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- 27 John answered and said, “A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven. 28 You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but, ‘I have been sent before Him.’ 29 He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice.
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- John answered and said, A man can receive nothing - neither office, function, faculty, nor life work, in the kingdom of God - except it has been given him from heaven. The raying is broad, general, comprehensive, sustaining.
- 27 KJV
27 KJV - John 3:27 John replied, "A man can receive only...
- 27 NIV
John answered, "A man can receive nothing, unless it has...
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27 NASB - John 3:27 John replied, "A man can receive only...
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John answered, "A man can receive nothing, unless it has...
- 27 Catholic Bible
John answered and said: A man cannot receive any thing,...
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27 NLT - John 3:27 John replied, "A man can receive only...
- 27 KJV
John answered and said, “A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven. You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but, ‘I have been sent before Him.’
NKJV John answered and said, “A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven.
John 3:27-29. John answered — With a humility and integrity agreeable to the rest of his character, A man can receive nothing — Neither he, nor I, nor any man; unless it be given him from heaven — Whence every good gift cometh, James 1:18; a general truth, very applicable in this case.
Bible Commentary for John 3:27. 3:27 A man can receive nothing - Neither he nor I. Neither could he do this, unless God had sent him: nor can I receive the title of Christ, or any honour comparable to that which he hath received from heaven.
“For how is a man benefited if he should gain the whole world and he should lose his soul?” Contemporary English Version What will you gain, if you own the whole world but destroy yourself?
John replied, “A man can receive nothing [he can claim nothing at all] unless it has been granted to him from heaven [for there is no other source than the sovereign will of God].
