John 8:26

I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.

Cross-references

John 8:16 Parallel

John 8:16 affirms Jesus' judgment is true because the Father is with Him — reinforcing His claim here that He speaks from the true Father.

John 8:17 Historical context

John 8:17 cites the law requiring two witnesses — providing the legal basis for Jesus' testimony being valid with the Father as second witness.

John 8:40 Parallel

John 8:40 repeats that Jesus speaks truth heard from God — here linked to His listeners' desire to kill Him.

John 8:38 Parallel

John 8:38 parallels: 'I speak the things which I have seen with My Father' — identical claim about divine origin.

John 3:32 Parallel

John 3:32 similarly states Jesus testifies what He has seen and heard from the Father, with the added note that few receive it.

John 5:43 Parallel

John 5:43 states Jesus came in the Father's name yet was not received — connecting to His speaking from the Father to a rejecting world here.

John 7:16 Parallel

John 7:16 echoes the same idea: Jesus' teaching is not His own but from the One who sent Him.

John 7:28 Parallel

John 7:28 similarly declares the one who sent Jesus is true — reinforcing His repeated claim here that the Father is truth.

John 12:47-50 affirms Jesus speaks only what the Father commanded and His words will judge — directly parallel to His claim here.

John 15:15 Parallel

John 15:15 extends this: Jesus has made known all He heard from the Father to His disciples, calling them friends.

John 17:8 Parallel

John 17:8 shows Jesus giving the words the Father gave Him — the same transmission, now in prayer context.

John 3:34 Parallel

John 3:34 declares Jesus speaks God's words because He has the Spirit without measure — adds the Spirit's role.

John 12:49 Parallel

John 12:49 specifies that the Father gave Jesus a commandment about what to say — more detailed than the general 'heard'.

John 14:24 Parallel

John 14:24 states the word heard is not Jesus' but the Father's — reinforcing the source of His teaching.

John 16:12 Parallel

John 16:12 echoes Jesus saying he has more to teach but the disciples cannot bear it yet — parallel to having much to say here.