John 8:14

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Jesus replied, “Even if I testify about Myself, My testimony is valid, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you do not know where I came from or where I am going.”

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BSBPD

“Jesus replied, “Even if I testify about Myself, My testimony is valid, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you do not know where I came from or where I am going.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Jesus answered and said unto them, Even if I bear witness of myself, my witness is true; for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye know not whence I come, or whither I go.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Jesus answered and said to them, `And if I testify of myself--my testimony is true, because I have known whence I came, and whither I go, and ye--ye have not known whence I come, or whither I go.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo John 8:14 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Numbers 12:3Now Moses was a very humble man, more so than any man on the face of the earth.
  2. Nehemiah 5:14Furthermore, from the day King Artaxerxes appointed me to be their governor in the land of Judah, from his twentieth year until his thirty-second year (twelve years total), neither I nor my brothers ate the food allotted to the governor.
  3. John 7:27But we know where this man is from. When the Christ comes, no one will know where He is from.”
  4. 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.
  5. John 9:29We know that God spoke to Moses, but we do not know where this man is from.”
  6. John 10:15just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep.
  7. John 10:36then what about the One whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world? How then can you accuse Me of blasphemy for stating that I am the Son of God?
  8. John 13:3Jesus knew that the Father had delivered all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was returning to God.
  9. 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.
  10. John 16:28I came from the Father and entered the world. In turn, I will leave the world and go to the Father.”
  11. John 17:8For I have given them the words You gave Me, and they have received them. They knew with certainty that I came from You, and they believed that You sent Me.
  12. 2 Corinthians 11:31The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is forever worthy of praise, knows that I am not lying.
  13. 2 Corinthians 12:11I have become a fool, but you drove me to it. In fact, you should have commended me, since I am in no way inferior to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.
  14. 2 Corinthians 12:19Have you been thinking all along that we were making a defense to you? We speak before God in Christ, and all of this, beloved, is to build you up.
  15. Revelation 3:14To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Originator of God’s creation.

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