Jesus said to her, “I am he, the one who speaks to you.”
Parallel translations
- KJV Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.
- BSB Jesus answered, “I who speak to you am He.”
- NKJV Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you am He. ”
- NASB Jesus *said to her, “I am He, the One speaking to you.”
- NLT Then Jesus told her, “I Am the Messiah!”
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- John 8:24I said therefore to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins.”
- Mark 14:61–62But he stayed quiet, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?”
- Rom 10:20–21Isaiah is very bold, and says, “I was found by those who didn’t seek me. I was revealed to those who didn’t ask for me.”
- John 9:35–37Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and finding him, he said, “Do you believe in the Son of God?”
- Matt 26:63–64But Jesus held his peace. The high priest answered him, “I adjure you by the living God, that you tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God.”
- Luke 13:30Behold, there are some who are last who will be first, and there are some who are first who will be last.”
- Matt 20:15Isn’t it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?’
- Matt 16:20Then he commanded the disciples that they should tell no one that he was Jesus the Christ.
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