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John 12:29–30

29 So the crowd of people who stood by and heard it were saying that it had thundered; others were saying, “aAn angel has spoken to Him.”

30 Jesus answered and said, aThis voice has not come for My sake, but for your sakes.

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John 12:29–30 — The New International Version (NIV)

29 The crowd that was there and heard it said it had thundered; others said an angel had spoken to him.

30 Jesus said, This voice was for your benefit, not mine.

John 12:29–30 — English Standard Version (ESV)

29 The crowd that stood there and heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, “An angel has spoken to him.” 30 Jesus answered, This voice has come for your sake, not mine.

John 12:29–30 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

29 The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him. 30 Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes.

John 12:29–30 — New Living Translation (NLT)

29 When the crowd heard the voice, some thought it was thunder, while others declared an angel had spoken to him.

30 Then Jesus told them, The voice was for your benefit, not mine.

John 12:29–30 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

29 Therefore the people who stood by and heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, “An angel has spoken to Him.”

30 Jesus answered and said, This voice did not come because of Me, but for your sake.

John 12:29–30 — New Century Version (NCV)

29 The crowd standing there, who heard the voice, said it was thunder.

But others said, “An angel has spoken to him.”

30 Jesus said, “That voice was for your sake, not mine.

John 12:29–30 — American Standard Version (ASV)

29 The multitude therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it had thundered: others said, An angel hath spoken to him. 30 Jesus answered and said, This voice hath not come for my sake, but for your sakes.

John 12:29–30 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

29 The crowd therefore, which stood there and heard it, said that it had thundered. Others said, An angel has spoken to him. 30 Jesus answered and said, Not on my account has this voice come, but on yours.

John 12:29–30 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

29 The crowd standing there heard the voice and said that it had thundered. Others in the crowd said that an angel had talked to him. 30 Jesus replied, “That voice wasn’t for my benefit but for yours. 

John 12:29–30 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

29 The crowd standing there heard it and said it was thunder. Others said that an angel had spoken to Him.

30 Jesus responded, This voice came, not for Me, but for you.

John 12:29–30 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

29 The crowd standing there heard it and said that it was thunder. Others said, “An angel has spoken to him.” 30 Jesus answered, This voice has come for your sake, not for mine.

John 12:29–30 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

29 Now the crowd that stood there and heard it said it had thundered. Others were saying, “An angel has spoken to him!” 30 Jesus answered and said, “This voice has not happened for my sake, but for your sake.

John 12:29–30 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

29 The crowd there heard the voice. Some said it was thunder. Others said an angel had spoken to Jesus.

30 Jesus said, “This voice was for your benefit, not mine.


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