John 14:24

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“Whoever does not love Me does not keep My words. The word that you hear is not My own, but it is from the Father who sent Me.”

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BSBPD

“Whoever does not love Me does not keep My words. The word that you hear is not My own, but it is from the Father who sent Me.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“He that loveth me not keepeth not my words: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s who sent me.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“he who is not loving me, my words doth not keep; and the word that ye hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo John 14:24 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Matthew 19:21Jesus told him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
  2. Matthew 25:41Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
  3. John 3:34For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.
  4. John 5:19So Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing by Himself, unless He sees the Father doing it. For whatever the Father does, the Son also does.
  5. John 5:38nor does His word abide in you, because you do not believe the One He sent.
  6. John 7:16“My teaching is not My own,” Jesus replied. “It comes from Him who sent Me.
  7. John 7:28Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts, cried out, “You know Me, and you know where I am from. I have not come of My own accord, but He who sent Me is true. You do not know Him,
  8. John 8:26“I have much to say about you and much to judge. But the One who sent Me is truthful, and what I have heard from Him, I tell the world.”
  9. John 8:28So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing on My own, but speak exactly what the Father has taught Me.
  10. John 8:38I speak of what I have seen in the presence of the Father, and you do what you have heard from your father.”
  11. John 8:42Jesus 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.
  12. John 12:44Then Jesus cried out, “Whoever believes in Me does not believe in Me alone, but in the One who sent Me.
  13. John 14:10Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me? The words I say to you, I do not speak on My own. Instead, it is the Father dwelling in Me, performing His works.
  14. John 14:15If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
  15. John 14:21Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”
  16. 2 Corinthians 8:8I am not making a demand, but I am testing the sincerity of your love in comparison to the earnestness of others.
  17. 1 John 3:16By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.

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