Parallel Verses

Amplified

For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God [proclaiming the Father’s own message]; for God gives the [gift of the] Spirit without measure [generously and boundlessly]!

New American Standard Bible

For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for He gives the Spirit without measure.

King James Version

For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.

Holman Bible

For God sent Him, and He speaks God’s words, since He gives the Spirit without measure.

International Standard Version

The one whom God sent speaks the words of God, because God does not give the Spirit in limited measure to him.

A Conservative Version

For he whom God sent speaks the sayings of God, for God does not give the Spirit by measure.

American Standard Version

For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for he giveth not the Spirit by measure.

An Understandable Version

For the One whom God has sent [i.e., Jesus] speaks the words of God, for He [i.e., God] does not give the Holy Spirit in a limited quantity [i.e., to Jesus. See next verse].

Anderson New Testament

For he whom God has sent, speaks the words of God; for God gives not the Spirit by measure to him.

Bible in Basic English

For he whom God has sent says God's words; and God does not give him the Spirit by measure.

Common New Testament

For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without measure.

Daniel Mace New Testament

for he whom God hath sent, saith nothing but what is divine: for God hath given him the spirit without restriction.

Darby Translation

for he whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives not the Spirit by measure.

Godbey New Testament

For whom God sent speaketh the words of God: for He does not give His spirit by measure.

Goodspeed New Testament

For he whom God has sent speaks God's words, for God gives him his Spirit without measure.

John Wesley New Testament

For he whom God hath sent, speaketh the words of God; for God giveth not him the Spirit by measure.

Julia Smith Translation

For he whom God sent speaks the words of God: for God gives not the Spirit by measure.

King James 2000

For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God: for God gives not the Spirit by measure unto him.

Lexham Expanded Bible

For [the one] whom God sent speaks the words of God, for he does not give the Spirit by measure.

Modern King James verseion

For He whom God has sent speaks the Words of God, for God does not give the Spirit by measure.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For he whom God hath sent, speaketh the words of God. For God giveth not the spirit by measure.

Moffatt New Testament

For he whom God has sent utters the words of God ??God gives him the Spirit in no sparing measure;

Montgomery New Testament

For he whom God sent utters the words of God; for God does not give the Spirit sparingly.

NET Bible

For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for he does not give the Spirit sparingly.

New Heart English Bible

For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for he does not give the Spirit by measure.

Noyes New Testament

For he whom God sent speaketh the words of God; for he giveth not the Spirit by measure.

Sawyer New Testament

For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for God gives not the Spirit by measure.

The Emphasized Bible

For, he whom God hath sent, the sayings of God, doth speak; for, not by measure, giveth he the Spirit.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God hath not given the Spirit by measure unto him.

Twentieth Century New Testament

For he whom God sent as his Messenger gives us God's own teaching, for God does not limit the gift of the Spirit.

Webster

For he whom God hath sent, speaketh the words of God: for to him God giveth not the Spirit by measure.

Weymouth New Testament

For He whom God has sent speaks God's words; for God does not give the Spirit with limitations."

Williams New Testament

For He whom God has sent continues to speak the words of God, for God continues to give Him the Spirit without measure.

World English Bible

For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for God gives the Spirit without measure.

Worrell New Testament

For He Whom God sent speaketh the words of God; for He giveth not the Spirit by measure.

Worsley New Testament

for He, whom God hath sent, speaketh the words of God: for God giveth the Spirit to Him not by measure.

Youngs Literal Translation

for he whom God sent, the sayings of God he speaketh; for not by measure doth God give the Spirit;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For
γάρ 
Gar 
for, , not tr
Usage: 825

he whom
ὅς ἥ ὅ 
Hos 
Usage: 980

God
θεός 
theos 
θεός 
theos 
Usage: 1151
Usage: 1151

ἀποστέλλω 
Apostello 
Usage: 73

λαλέω 
Laleo 
Usage: 235

the words
ῥῆμα 
Rhema 
word, saying, thing, no thing Trans, not tr
Usage: 57

of God
θεός 
theos 
Usage: 1151

for
γάρ 
Gar 
for, , not tr
Usage: 825

δίδωμι 
Didomi 
Usage: 254

not
οὐ 
Ou 
not, no, cannot ,
Usage: 1032

the Spirit
πνεῦμα 
Pneuma 
Usage: 334

by
ἐκ ἐξ 
Ek 
of, from, out of, by, on, with,
Usage: 709

μέτρον 
metron 
Usage: 8

Images John 3:34

Prayers for John 3:34

Context Readings

Additional Testimony By John The Baptist About Jesus

33 Whoever receives His testimony has set his seal [of approval] to this: God is true [and he knows that God cannot lie]. 34 For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God [proclaiming the Father’s own message]; for God gives the [gift of the] Spirit without measure [generously and boundlessly]! 35 The Father loves the Son and has given and entrusted all things into His hand.



Cross References

John 3:17

For God did not send the Son into the world to judge and condemn the world [that is, to initiate the final judgment of the world], but that the world might be saved through Him.

Luke 4:18


The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me (the Messiah),
Because He has anointed Me to preach the good news to the poor.
He has sent Me to announce release (pardon, forgiveness) to the captives,
And recovery of sight to the blind,
To set free those who are oppressed (downtrodden, bruised, crushed by tragedy),

John 5:26

For just as the Father has life in Himself [and is self-existent], even so He has given to the Son to have life in Himself [and be self-existent].

Acts 10:38

how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with great power; and He went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.

Romans 8:2

For the law of the Spirit of life [which is] in Christ Jesus [the law of our new being] has set you free from the law of sin and of death.

Numbers 11:25

Then the Lord came down in the cloud and spoke to him; and He took some of the Spirit who was upon Moses and put Him upon the seventy elders. When the Spirit rested upon them, they prophesied [praising God and declaring His will], but they did not do it again.

2 Kings 2:9

And when they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, “Ask what I shall do for you before I am taken from you.” And Elisha said, “Please let a double portion of your spirit be upon me.”

Psalm 45:7


You have loved righteousness (virtue, morality, justice) and hated wickedness;
Therefore God, your God, has anointed You
Above Your companions with the oil of jubilation.

Isaiah 11:2-5


And the Spirit of the Lord will rest on Him—
The Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
The Spirit of counsel and strength,
The Spirit of knowledge and of the [reverential and obedient] fear of the Lord

Isaiah 59:21

“As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the Lord: “My Spirit which is upon you [writing the law of God on the heart], and My words which I have put in your mouth shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouths of your [true, spiritual] children, nor from the mouth of your children’s children,” says the Lord, “from now and forever.”

Isaiah 62:1-3

For Zion’s sake I (Isaiah) will not be silent,
And for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep quiet,
Until her righteousness and vindication go forth as brightness,
And her salvation goes forth like a burning torch.

Matthew 12:18


Behold, My Servant whom I have chosen;
My Beloved in whom My soul is well-pleased;
I will put My Spirit upon Him,
And He will proclaim justice to the nations.

John 1:16

For out of His fullness [the superabundance of His grace and truth] we have all received grace upon grace [spiritual blessing upon spiritual blessing, favor upon favor, and gift heaped upon gift].

John 7:16

Jesus answered them by saying, “My teaching is not My own, but His who sent Me.

John 7:37-39

Now on the last and most important day of the feast, Jesus stood and called out [in a loud voice], “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink!

John 8:26-28

I have many things to say and judge concerning you, but He who sent Me is true; and I say to the world [only] the things that I have heard from Him.”

John 8:40

But as it is, you want to kill Me, a Man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God. This is not the way Abraham acted.

John 8:47

Whoever is of God and belongs to Him hears [the truth of] God’s words; for this reason you do not hear them: because you are not of God and you are not in fellowship with Him.”

John 15:26

“But when the Helper (Comforter, Advocate, Intercessor—Counselor, Strengthener, Standby) comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, that is the Spirit of Truth who comes from the Father, He will testify and bear witness about Me.

John 16:7

But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper (Comforter, Advocate, Intercessor—Counselor, Strengthener, Standby) will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him (the Holy Spirit) to you [to be in close fellowship with you].

Ephesians 3:8

To me, [though I am] the very least of all the saints (God’s people), this grace [which is undeserved] was graciously given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the good news of the incomprehensible riches of Christ [that spiritual wealth which no one can fully understand],

Ephesians 4:7-13

Yet grace [God’s undeserved favor] was given to each one of us [not indiscriminately, but in different ways] in proportion to the measure of Christ’s [rich and abundant] gift.

Colossians 1:19

For it pleased the Father for all the fullness [of deity—the sum total of His essence, all His perfection, powers, and attributes] to dwell [permanently] in Him (the Son),

Colossians 2:9

For in Him all the fullness of Deity (the Godhead) dwells in bodily form [completely expressing the divine essence of God].

Revelation 21:6

And He said to me, “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the one who thirsts I will give [water] from the fountain of the water of life without cost.

Revelation 22:1

Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb (Christ),

Revelation 22:16-17

“I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you and to give you assurance of these things for the churches. I am the Root (the Source, the Life) and the Offspring of David, the radiant and bright Morning Star.”

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