John 8:26

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

I have many things to say and to judge about you, but the Father who sent me is truthful, and the things I have heard from him I speak to the world.”

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  • John 15:15 : 15 I no longer call you slaves, because the slave does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because I have revealed to you everything I heard from my Father.
  • John 7:28 : 28 Then Jesus, while teaching in the temple courts, cried out,“You both know me and know where I come from! And I have not come on my own initiative, but the one who sent me is true. You do not know him,
  • John 8:40 : 40 But now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth I heard from God. Abraham did not do this!
  • John 5:42-43 : 42 but I know you, that you do not have the love of God within you. 43 I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not accept me. If someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him.
  • John 7:16 : 16 So Jesus replied,“My teaching is not from me, but from the one who sent me.
  • John 8:16-17 : 16 But if I judge, my evaluation is accurate, because I am not alone when I judge, but I and the Father who sent me do so together. 17 It is written in your law that the testimony of two men is true.
  • John 16:12 : 12 “I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.
  • John 17:8 : 8 because I have given them the words you have given me. They accepted them and really understand that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me.
  • 2 Cor 1:18 : 18 But as God is faithful, our message to you is not“Yes” and“No.”
  • Heb 5:11-12 : 11 The Need to Move on to Maturity On this topic we have much to say and it is difficult to explain, since you have become sluggish in hearing. 12 For though you should in fact be teachers by this time, you need someone to teach you the beginning elements of God’s utterances. You have gone back to needing milk, not solid food.
  • John 9:39-41 : 39 Jesus said,]“For judgment I have come into this world, so that those who do not see may gain their sight, and the ones who see may become blind.” 40 Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this and asked him,“We are not blind too, are we?” 41 Jesus replied,“If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin, but now because you claim that you can see, your guilt remains.
  • John 12:47-50 : 47 If anyone hears my words and does not obey them, I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world. 48 The one who rejects me and does not accept my words has a judge; the word I have spoken will judge him at the last day. 49 For I have not spoken from my own authority, but the Father himself who sent me has commanded me what I should say and what I should speak. 50 And I know that his commandment is eternal life. Thus the things I say, I say just as the Father has told me.”
  • John 3:32-33 : 32 He testifies about what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony. 33 The one who has accepted his testimony has confirmed clearly that God is truthful.

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  • John 8:12-16
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    12Jesus as the Light of the World Then Jesus spoke out again,“I am the light of the world! The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

    13So the Pharisees objected,“You testify about yourself; your testimony is not true!”

    14Jesus answered,“Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you people do not know where I came from or where I am going.

    15You people judge by outward appearances; I do not judge anyone.

    16But if I judge, my evaluation is accurate, because I am not alone when I judge, but I and the Father who sent me do so together.

  • John 8:23-25
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    23Jesus replied,“You people are from below; I am from above. You people are from this world; I am not from this world.

    24Thus I told you that you will die in your sins. For unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins.”

    25So they said to him,“Who are you?” Jesus replied,“What I have told you from the beginning.

  • John 12:47-50
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    47If anyone hears my words and does not obey them, I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world.

    48The one who rejects me and does not accept my words has a judge; the word I have spoken will judge him at the last day.

    49For I have not spoken from my own authority, but the Father himself who sent me has commanded me what I should say and what I should speak.

    50And I know that his commandment is eternal life. Thus the things I say, I say just as the Father has told me.”

  • John 8:38
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    38I am telling you the things I have seen while with the Father; as for you, practice the things you have heard from the Father!”

  • John 8:27-30
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    27(They did not understand that he was telling them about his Father.)

    28Then Jesus said,“When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and I do nothing on my own initiative, but I speak just what the Father taught me.

    29And the one who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, because I always do those things that please him.”

    30While he was saying these things, many people believed in him.

  • John 16:11-12
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    11and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been condemned.

    12“I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

  • John 5:36
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    36“But I have a testimony greater than that from John. For the deeds that the Father has assigned me to complete– the deeds I am now doing– testify about me that the Father has sent me.

  • John 5:30-33
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    30I can do nothing on my own initiative. Just as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will, but the will of the one who sent me.

    31More Testimony About Jesus“If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true.

    32There is another who testifies about me, and I know the testimony he testifies about me is true.

    33You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.

  • John 8:45-46
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    45But because I am telling you the truth, you do not believe me.

    46Who among you can prove me guilty of any sin? If I am telling you the truth, why don’t you believe me?

  • John 8:18
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    18I testify about myself and the Father who sent me testifies about me.”

  • John 7:28-29
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    28Then Jesus, while teaching in the temple courts, cried out,“You both know me and know where I come from! And I have not come on my own initiative, but the one who sent me is true. You do not know him,

    29but I know him, because I have come from him and he sent me.”

  • John 18:20-21
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    20Jesus replied,“I have spoken publicly to the world. I always taught in the synagogues and in the temple courts, where all the Jewish people assemble together. I have said nothing in secret.

    21Why do you ask me? Ask those who heard what I said. They know what I said.”

  • John 7:16
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    16So Jesus replied,“My teaching is not from me, but from the one who sent me.

  • John 17:8
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    8because I have given them the words you have given me. They accepted them and really understand that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me.

  • John 8:55
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    55Yet you do not know him, but I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know him, and I obey his teaching.

  • John 8:50
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    50I am not trying to get praise for myself. There is one who demands it, and he also judges.

  • John 18:37
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    37Then Pilate said,“So you are a king!” Jesus replied,“You say that I am a king. For this reason I was born, and for this reason I came into the world– to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.”

  • John 16:28
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    28I came from the Father and entered into the world, but in turn, I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.”

  • John 5:38
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    38nor do you have his word residing in you, because you do not believe the one whom he sent.

  • John 14:30
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    30I will not speak with you much longer, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no power over me,

  • John 18:8
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    8Jesus replied,“I told you that I am he. If you are looking for me, let these men go.”

  • John 18:34
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    34Jesus replied,“Are you saying this on your own initiative, or have others told you about me?”

  • John 14:25
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    25“I have spoken these things while staying with you.

  • John 16:4
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    4But I have told you these things so that when their time comes, you will remember that I told you about them.“I did not tell you these things from the beginning because I was with you.

  • John 3:11
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    11I tell you the solemn truth, we speak about what we know and testify about what we have seen, but you people do not accept our testimony.

  • John 13:20
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    20I tell you the solemn truth, whoever accepts the one I send accepts me, and whoever accepts me accepts the one who sent me.”

  • John 17:18
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    18Just as you sent me into the world, so I sent them into the world.

  • John 3:34
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    34For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for he does not give the Spirit sparingly.

  • John 10:36
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    36do you say about the one whom the Father set apart and sent into the world,‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said,‘I am the Son of God’?

  • John 10:25
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    25Jesus replied,“I told you and you do not believe. The deeds I do in my Father’s name testify about me.

  • John 12:45
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    45and the one who sees me sees the one who sent me.