New Testament · SCRIPTURE
John 11:42
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I knew that You always hear Me, but I say this for the benefit of the people standing here, so they may believe that You sent Me.”
BSB text & permissions
And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said [it], that they may believe that thou hast sent me.
KJV text & permissions
I know that you always listen to me, but because of the multitude standing around I said this, that they may believe that you sent me.”
WEB text & permissions
ASVAmerican Standard Version
And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the multitude that standeth around I said it, that they may believe that thou didst send me.
ASV text & permissions
And I knew that You always hear Me; but I said [it] because of the crowd standing around, so that they may believe that You sent Me.”
BLB text & permissions
READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
John 11
40 Jesus replied, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”
41 So they took away the stone. Then Jesus lifted His eyes upward and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.
42 I knew that You always hear Me, but I say this for the benefit of the people standing here, so they may believe that You sent Me.”
43 After Jesus had said this, He called out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”
44 The man who had been dead came out with his hands and feet bound in strips of linen, and his face wrapped in a cloth. “Unwrap him and let him go,” Jesus told them.
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