John 14:24
He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me.
John 14:24 in other translations
| BSB | Whoever does not love Me does not keep My words. The word that you hear is not My own, but it is from the Father who sent Me. |
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| WEB | He who doesn’t love me doesn’t keep my words. The word which you hear isn’t mine, but the Father’s who sent me. |
| ASV | He that loveth me not keepeth not my words: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s who sent me. |
| YLT | he who is not loving me, my words doth not keep; and the word that ye hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me. |
| DARBY | He that loves me not does not keep my words; and the word which ye hear is not mine, but that of the Father who has sent me. |
| BBE | He who has no love for me does not keep my words; and the word which you are hearing is not my word but the Father's who sent me. |
| Webster | He that loveth me not, keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but that of the Father who sent me. |
What does John 14:24 mean?
Barnes' Notes
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 14:18-24
Christ promises that he would continue his care of his disciples. I will not leave you orphans, or fatherless, for though I leave you, yet I leave you this comfort, I will come to you. I will come speedily to you at my resurrection. I will come daily to you in my Spirit; in the tokens of his love, and visits of his grace. I will come certainly at the end of time. Those only that see Christ with an eye of faith…
John 14:24 in the original Greek
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Cross references for John 14:24
- John 7:16
Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
- John 14:10
Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
- John 5:19
Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.
- John 3:34
For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.
- John 8:42
Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
- John 14:21-23
He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
- John 14:15
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
- Matthew 25:41-46
Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? …
- John 5:38
And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.
- 1 John 3:16-20
Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. …
- John 8:26
I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.
- John 8:28
Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.
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Context
- John 14:23
Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
- John 14:24
He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me.
- John 14:25
These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you.
John 14:24 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | El que no me ama, no guarda mis palabras: y la palabra que habéis oído, no es mía, sino del Padre que me envió. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Celui qui ne m’aime pas ne garde pas mes paroles. Et la parole que vous entendez n’est pas la mienne, mais celle du Père qui m’a envoyé. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wer mich nicht liebt, hält meine Worte nicht; und das Wort, welches ihr höret, ist nicht mein, sondern des Vaters, der mich gesandt hat. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | qui non diligit me, sermones meos non servat. Et sermonem, quem audistis, non est meus: sed ejus qui misit me, Patris. |