Parallel Verses

An Understandable Version

And no one has gone up to heaven except the One who has come down from heaven, [even] the Son of man. {{Most translations do not contain the added words "who is in heaven"}}.

New American Standard Bible

No one has ascended into heaven, but He who descended from heaven: the Son of Man.

King James Version

And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.

Holman Bible

No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.

International Standard Version

"No one has gone up to heaven except the one who came down from heaven, the Son of Man who is in heaven.

A Conservative Version

And no man has ascended into heaven, except he who came down out of heaven: the Son of man who is in heaven.

American Standard Version

And no one hath ascended into heaven, but he that descended out of heaven, even the Son of man, who is in heaven.

Amplified

No one has gone up into heaven, but there is One who came down from heaven, the Son of Man [Himself—whose home is in heaven].

Anderson New Testament

And no man has ascended into heaven, but he who came down from heaven, the Son of man, who is in heaven.

Bible in Basic English

And no one has ever gone up to heaven but he who came down from heaven, the Son of man.

Common New Testament

No one has ascended into heaven, but he who came from heaven the Son of Man.

Daniel Mace New Testament

for no man hath penetrated into the secrets of heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the son of man, who is in heaven.

Darby Translation

And no one has gone up into heaven, save he who came down out of heaven, the Son of man who is in heaven.

Godbey New Testament

No one hath ascended up into heaven, but the one having come down from heaven, the Son of man, who is in heaven.

Goodspeed New Testament

Yet no one has gone up into heaven except the Son of Man who came down from heaven.

John Wesley New Testament

For no one hath gone up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, the Son of man, who is in heaven.

Julia Smith Translation

And none has ascended to heaven, except he having descended from heaven, the Son of man, he being in heaven.

King James 2000

And no man has ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man who is in heaven.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And no one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven--the Son of Man.

Modern King James verseion

And no one has ascended up to Heaven except He who came down from Heaven, the Son of Man who is in Heaven.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And no man ascendeth up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, that is to say, the son of man which is in heaven.

Moffatt New Testament

And yet the Son of man, descended from heaven, is the only one who has ever ascended into heaven.

Montgomery New Testament

There is no one gone up to heaven, except the One who came down from heaven??he Son of man himself.

NET Bible

No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven -- the Son of Man.

New Heart English Bible

No one has ascended into heaven, but he who descended out of heaven, the Son of Man.

Noyes New Testament

And no one hath ascended into heaven, but he who came down from heaven, even the Son of man.

Sawyer New Testament

And no one has ascended into heaven but he that came down from heaven, the Son of man who is in heaven.

The Emphasized Bible

And, no one, hath ascended into heaven, save he that, out of heaven, descended, - The Son of Man.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

Though no man hath ascended into heaven, except he that descended from heaven, that Son of man the I am in heaven.

Twentieth Century New Testament

No one has ascended to Heaven, except him who descended from Heaven--the Son of Man himself.

Webster

And no man hath ascended to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man who is in heaven.

Weymouth New Testament

There is no one who has gone up to Heaven, but there is One who has come down from Heaven, namely the Son of Man whose home is in Heaven.

Williams New Testament

And yet no one has gone up into heaven except the Son of Man who came down out of heaven.

World English Bible

No one has ascended into heaven, but he who descended out of heaven, the Son of Man, who is in heaven.

Worrell New Testament

And no one has ascended into Heaven, but He Who descended out of Heaven??he Son of Man [Who is in Heaven].

Worsley New Testament

For no one hath ascended up into heaven, but He that came down from heaven, even the Son of man who is in heaven.

Youngs Literal Translation

and no one hath gone up to the heaven, except he who out of the heaven came down -- the Son of Man who is in the heaven.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

no man
οὐδείς 
Oudeis 
Usage: 160

ἀναβαίνω 
Anabaino 
go up, come up, ascend, ascend up, climb up, spring up, grow up, come, enter, arise, rise up, , vr ascend
Usage: 63

to
εἰς 
Eis 
into, to, unto, for, in, on, toward, against,
Usage: 1267

οὐρανός 
Ouranos 
οὐρανός 
Ouranos 
Usage: 156
Usage: 156

but
μή 
me 
not, no, that not, God forbid 9, lest, neither, no man , but, none, not translated,
Usage: 493

he that

which, who, the things, the son,
Usage: 0

καταβαίνω 
Katabaino 
Usage: 63

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

even the Son
υἱός 
Huios 
Usage: 213

of man
ἄνθρωπος 
Anthropos 
man, not tr,
Usage: 316

which is
ὤν οὖσα ὄν 
On 
being, when ... was, which is, that is, not tr,
Usage: 128

in
ἐν 
En 
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
Usage: 2128

Devotionals

Devotionals about John 3:13

Devotionals containing John 3:13

Images John 3:13

Prayers for John 3:13

Questions on John 3:13

Context Readings

A Meeting With Nicodemus

12 If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe [it], how will you believe [it] if I tell you about heavenly things? 13 And no one has gone up to heaven except the One who has come down from heaven, [even] the Son of man. {{Most translations do not contain the added words "who is in heaven"}}. 14 And [just] like Moses lifted up the snake [on the pole] in the wilderness [Num. 21:9], so the Son of man must be lifted up [on the cross]

Cross References

John 1:18

No one has ever seen God [i.e., His full splendor], but God, the only conceived [and eventually born Son], who is at the Father's side, has shown us who He is.

John 6:38

For I have come down from heaven to do what God, who sent me, wants me to do, not what I want to do.

Acts 2:34

Now David is not the one who ascended into heaven for he [spoke of Jesus when he] said [Psa. 110:1], 'The Lord [i.e., God] said to my [i.e., David's] Lord [i.e., Jesus], sit at my right side

Romans 10:6

But the [means of] being made right with God by faith [in Christ] is described in the Scripture this way [Deut. 30:12-13], "Do not ask yourself, 'Who will go up into heaven?'" (in order to bring Christ down [to earth]).

John 6:42

And they said, "Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph? Do we not know his father and mother? Then how can he say, 'I have come down from heaven'?"

John 6:62

Then what if you were to see the Son of man going up [i.e., to heaven] where He was before?

Acts 20:28

So, pay close attention to your [own] lives, and to all [members] of the flock [i.e., the congregation] of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers [i.e., elders, shepherds or pastors]. Provide [spiritual] food for the church of the Lord which He purchased by [shedding] His own blood.

1 Corinthians 15:47

The first man [i.e., Adam] came from the dust of the ground [See Gen. 2:7]; the second man [i.e., Christ] came from heaven.

Ephesians 4:9-10

(But what does "He ascended" mean if not that He also [first] descended to the lower parts of the earth [i.e., to the earth below]? [Note: Of the three principal interpretations given to this verse: a) Christ descended to earth, b) Christ descended to the grave, c) Christ descended to Mary's womb. The first is to be preferred. See John 3:13; 6:38, 62].

Matthew 28:20

[Then] go on teaching them [i.e., these new converts] to obey everything I have commanded you and my presence will be with you always, even to the end of the age.

Mark 16:19-20

So then, after the Lord Jesus had spoken to them He was taken up to heaven, where He sat down at the right side of God.

John 3:31

The One who comes from above [i.e., Jesus] ranks over all [others]; but the one who is out of the earth [i.e., of human origin] is [merely] an earthly [being] and he speaks in earthly [ways]. [But] the One who comes from heaven [i.e., Jesus] ranks over all [others].

John 6:33

For the bread God gives is the One [see verse 35] who comes down from heaven, and [He] gives [spiritual] life to the world."

John 6:46

[I am] not [saying] that anyone has [ever] seen the Father, except the One who is from God [i.e., Jesus] has seen Him.

John 6:51

I am the living bread who came down from heaven; if anyone eats this bread, he will live forever. Yes, and the bread that I will give [him] is my physical body, [so] that the world can have [never ending] life."

John 8:42

Jesus replied, "If God were [truly] your Father you would love me, because I came from God to be here. For I did not come on my own authority, but God sent me.

John 13:3

Jesus, who knew that the Father had given Him complete authority, [also] knew that He had come from God and was [about] to return to God.

John 16:28-30

I came from the Father into this world and now I am leaving the world and returning to the Father."

John 17:5

And now, Father, honor me in your presence with the honor I had with you before the world was [created].

Ephesians 1:23

which is His [spiritual] body. The church is completely filled by Christ [or, "Christ is completely filled by God"], who completely fills everything in every way.

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