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


In Context

24 For John was not yet cast into prison.

25 And there arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews concerning purification:

26 And they came to John, and said to him: Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou gavest testimony, behold he baptizeth, and all men come to him.

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

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

29 He that hath the bride, is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth with joy because of the bridegroom's voice. This my joy therefore 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:27John answered and said, A man can receive nothing unless it be given him out of 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.