelue, and said to them, If any man desire to be first, the same shalbe last of all, and seruant vnto all.

  • 54Iesus answered, If I honour my selfe, mine honour is nothing worth: it is my Father that honoureth me, whome ye say, that hee is your God.

  • 8Herein is my Father glorified, that ye beare much fruite, and be made my disciples.

  • 13No seruaunt can serue two masters: for either he shal hate the one, and loue the other: or els he shal leane to the one, and despise the other. Yee can not serue God and riches.

  • 26For whosoeuer shall be ashamed of me, and of my wordes, of him shall the Sonne of man be ashamed, when hee shall come in his glorie, and in the glorie of the Father, and of the holy Angels.

  • 23And Iesus answered them, saying, The houre is come, that the Sonne of man must bee glorified.

  • 37Blessed are those seruants, whom the Lord when he commeth shall finde waking: verely I say vnto you, he will girde himselfe about, and make them to sit downe at table, and will come forth, and serue them.

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    23Iesus answered, and sayd vnto him, If any man loue me, he will keepe my worde, and my Father will loue him, and we wil come vnto him, and wil dwell with him.

    24He that loueth me not, keepeth not my wordes, & the worde which ye heare, is not mine, but the Fathers which sent me.

  • 24The disciple is not aboue his master, nor the seruant aboue his Lord.

  • 24No man can serue two masters: for eyther he shall hate the one, and loue the other, or els he shall leane to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serue God and riches.

  • 32If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorifie him in himselfe, and shal straightway glorifie him.

  • Luke 17:7-8
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    7Who is it also of you, that hauing a seruant plowing or feeding cattell, woulde say vnto him by and by, when hee were come from the fielde, Goe, and sit downe at table?

    8And woulde not rather say to him, Dresse wherewith I may suppe, and girde thy selfe, and serue mee, till I haue eaten and drunken, and afterward eate thou, and drinke thou?

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    43Blessed is that seruant, whom his master when he commeth, shall finde so doing.

    44Of a trueth I say vnto you, that he wil make him ruler ouer all that he hath.

  • 21He that hath my commandements, & keepeth them, is he that loueth me: and he that loueth me, shall be loued of my Father: and I will loue him, & wil shewe mine owne selfe to him.

  • 57And it came to passe that as they went in the way, a certaine man said vnto him, I will followe thee, Lord, whithersoeuer thou goest.

  • Luke 9:23-24
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    23And he sayd to them all, If any man will come after me, let him denie himselfe, & take vp his crosse dayly, and followe me.

    24For whosoeuer will saue his life, shal lose it: and whosoeuer shall lose his life for my sake, the same shall saue it.

  • 33So likewise, whosoeuer hee be of you, that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

  • 36Simon Peter said vnto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Iesus answered him, Whither I goe, thou canst not follow me nowe: but thou shalt followe me afterward.

  • 28Ye haue heard howe I saide vnto you, I goe away, and will come vnto you. If ye loued me, ye would verely reioyce, because I said, I goe vnto the Father: for the Father is greater then I.

  • 37He that loueth father or mother more then me, is not worthie of me; he that loueth sonne, or daughter more then mee, is not worthie of me.

  • 31But it is that the world may knowe that I loue my Father: and as the Father hath commanded me, so I doe. Arise, let vs goe hence.

  • 34And hee called the people vnto him with his disciples, and saide vnto them, Whosoeuer will followe me, let him forsake himselfe, and take vp his crosse, and follow me.

  • 32And I, if I were lift vp from the earth, will drawe all men vnto me.

  • 35And the seruant abideth not in the house for euer: but the Sonne abideth for euer.

  • 32Whosoeuer therefore shall confesse me before men, him will I confesse also before my Father which is in heauen.