John 12:50 And I know that His command leads to eternal life. So I speak exactly what the Father has told Me to say."

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New International Version
I know that his command leads to eternal life. So whatever I say is just what the Father has told me to say.”

New Living Translation
And I know his commands lead to eternal life; so I say whatever the Father tells me to say.”

English Standard Version
And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I say, therefore, I say as the Father has told me.”

Berean Standard Bible
And I know that His command leads to eternal life. So I speak exactly what the Father has told Me to say.”

Berean Literal Bible
And I know that His commandment is eternal life. Therefore what I speak, just as the Father has said to Me, so I speak.”

King James Bible
And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.

New King James Version
And I know that His command is everlasting life. Therefore, whatever I speak, just as the Father has told Me, so I speak.”

New American Standard Bible
And I know that His commandment is eternal life; therefore the things I speak, I speak just as the Father has told Me.”

NASB 1995
“I know that His commandment is eternal life; therefore the things I speak, I speak just as the Father has told Me.”

NASB 1977
“And I know that His commandment is eternal life; therefore the things I speak, I speak just as the Father has told Me.”

Legacy Standard Bible
And I know that His commandment is eternal life; therefore the things I speak, I speak just as the Father has told Me.”

Amplified Bible
I know that His commandment is eternal life. So the things I speak, I speak [in accordance with His exact instruction,] just as the Father has told Me.”

Berean Annotated Bible
And I know that His command leads to eternal life. So I speak exactly what the Father {Patēr} has told Me to say.

Christian Standard Bible
I know that his command is eternal life. So the things that I speak, I speak just as the Father has told me.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I know that His command is eternal life. So the things that I speak, I speak just as the Father has told Me.”

American Standard Version
And I know that his commandment is life eternal: the things therefore which I speak, even as the Father hath said unto me, so I speak.

Contemporary English Version
I know that his commands will bring eternal life. This is why I tell you exactly what the Father has told me.

English Revised Version
And I know that his commandment is life eternal: the things therefore which I speak, even as the Father hath said unto me, so I speak.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I know that what he commands is eternal life. Whatever I say is what the Father told me to say."

Good News Translation
And I know that his command brings eternal life. What I say, then, is what the Father has told me to say."

International Standard Version
And I know that what he commands brings eternal life. What I speak, therefore, I speak just as the Father has told me."

NET Bible
And I know that his commandment is eternal life. Thus the things I say, I say just as the Father has told me."

New Heart English Bible
I know that his commandment is everlasting life. The things therefore which I speak, even as the Father has said to me, so I speak."

Webster's Bible Translation
And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatever I speak therefore, even as the Father said to me, so I speak.

Weymouth New Testament
And I know that His command is the Life of the Ages. What therefore I speak, I speak just as the Father has bidden me."Majority Standard Bible
And I know that His command leads to eternal life. So I speak exactly what the Father has told Me to say.”

World English Bible
I know that his commandment is eternal life. The things therefore which I speak, even as the Father has said to me, so I speak.” Literal Standard Version
and I have known that His command is continuous life; what, therefore, I speak, according as the Father has said to Me, so I speak.”

Berean Literal Bible
And I know that His commandment is eternal life. Therefore what I speak, just as the Father has said to Me, so I speak.”

Young's Literal Translation
and I have known that His command is life age-during; what, therefore, I speak, according as the Father hath said to me, so I speak.'

Smith's Literal Translation
And I know that his command is life eternal: therefore what I speak, as the Father said to me, so I speak.Douay-Rheims Bible
And I know that his commandment is life everlasting. The things therefore that I speak, even as the Father said unto me, so do I speak.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And I know that his commandment is eternal life. Therefore, the things that I speak, just as the Father has said to me, so also do I speak.”

New American Bible
And I know that his commandment is eternal life. So what I say, I say as the Father told me.”

New Revised Standard Version
And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I speak, therefore, I speak just as the Father has told me.”Lamsa Bible
And I know that his commandment is life everlasting; these things therefore which I speak, just as my Father told me, so I speak.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“I know that his commandments are eternal life, therefore, these things which I am speaking, just as The Father tells me, thus I speak.” Anderson New Testament
And I know that his commandment is life eternal. What things I speak therefore, as the Father has said to me, so I speak.

Godbey New Testament
And I know that His commandment is eternal life. Now whatsoever thing I say, as the Father has spoken unto me, so I say.

Haweis New Testament
And I know that his commandment is life eternal: therefore the things which I speak to you, just as the Father spake to me, so speak I.

Mace New Testament
and I know that it is a commission of eternal life: whatever therefore I say, I deliver just as the father directed me.

Weymouth New Testament
And I know that His command is the Life of the Ages. What therefore I speak, I speak just as the Father has bidden me."

Worrell New Testament
And I know that His commandment is life eternal. What things, therefore, I speak, even as My Father hath told Me, so I speak."

Worsley New Testament
And I know that his commandment is life eternal: the things therefore which I speak, I so speak, as the Father hath directed me.

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Cross References

And I know that His command leads to eternal life.

Proverbs 19:16
He who keeps a commandment preserves his soul, but he who is careless in his ways will die.

Proverbs 7:2
Keep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.

Hebrews 5:9
And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him

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So I speak exactly what the Father has told Me to say.”

John 8:26
“I have much to say about you and much to judge. But the One who sent Me is truthful, and what I have heard from Him, I tell the world.”

John 8:28
So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing on My own, but speak exactly what the Father has taught Me.

John 14:24
Whoever does not love Me does not keep My words. The word that you hear is not My own, but it is from the Father who sent Me.

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John 5:19-30
So Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing by Himself, unless He sees the Father doing it. For whatever the Father does, the Son also does. / The Father loves the Son and shows Him all He does. And to your amazement, He will show Him even greater works than these. / For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes. …

John 14:10
Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me? The words I say to you, I do not speak on My own. Instead, it is the Father dwelling in Me, performing His works.

John 7:16-17
“My teaching is not My own,” Jesus replied. “It comes from Him who sent Me. / If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.

John 3:34
For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

John 6:38
For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.

John 17:8
For I have given them the words You gave Me, and they have received them. They knew with certainty that I came from You, and they believed that You sent Me.

John 5:36-37
But I have testimony more substantial than that of John. For the works that the Father has given Me to accomplish—the very works I am doing—testify about Me that the Father has sent Me. / And the Father who sent Me has Himself testified about Me. You have never heard His voice nor seen His form,

John 14:31
But I do exactly what the Father has commanded Me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Get up! Let us go on from here.

John 15:15
No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you.

John 17:4
I have glorified You on earth by accomplishing the work You gave Me to do.

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