John 5:30

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“I 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.”

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BSBPD

“I 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.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“I can of myself do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is righteous; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`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.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo John 5:30 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 18:25Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”
  2. Psalms 40:7Then I said, “Here I am, I have come— it is written about me in the scroll:
  3. Psalms 96:13before the LORD, for He is coming— He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in His faithfulness.
  4. Isaiah 11:3And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear,
  5. Hosea 10:7Samaria will be carried off with her king like a twig on the surface of the water.
  6. 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.”
  7. John 4:34Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. John 8:15You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. John 8:50I do not seek My own glory. There is One who seeks it, and He is the Judge.
  14. 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.
  15. John 17:4I have glorified You on earth by accomplishing the work You gave Me to do.
  16. John 18:11“Put your sword back in its sheath!” Jesus said to Peter. “Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given Me?”
  17. Romans 2:2And we know that God’s judgment against those who do such things is based on truth.
  18. Romans 2:5But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.
  19. Romans 15:3For even Christ did not please Himself, but as it is written: “The insults of those who insult You have fallen on Me.”

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