Nathanael said to him, “Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.”
Parallel translations
- KJV And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.
- BSB “Can anything good come from Nazareth?” Nathanael asked. “Come and see,” said Philip.
- ESV Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.”
- NKJV And Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.”
- NASB Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good be from Nazareth?” Philip *said to him, “Come and see.”
- NLT “Nazareth!” exclaimed Nathanael. “Can anything good come from Nazareth?” “Come and see for yourself,” Philip replied.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- John 7:52They answered him, “Are you also from Galilee? Search, and see that no prophet has arisen out of Galilee.”
- John 7:41–42Others said, “This is the Christ.” But some said, “What, does the Christ come out of Galilee?
- John 4:29“Come, see a man who told me everything that I did. Can this be the Christ?”
- 1 Th 5:21Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good.
- Luke 12:57Why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?
- Luke 4:28–29They were all filled with wrath in the synagogue, as they heard these things.
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