John 6:70

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“Jesus answered them, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!””

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“Jesus answered them, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
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“Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“Jesus answered them, Did not I choose you the twelve, and one of you is a devil?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“Jesus answered them, `Did not I choose you--the twelve? and of you--one is a devil.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo John 6:70 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Matthew 10:1And calling His twelve disciples to Him, Jesus gave them authority over unclean spirits, so that they could drive them out and heal every disease and sickness.
  2. Luke 6:13When daylight came, He called His disciples to Him and chose twelve of them, whom He also designated as apostles:
  3. John 6:64However, there are some of you who do not believe.” (For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray Him.)
  4. John 8:44You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
  5. John 13:2The evening meal was underway, and the devil had already put into the heart of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus.
  6. John 13:18I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’
  7. John 13:21After Jesus had said this, He became troubled in spirit and testified, “Truly, truly, I tell you, one of you will betray Me.”
  8. John 13:27And when Judas had taken the morsel, Satan entered into him. Then Jesus said to Judas, “What you are about to do, do quickly.”
  9. John 15:16You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
  10. John 15:19If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.
  11. John 17:12While I was with them, I protected and preserved them by Your name, the name You gave Me. Not one of them has been lost, except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.
  12. Acts 1:17He was one of our number and shared in this ministry.”
  13. Acts 13:10and said, “O child of the devil and enemy of all righteousness, you are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery! Will you never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord?
  14. 1 Timothy 3:11In the same way, the women must be dignified, not slanderers, but temperate and faithful in all things.
  15. Titus 2:3Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good.
  16. 1 John 3:8The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil.
  17. Revelation 3:9Look at those who belong to the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews but are liars instead. I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and they will know that I love you.

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