Parallel Verses

NET Bible

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

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.

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]!

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.

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 The one who has accepted his testimony has confirmed clearly that God is truthful. 34 For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for he does not give the Spirit sparingly. 35 The Father loves the Son and has placed all things under his authority.



Cross References

John 3:17

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world should be saved through him.

Luke 4:18

"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and the regaining of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed,

John 5:26

For just as the Father has life in himself, thus he has granted the Son to have life in himself,

Acts 10:38

with respect to Jesus from Nazareth, that God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power. 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 life-giving Spirit in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death.

Numbers 11:25

And the Lord came down in the cloud and spoke to them, and he took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and put it on the seventy elders. When the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied, but did not do so again.

2 Kings 2:9

When they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, "What can I do for you, before I am taken away from you?" Elisha answered, "May I receive a double portion of the prophetic spirit that energizes you."

Psalm 45:7

You love justice and hate evil. For this reason God, your God has anointed you with the oil of joy, elevating you above your companions.

Isaiah 11:2-5

The Lord's spirit will rest on him -- a spirit that gives extraordinary wisdom, a spirit that provides the ability to execute plans, a spirit that produces absolute loyalty to the Lord.

Isaiah 59:21

"As for me, this is my promise to them," says the Lord. "My spirit, who is upon you, and my words, which I have placed in your mouth, will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and descendants from this time forward," says the Lord.

Isaiah 62:1-3

"For the sake of Zion I will not be silent; for the sake of Jerusalem I will not be quiet, until her vindication shines brightly and her deliverance burns like a torch."

Matthew 12:18

"Here is my servant whom I have chosen, the one I love, in whom I take great delight. I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations.

John 1:16

For we have all received from his fullness one gracious gift after another.

John 7:16

So Jesus replied, "My teaching is not from me, but from the one who sent me.

John 7:37-39

On the last day of the feast, the greatest day, Jesus stood up and shouted out, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me, and

John 8:26-28

I have many things to say and to judge about you, but the Father who sent me is truthful, and the things I have heard from him I speak to the world."

John 8:40

But now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth I heard from God. Abraham did not do this!

John 8:47

The one who belongs to God listens and responds to God's words. You don't listen and respond, because you don't belong to God."

John 15:26

When the Advocate comes, whom I will send you from the Father -- the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father -- he will testify about me,

John 16:7

But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I am going away. For if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you, but if I go, I will send him to you.

Ephesians 3:8

To me -- less than the least of all the saints -- this grace was given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ

Ephesians 4:7-13

But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

Colossians 1:19

For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in the Son

Colossians 2:9

For in him all the fullness of deity lives in bodily form,

Revelation 21:6

He also said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the one who is thirsty I will give water free of charge from the spring of the water of life.

Revelation 22:1

Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life -- water as clear as crystal -- pouring out from the throne of God and of the Lamb,

Revelation 22:16-17

"I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you about these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star!"

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