John 4:34
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.”
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“Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to accomplish his work.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Jesus saith to them, `My food is, that I may do the will of Him who sent me, and may finish His work;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo John 4:34 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 23:12I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
- Psalms 40:8I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”
- Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,
- Matthew 9:19So Jesus got up and went with him, along with His disciples.
- Matthew 26:39Going a little farther, He fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.”
- Luke 15:4“What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?
- Luke 15:10In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”
- Luke 19:10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
- John 4:32But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”
- John 5:30I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
- John 5:36But I have testimony more substantial than that of John. For the works that the Father has given Me to accomplish—the very works I am doing—testify about Me that the Father has sent Me.
- John 6:33For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
- John 6:38For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.
- John 17:4I have glorified You on earth by accomplishing the work You gave Me to do.
- John 19:30When Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished.” And bowing His head, He yielded up His spirit.
- Acts 20:35In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
- Hebrews 12:2Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
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