John 3:27
John replied, “A man cannot 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 17:5It will happen that the staff of the man whom I choose will bud. I will cause the complaints from the people of Israel to stop, which they are speaking against you.”
Jeremiah 1:5“Before I formed you in the womb, I chose you; 1 before you came out from the womb I set you apart; I made you a prophet to the nations.”
Amos 7:15But Yahweh took me from tending the flock and said to me, 'Go, prophesy to my people Israel.'
Matthew 25:15To one of them he gave five talents, to another he gave two, and to yet another he gave one talent. Each one received an amount according to his own ability, and that man went on his journey.
Mark 13:34It is like a man who goes on a journey—he leaves his house and puts his servants in charge of the house, each one with his work, and he commands the watchman to stay awake.
Romans 12:6We have different gifts according to the grace that was given to us. If one's gift is prophecy, let it be done according to the proportion of his 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 →