John 3:27
John 3:27-29 The Message (MSG)
John answered, “It’s not possible for a person to succeed—I’m talking about eternal success—without heaven’s help. You yourselves were there when I made it public that I was not the Messiah but simply the one sent ahead of him to get things ready. The one who gets the bride is, by definition, the bridegroom. And the bridegroom’s friend, his ‘best man’—that’s me—in place at his side where he can hear every word, is genuinely happy. How could he be jealous when he knows that the wedding is finished and the marriage is off to a good start?
John 3:27 King James Version (KJV)
John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.
John 3:27 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
John answered and said, “A man can receive nothing unless it has been given him from heaven.
John 3:27 New Century Version (NCV)
John answered, “A man can get only what God gives him.
John 3:27 American Standard Version (ASV)
John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it have been given him from heaven.
John 3:27 New International Version (NIV)
To this John replied, “A person can receive only what is given them from heaven.
John 3:27 New King James Version (NKJV)
John answered and said, “A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven.
John 3:27 Amplified Bible (AMP)
John replied, “A man can receive nothing [he can claim nothing at all] unless it has been granted to him from heaven [for there is no other source than the sovereign will of God].
John 3:27 New Living Translation (NLT)
John replied, “No one can receive anything unless God gives it from heaven.