John 3:27
John responded and said: “A man is not able to receive anything, unless it has been given to him from heaven.
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In The King James Version
John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.
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Cross References
Numbers 17:5Whomever of these I will choose, his rod will germinate, and so shall I restrain the complaints of the sons of Israel before me, by which they murmur against you.”
Jeremiah 1:5“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. And before you went forth from the womb, I sanctified you. And I made you a prophet to the nations.”
Amos 7:15And the Lord took me, when I was following the flock, and the Lord said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’”
Matthew 25:15And to one he gave five talents, and to another two, yet to another he gave one, to each according to his own ability. And promptly, he set out.
Mark 13:34It is like a man who, setting out on a sojourn, left behind his house, and gave his servants authority over every work, and instructed the doorkeeper to stand watch.
Romans 12:6And we each have different gifts, according to the grace that has been given to us: whether prophecy, in agreement with the reasonableness of faith;
Matthew Henry on John 3:23-36
John's Testimony to Christ. 22 After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judæa; and there he tarried with them, and baptized. 23 And John also was baptizing in Ænon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized. 24 For John was not yet cast into prison. 25 Then there arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying. 26 And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest… Read the whole commentary →