John 5:23

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“so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.”

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BSBPD

“so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that honoreth not the Son honoreth not the Father that sent him.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“that all may honour the Son according as they honour the Father; he who is not honouring the Son, doth not honour the Father who sent him.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo John 5:23 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 2:12Kiss the Son, lest He be angry and you perish in your rebellion, when His wrath ignites in an instant. Blessed are all who take refuge in Him.
  2. Psalms 146:3Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.
  3. Isaiah 42:8I am the LORD; that is My name! I will not yield My glory to another or My praise to idols.
  4. Isaiah 43:10“You are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and My servant whom I have chosen, so that you may consider and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before Me no god was formed, and after Me none will come.
  5. Isaiah 44:6Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.
  6. Isaiah 45:15Truly You are a God who hides Himself, O God of Israel, the Savior.
  7. Isaiah 45:21Speak up and present your case— yes, let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago? Who announced it from ancient times? Was it not I, the LORD? There is no other God but Me, a righteous God and Savior; there is none but Me.
  8. Jeremiah 17:5This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.
  9. Zechariah 9:9Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion!Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem!See, your King comes to you,righteous and victorious,humble and riding on a donkey,on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
  10. Matthew 10:37Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;
  11. Matthew 11:27All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.
  12. Matthew 12:21In His name the nations will put their hope.”
  13. Matthew 22:37Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
  14. Matthew 28:19Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,
  15. Luke 10:16Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”
  16. Luke 12:8I tell you, everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will also confess him before the angels of God.
  17. John 14:1“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe in Me as well.
  18. John 15:23Whoever hates Me hates My Father as well.
  19. John 16:14He will glorify Me by taking from what is Mine and disclosing it to you.
  20. John 17:10All I have is Yours, and all You have is Mine; and in them I have been glorified.
  21. Romans 1:7To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
  22. Romans 6:22But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life.
  23. Romans 8:9You, however, are controlled not by the flesh, but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.
  24. Romans 14:7For none of us lives to himself alone, and none of us dies to himself alone.

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