John 8:12

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“Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.””

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“Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
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“Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“Again therefore Jesus spake unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life.”

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“Again, therefore, Jesus spake to them, saying, `I am the light of the world; he who is following me shall not walk in the darkness, but he shall have the light of the life.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo John 8:12 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 33:28He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’
  2. Psalms 18:28For You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness.
  3. Psalms 49:19he will join the generation of his fathers, who will never see the light of day.
  4. Psalms 97:11Light shines on the righteous, gladness on the upright in heart.
  5. Isaiah 9:2The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.
  6. Isaiah 42:6“I, the LORD, have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations,
  7. Isaiah 49:6He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.”
  8. Isaiah 50:10Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of His Servant? Who among you walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD; let him lean on his God.
  9. Isaiah 60:1Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.
  10. Hosea 6:3So let us know— let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.
  11. Malachi 4:2“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.
  12. Matthew 4:14to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
  13. Matthew 5:14You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.
  14. Luke 1:78because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,
  15. Luke 2:32a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to Your people Israel.”
  16. John 1:4In Him was life, and that life was the light of men.
  17. John 3:19And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.
  18. John 7:17If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.
  19. John 9:5While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
  20. John 12:35Then Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
  21. John 12:46I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness.
  22. John 14:6Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
  23. Acts 13:47For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”
  24. Acts 26:23that the Christ would suffer, and as the first to rise from the dead, would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles.”

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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