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I am one who testifies about myself, and the Father who sent me testifies about me.”
John 8:18 · World English Bible
Parallel translations
  • KJV I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me.
  • BSB I am One who testifies about Myself, and the Father, who sent Me, also testifies about Me.”
  • ESV I am the one who bears witness about myself, and the Father who sent me bears witness about me.”
  • NKJV I am One who bears witness of Myself, and the Father who sent Me bears witness of Me.”
  • NASB I am He who testifies about Myself, and the Father who sent Me testifies about Me.”
  • NLT I am one witness, and my Father who sent me is the other.”

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Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 15

  • John 8:38I say the things which I have seen with my Father; and you also do the things which you have seen with your father.”
  • Rev 1:17–18When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, “Don’t be afraid. I am the first and the last,
  • John 8:58Jesus said to them, “Most certainly, I tell you, before Abraham came into existence, I AM. ”
  • John 10:14I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and I’m known by my own;
  • John 8:25They said therefore to him, “Who are you?” Jesus said to them, “Just what I have been saying to you from the beginning.
  • John 8:12Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
  • John 14:6Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
  • John 5:31–40“If I testify about myself, my witness is not valid.
  • Heb 2:4God also testifying with them, both by signs and wonders, by various works of power, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will?
  • John 10:11I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
  • John 8:51Most certainly, I tell you, if a person keeps my word, he will never see death.”
  • 1 Jn 5:6–12This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and the blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.
  • John 10:9I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out, and will find pasture.
  • John 10:30I and the Father are one.”
  • John 11:25Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.

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Christ at the center

John declares him plainly: the eternal Word made flesh, the Lamb of God, the great 'I AM' — bread, light, door, shepherd, way, truth, life, resurrection — that you may believe and have life in his name.

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