Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

For [the one] whom God sent speaks the words of God, for he does not give the Spirit by measure.

New American Standard Bible

For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for He gives the Spirit without measure.

King James Version

For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.

Holman Bible

For God sent Him, and He speaks God’s words, since He gives the Spirit without measure.

International Standard Version

The one whom God sent speaks the words of God, because God does not give the Spirit in limited measure to him.

A Conservative Version

For he whom God sent speaks the sayings of God, for God does not give the Spirit by measure.

American Standard Version

For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for he giveth not the Spirit by measure.

Amplified

For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God [proclaiming the Father’s own message]; for God gives the [gift of the] Spirit without measure [generously and boundlessly]!

An Understandable Version

For the One whom God has sent [i.e., Jesus] speaks the words of God, for He [i.e., God] does not give the Holy Spirit in a limited quantity [i.e., to Jesus. See next verse].

Anderson New Testament

For he whom God has sent, speaks the words of God; for God gives not the Spirit by measure to him.

Bible in Basic English

For he whom God has sent says God's words; and God does not give him the Spirit by measure.

Common New Testament

For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without measure.

Daniel Mace New Testament

for he whom God hath sent, saith nothing but what is divine: for God hath given him the spirit without restriction.

Darby Translation

for he whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives not the Spirit by measure.

Godbey New Testament

For whom God sent speaketh the words of God: for He does not give His spirit by measure.

Goodspeed New Testament

For he whom God has sent speaks God's words, for God gives him his Spirit without measure.

John Wesley New Testament

For he whom God hath sent, speaketh the words of God; for God giveth not him the Spirit by measure.

Julia Smith Translation

For he whom God sent speaks the words of God: for God gives not the Spirit by measure.

King James 2000

For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God: for God gives not the Spirit by measure unto him.

Modern King James verseion

For He whom God has sent speaks the Words of God, for God does not give the Spirit by measure.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For he whom God hath sent, speaketh the words of God. For God giveth not the spirit by measure.

Moffatt New Testament

For he whom God has sent utters the words of God ??God gives him the Spirit in no sparing measure;

Montgomery New Testament

For he whom God sent utters the words of God; for God does not give the Spirit sparingly.

NET Bible

For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for he does not give the Spirit sparingly.

New Heart English Bible

For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for he does not give the Spirit by measure.

Noyes New Testament

For he whom God sent speaketh the words of God; for he giveth not the Spirit by measure.

Sawyer New Testament

For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for God gives not the Spirit by measure.

The Emphasized Bible

For, he whom God hath sent, the sayings of God, doth speak; for, not by measure, giveth he the Spirit.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God hath not given the Spirit by measure unto him.

Twentieth Century New Testament

For he whom God sent as his Messenger gives us God's own teaching, for God does not limit the gift of the Spirit.

Webster

For he whom God hath sent, speaketh the words of God: for to him God giveth not the Spirit by measure.

Weymouth New Testament

For He whom God has sent speaks God's words; for God does not give the Spirit with limitations."

Williams New Testament

For He whom God has sent continues to speak the words of God, for God continues to give Him the Spirit without measure.

World English Bible

For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for God gives the Spirit without measure.

Worrell New Testament

For He Whom God sent speaketh the words of God; for He giveth not the Spirit by measure.

Worsley New Testament

for He, whom God hath sent, speaketh the words of God: for God giveth the Spirit to Him not by measure.

Youngs Literal Translation

for he whom God sent, the sayings of God he speaketh; for not by measure doth God give the Spirit;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For
γάρ 
Gar 
for, , not tr
Usage: 825

he whom
ὅς ἥ ὅ 
Hos 
Usage: 980

God
θεός 
theos 
θεός 
theos 
Usage: 1151
Usage: 1151

ἀποστέλλω 
Apostello 
Usage: 73

λαλέω 
Laleo 
Usage: 235

the words
ῥῆμα 
Rhema 
word, saying, thing, no thing Trans, not tr
Usage: 57

of God
θεός 
theos 
Usage: 1151

for
γάρ 
Gar 
for, , not tr
Usage: 825

δίδωμι 
Didomi 
Usage: 254

not
οὐ 
Ou 
not, no, cannot ,
Usage: 1032

the Spirit
πνεῦμα 
Pneuma 
Usage: 334

by
ἐκ ἐξ 
Ek 
of, from, out of, by, on, with,
Usage: 709

μέτρον 
metron 
Usage: 8

Images John 3:34

Prayers for John 3:34

Context Readings

Additional Testimony By John The Baptist About Jesus

33 The one who accepts his testimony has attested that God is true. 34 For [the one] whom God sent speaks the words of God, for he does not give the Spirit by measure. 35 The Father loves the Son and has given all [things] into his hand.



Cross References

John 3:17

For God did not send his Son into the world in order that he should judge the world, but in order that the world should be saved through him.

Luke 4:18

"The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon me, because of which he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to send out in freedom those who are oppressed,

John 5:26

For just as the Father has life in himself, thus also he has granted to the Son to have life in himself.

Acts 10:38

Jesus of Nazareth--how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with him.

Romans 8:2

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death.

Numbers 11:25

Then Yahweh went down in the cloud and spoke to him, and he took away the spirit that [was] on him, and he {put it} on the seventy elders. And as soon as the spirit was resting on them they prophesied, but they did not do it again.

2 Kings 2:9

After they crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, "Ask what I may do for you before I am taken away from you." Then Elisha said, "Please let there come to me a double portion of your spirit."

Psalm 45:7

You love righteousness and hate wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you from among your companions [with] festive oil.

Isaiah 11:2-5

And the spirit of Yahweh shall rest on him-- a spirit of wisdom and understanding, a spirit of counsel and might, a spirit of knowledge and the fear of Yahweh.

Isaiah 59:21

"And as for me, this [is] my covenant with them, says Yahweh: my spirit that [is] upon you, and my words that I have placed in your mouth shall not depart from your mouth, or from the mouths of your {children}, or from the mouths of {your children's children}," says Yahweh, "from now on and forever."

Isaiah 62:1-3

For the sake of Zion I will not be silent, and for the sake of Jerusalem I will not maintain a quiet attitude, until her righteousness goes out like the bright light, and her salvation burns like a torch.

Matthew 12:18

"Behold my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased. I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.

John 1:16

For from his fullness we have all received, and grace after grace.

John 7:16

So Jesus answered them and said, "My teaching is not mine, but [is] from the one who sent me.

John 7:37-39

Now on the last day of the feast--the great [day]--Jesus stood and cried out, saying, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me, and let him drink,

John 8:26-28

I have many [things] to say and to judge concerning you, but the one who sent me is true, and [the things] which I heard from him, these [things] I say to the world."

John 8:40

But now you are seeking to kill me, a man who spoke to you the truth which I heard from God. This Abraham did not do.

John 8:47

The one who is from God listens to the words of God. Because of this you do not listen--because you are not of God."

John 15:26

"When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father--the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father--that one will testify about me.

John 16:7

But I tell you the truth, it is better for you that I go away. For if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.

Ephesians 3:8

To me, the least of all the saints, was given this grace: to proclaim the good news of the fathomless riches of Christ to the Gentiles,

Ephesians 4:7-13

Now to each one of us was given this grace, according to the measure of Christ's gift.

Colossians 1:19

because he was well pleased [for] all the fullness to dwell in him,

Colossians 2:9

because in him all the fullness of deity dwells bodily,

Revelation 21:6

And he said to me, "It is done! I [am] the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the one who is thirsty I will give [water] from the spring of the water of life freely.

Revelation 22:1

And he showed me the river of the water of life, clear as crystal, coming out from the throne of God and of the Lamb

Revelation 22:16-17

"I, Jesus, sent my angel to testify to you about these [things] for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star."

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