But he said, “The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.”
Parallel translations
- KJV And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.
- BSB But Jesus said, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”
- NKJV But He said, “The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.”
- NASB But He said, “The things that are impossible with people are possible with God.”
- NLT He replied, “What is impossible for people is possible with God.”
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- Jer 32:17“Ah Lord Yahweh! Behold, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm; there is nothing too hard for you,
- Matt 19:26Looking at them, Jesus said, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
- Luke 1:37For nothing spoken by God is impossible.”
- Job 42:2“I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be restrained.
- Gen 18:14Is anything too hard for Yahweh? At the set time I will return to you, when the season comes round, and Sarah will have a son.”
- Eph 1:19–20and what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might
- Dan 4:35All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and no one can stop his hand, or ask him, What are you doing?
- Eph 2:4–10But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,
- Zech 8:6Yahweh of Armies says: “If it is marvelous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days, should it also be marvelous in my eyes?” says Yahweh of Armies.
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