27John answered and said, A man can receive nothing unless it be given him out of heaven.


In Context

24 for John was not yet cast into prison.

25 There was therefore a reasoning of the disciples of John with a Jew about purification.

26 And they came to John and said to him, Rabbi, he who was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, he baptises, and all come to him.

27 John answered and said, A man can receive nothing unless it be given him out of heaven.

28 Ye yourselves bear me witness that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am sent before him.

29 He that has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices in heart because of the voice of the bridegroom: this my joy then is fulfilled.

John 3:27 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:27John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:27To this John replied, "A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:27John answered, and said: A man cannot receive any thing, unless it be given him from heaven.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:27John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it have been given him from heaven.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:27John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it have been given him from heaven.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:27John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:27John answered, |A man can receive nothing, unless it has been given him from heaven.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:27John answered and said, 'A man is not able to receive anything, if it may not have been given him from the heaven;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:27John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.