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


In Context

24 for John was not yet cast into the prison —

25 there arose then a question from the disciples of John with some Jews about purifying,

26 and they came unto John, and said to him, 'Rabbi, he who was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou didst testify, lo, this one is baptizing, and all are coming unto him.'

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

28 ye yourselves do testify to me that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am having been sent before him;

29 he who is having the bride is bridegroom, and the friend of the bridegroom, who is standing and hearing him, with joy doth rejoice because of the voice of the bridegroom; this, then, my joy hath been 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 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 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.