King James Version with Apocrypha
"John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven."
— John 3:27, King James Version with Apocrypha
“John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.”
“John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it have been given him from heaven. ”
“John answered, "A man can receive nothing, unless it has been given him from heaven.”
“John replied,“No one can receive anything unless it has been given to him from heaven.”
“John answered and said: A man cannot receive any thing, unless it be given him from heaven.”
“And this was John's answer: A man is unable to have anything if it is not given to him from heaven.”
For John was not yet cast into prison.
Then there arose a question between some of John’s disciples and the Jews about purifying.
And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.
John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.
Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
He must increase, but I must decrease.