Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
John answered and said, “
King James Version
John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.
Holman Bible
John responded, “No one can receive a single thing unless it’s given to him from heaven.
International Standard Version
John replied, "No one can receive anything unless it has been given to them from heaven.
A Conservative Version
John answered and said, A man can receive nothing unless it is given to him from heaven.
American Standard Version
John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it have been given him from heaven.
Amplified
John replied, “A man can receive nothing [he can claim nothing at all] unless it has been granted to him from heaven [for there is no other source than the sovereign will of God].
An Understandable Version
John replied to them, "A person cannot receive anything, unless it has been given to him from [God in] heaven.
Anderson New Testament
John answered and said: A man can receive nothing unless it be given to him from heaven.
Bible in Basic English
And this was John's answer: A man is unable to have anything if it is not given to him from heaven.
Common New Testament
John answered, "A man can receive only what is given to him from heaven.
Daniel Mace New Testament
but John made them this answer, a man can have no authority, but what he derives from heaven.
Darby Translation
John answered and said, A man can receive nothing unless it be given him out of heaven.
Godbey New Testament
John responded and said, No man is able to receive anything, unless it may have been given unto him from heaven.
Goodspeed New Testament
John answered, "A man cannot get anything unless it is given to him from heaven.
John Wesley New Testament
John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, unless it be given him from heaven.
Julia Smith Translation
John answered and said, No man can receive anything except it be given him from heaven.
King James 2000
John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.
Lexham Expanded Bible
John answered and said, "A man can receive not one [thing] unless it is granted to him from heaven!
Modern King James verseion
And John answered and said, A man can receive nothing unless it is given to him from Heaven.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
John answered, and said, "A man can receive nothing at all except it be given him from heaven.
Moffatt New Testament
John answered, "No one can receive anything except as a gift from heaven.
Montgomery New Testament
In reply John said: "A man cannot obtain anything unless it has been granted to him from heaven.
NET Bible
John replied, "No one can receive anything unless it has been given to him from heaven.
New Heart English Bible
John answered, "A man can receive nothing, unless it has been given to him from heaven.
Noyes New Testament
John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, unless it be given him from heaven.
Sawyer New Testament
John answered and said, A man can receive nothing unless it is given him from heaven.
The Emphasized Bible
John answered, and said - A man can receive, nothing, except it have been given him out of heaven.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
John answered and said, A man cannot assume any thing, except it be given him from heaven.
Twentieth Century New Testament
John's answer was--"A man can gain nothing but what is given him from Heaven.
Webster
John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.
Weymouth New Testament
"A man cannot obtain anything," replied John, "unless it has been granted to him from Heaven.
Williams New Testament
John answered, "A man cannot get anything, unless it is given to him from heaven.
World English Bible
John answered, "A man can receive nothing, unless it has been given him from heaven.
Worrell New Testament
John answered and said, "A man can receive nothing, unless it has been given to him from Heaven.
Worsley New Testament
John answered and said, A man can take nothing upon him, unless it be given him from heaven.
Youngs Literal Translation
John answered and said, 'A man is not able to receive anything, if it may not have been given him from the heaven;
Themes
Dependence » Human weakness renders men dependent upon God
Gifts » From God » He the only source of
John » Testifies to the messiahship of jesus
John the baptist » John the baptist being sent to prepare the way for jesus Christ
Interlinear
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References
Easton
Fausets
Word Count of 37 Translations in John 3:27
Verse Info
Context Readings
Additional Testimony By John The Baptist About Jesus
26
And they came unto John and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan of whom thou gave witness, behold, the same baptizes, and all men come to him.
27 John answered and said, “
Phrases
Cross References
1 Corinthians 4:7
For who makes thee to judge? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, what dost thou glory of, as if thou hadst not received it?
James 1:17
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness neither shadow of turning.
Matthew 21:25
The baptism of John, where was it from? from heaven or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven, he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?
Numbers 16:9-11
Does it seem but a small thing unto you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to minister in the service of the tabernacle of the LORD and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them?
Numbers 17:5
And it shall come to pass regarding the man whom I shall choose that his rod shall blossom; and I will resolve the complaints of the sons of Israel, with which they murmur against you.
1 Chronicles 28:4-5
However, the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever, for he has chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over all Israel;
Jeremiah 1:5
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the Gentiles.
Jeremiah 17:16
For I did not take it upon myself to be a pastor following thee; neither have I desired the woeful day; thou dost know: that which came out of my lips has come forth in thy presence.
Amos 7:15
and the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.
Matthew 25:15
And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each one according to his faculty, and straightway took his journey.
Mark 11:30-31
The baptism of John, was it of heaven or of men? Respond unto me.
Mark 13:34
As the man who, taking a far journey, left his house and gave his estate to his slaves and to each one his responsibility and commanded the porter to watch.
Romans 1:5
By whom we have received the grace and the apostleship, to cause the faith to be obeyed among all the Gentiles in his name,
Romans 12:6
So that having different gifts according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, according to the measure of faith;
1 Corinthians 1:1
Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes, our brother,
1 Corinthians 2:12-14
Now we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is of God, that we might know the things that God has given us.
1 Corinthians 3:5
Who then is Paul? and who is Apollos? but servants by whom ye believed, each one according to that which the Lord gave.
1 Corinthians 12:11
one and the same Spirit operates all these things, dispersing to each one his own gift as he wills.
1 Corinthians 15:10
But by the grace of God I am what I am; and his grace towards me was not in vain, for I laboured more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
Galatians 1:1
Paul, apostle (not from men neither through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead)
Ephesians 1:1
Paul, apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:
Ephesians 3:7-8
of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the operation of his power.
1 Timothy 2:7
of which I am ordained a preacher and an apostle (I speak the truth in Christ and do not lie), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.
Hebrews 5:4-5
And no one takes this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.
1 Peter 4:10-11
Let each one according to the gift that he has received, administer it unto the others, as a good steward of the diverse graces of God.