Verse 34

Jesus saith to them, `My food is, that I may do the will of Him who sent me, and may finish His work;

Referenced Verses

  • John 6:38 : 38 because I have come down out of the heaven, not that I may do my will, but the will of Him who sent me.
  • John 19:30 : 30 when, therefore, Jesus received the vinegar, he said, `It hath been finished;' and having bowed the head, gave up the spirit.
  • John 17:4 : 4 I did glorify Thee on the earth, the work I did finish that Thou hast given me, that I may do `it'.
  • John 5:30 : 30 `I am not able of myself to do anything; according as I hear I judge, and my judgment is righteous, because I seek not my own will, but the will of the Father who sent me.
  • Job 23:12 : 12 The command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth.
  • Heb 12:2 : 2 looking to the author and perfecter of faith -- Jesus, who, over-against the joy set before him -- did endure a cross, shame having despised, on the right hand also of the throne of God did sit down;
  • Acts 20:35 : 35 all things I did shew you, that, thus labouring, it behoveth `us' to partake with the ailing, to be mindful also of the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.'
  • Ps 40:8 : 8 To do Thy pleasure, my God, I have delighted, And Thy law `is' within my heart.
  • Isa 61:1-3 : 1 The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah `is' on me, Because Jehovah did anoint me To proclaim tidings to the humble, He sent me to bind the broken of heart, To proclaim to captives liberty, And to bound ones an opening of bands. 2 To proclaim the year of the good pleasure of Jehovah, And the day of vengeance of our God, To comfort all mourners. 3 To appoint to mourners in Zion, To give to them beauty instead of ashes, The oil of joy instead of mourning, A covering of praise for a spirit of weakness, And He is calling to them, `Trees of righteousness, The planting of Jehovah -- to be beautified.'
  • John 5:36 : 36 `But I have the testimony greater than John's, for the works that the Father gave me, that I might finish them, the works themselves that I do, they testify concerning me, that the Father hath sent me.
  • John 4:32 : 32 and he said to them, `I have food to eat that ye have not known.'
  • John 6:33 : 33 for the bread of God is that which is coming down out of the heaven, and giving life to the world.'
  • Matt 26:39 : 39 And having gone forward a little, he fell on his face, praying, and saying, `My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as Thou.'
  • Luke 15:4-6 : 4 `What man of you having a hundred sheep, and having lost one out of them, doth not leave behind the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go on after the lost one, till he may find it? 5 and having found, he doth lay `it' on his shoulders rejoicing, 6 and having come to the house, he doth call together the friends and the neighbours, saying to them, Rejoice with me, because I found my sheep -- the lost one.
  • Luke 15:10 : 10 `So I say to you, joy doth come before the messengers of God over one sinner reforming.'
  • Luke 19:10 : 10 for the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.'