Parallel Verses
Daniel Mace New Testament
but John made them this answer, a man can have no authority, but what he derives from heaven.
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.
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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Easton
Fausets
Word Count of 37 Translations in John 3:27
Verse Info
Context Readings
Additional Testimony By John The Baptist About Jesus
26 who thereupon went to John, and said, master, he that was with you beyond Jordan, to whom you bore testimony, he himself does now baptize likewise, and the people flock to him. 27 but John made them this answer, a man can have no authority, but what he derives from heaven. 28 you yourselves can bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but was only sent before him:
Phrases
Cross References
1 Corinthians 4:7
for who has distinguish'd thee above another? or what have you, that you did not receive? now if you did receive it, why do you glory as if you had not received it?
James 1:17
every thing that is valuable, every gift that leads to perfection is deriv'd from heaven, it descends from that original light, which knows no change, no shadow, or decline:
Matthew 21:25
the baptism of John, whence was it? was it a divine or a human Institution? and they reasoned thus with themselves, if we say, it was divine; he will say, then, why did ye not believe him?
Matthew 25:15
to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to every man according to his respective ability, and then set out on his journey.
Mark 11:30-31
the baptism of John, was it of divine, or of human institution?
Mark 13:34
when a man travels into foreign parts, he leaves his goods in charge to his servants, he appoints to every one his task, and orders the porter to be vigilant,
Romans 1:5
by whose favour I have received the office of an apostle to bring the Gentiles every where to the obedience of faith preached in his name:
Romans 12:6
having then different gifts, according to the respective favour bestowed upon us; if it be prophecy, let him prophesy according to the proportion of his gift.
1 Corinthians 1:1
Paul appointed by the divine will to be an apostle of Jesus Christ, and Sosthenes our brother,
1 Corinthians 2:12-14
now the spirit which we have received, is not the spirit of this world, but that which comes from God; that we might know what he has graciously bestowed upon us.
1 Corinthians 3:5
who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye have received faith according to the divine gifts imparted to each of them?
1 Corinthians 12:11
but all are wrought by one and the same spirit, distributing to every one in particular, as he thinks fit.
1 Corinthians 15:10
it is by the divine favour that I am what I am: and his favour to me was not in vain; no, I laboured more than they all: yet it was not I, it was the divine favour which assisted me.
Galatians 1:1
Paul an apostle (not from men, nor by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the father who raised him from the dead) and all the brethren,
Ephesians 1:1
Paul an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the divine appointment to the converts which are at Ephesus, who stand firm in the faith of Christ Jesus:
Ephesians 3:7-8
of this I was made a minister, according to the gracious gift God bestowed on me, by the effectual operation of his influence:
1 Timothy 2:7
for this I was establish'd a herald and an apostle, I speak the truth without disguise, a doctor to instruct the Gentiles in the true faith.
Hebrews 5:4-5
to himself the honour of the priesthood: he must be called thereto by God, as Aaron was.
1 Peter 4:10-11
as good economists of the different dispensations of God, communicate to one another the gifts you have receiv'd.