John 8:29

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“He who sent Me is with Me. He has not left Me alone, because I always do what pleases Him.””

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BSBPD

“He who sent Me is with Me. He has not left Me alone, because I always do what pleases Him.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And he that sent me is with me; he hath not left me alone; for I do always the things that are pleasing to him.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and He who sent me is with me; the Father did not leave me alone, because I, the things pleasing to Him, do always.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo John 8:29 — 23 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Isaiah 42:1“Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will bring justice to the nations.
  2. 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,
  3. Isaiah 42:21The LORD was pleased, for the sake of His righteousness, to magnify His law and make it glorious.
  4. Isaiah 49:4But I said, “I have labored in vain, I have spent My strength in futility and vanity; yet My vindication is with the LORD, and My reward is with My God.”
  5. Isaiah 50:4The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of discipleship, to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning; He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.
  6. Matthew 3:17And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!”
  7. Matthew 17:5While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”
  8. John 4:34Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. John 8:16But even if I do judge, My judgment is true, because I am not alone; I am with the Father who sent Me.
  12. 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.
  13. John 14:31But I do exactly what the Father has commanded Me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Get up! Let us go on from here.
  14. John 15:10If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.
  15. John 16:32“Look, an hour is coming and has already come when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and you will leave Me all alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.
  16. John 17:4I have glorified You on earth by accomplishing the work You gave Me to do.
  17. 2 Timothy 4:17But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.
  18. 2 Timothy 4:22The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you all.
  19. Hebrews 4:15For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.
  20. Hebrews 5:8Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from what He suffered.
  21. Hebrews 7:26Such a high priest truly befits us—One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
  22. Hebrews 10:5Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me.
  23. 1 John 2:1My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.

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