John 8:49
Jesus answered, “I do not have a demon, but I honor My Father, and you dishonor Me;
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me.
In Context
50and I do not seek My own glory; there is [One] who is seeking and is judging;
Cross References
Proverbs 26:4Do not answer a fool according to his folly, || Lest you are like to him—even you.
Isaiah 49:3And He says to me, “You are My servant, O Israel, || In whom I beautify Myself.”
John 8:29and He who sent Me is with Me; the Father did not leave Me alone, because I always do the things pleasing to Him.”
John 12:28Father, glorify Your Name.” Therefore there came a voice out of Heaven, “I both glorified, and again I will glorify [it]”;
John 14:13and whatever you may ask in My Name, I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son;
Philippians 2:6who, being in the form of God, thought [it] not something to be seized to be equal to God,
Matthew Henry on John 8:49-51
Christ's Discourse with the Pharisees. 48 Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil? 49 Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me. 50 And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth. Here is, I. The malice of hell breaking out in the base language which the unbelieving Jews gave to our Lord Jesus. Hitherto they had cavilled at his doctrine, and had made invidious remarks upon it; but, having… Read the whole commentary →