John 3:27
John answered, and said: A man cannot receive any thing, unless it be given him from heaven.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.
In Context
28You yourselves do bear me witness, that I said, I am not Christ, but that I am sent before him.
Cross References
Numbers 17:5Whomsoever of these I shall choose, his rod shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, wherewith they murmur against you.
Jeremiah 1:5Before I formed thee in the bowels of thy mother, I knew thee: and before thou camest forth out of the womb, I sanctified thee, and made thee a prophet unto the nations.
Amos 7:15And the Lord took me when I followed 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, and to another one, to every one according to his proper ability: and immediately he took his journey.
Mark 13:34Even as a man who going into a far country, left his house; and gave authority to his servants over every work, and commanded the porter to watch.
Romans 12:6And having different gifts, according to the grace that is given us, either prophecy, to be used according to the rule 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 →