John 8:29

He is the one that sent me, and he is with me. He doesn’t leave me, because I always do things that make him happy.”

Plain English Version

In The King James Version

And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.

In Context

28So he said, “I am the special man from heaven, and after you put me on a cross and lift me up, you will know who I am. And you will understand that I am not working alone. I only say what my father taught me.

30A big mob of people were listening to Jesus at that time, and a lot of them believed in him.

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Cross References

Matthew 3:17And God talked from heaven. He said, “This is my son. I love him very much, and I’m very happy with him.”

John 4:34Jesus said, “Nobody gave me any food. I do everything my father wants me to do, and that keeps me going. It is like food for me. My father sent me here to do his work, and I want to finish it.

John 6:38I didn’t come down from heaven just to do my own ideas. I came here to do everything my father sent me to do.

John 14:10Do you believe that I am joined to the father, so that it’s like I am in him? And do you believe that the father is joined to me, so that it’s like he is in me? I don’t just say whatever I want to say. The father told me what to say. You see, it’s like he lives inside me and uses me to do his work.

Matthew Henry on John 8:22-31

Christ's Discourse with the Pharisees. 21 Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come. 22 Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come. 23 And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world. 24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. 25 Then said they unto… Read the whole commentary →

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