John 10:32

Contemporary English Version

But he said, "I have shown you many good things that my Father sent me to do. Which one are you going to stone me for?"

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
But he said to them, "The many wonderful things you have seen me do are from the Father. Which of these good things are you killing me for?"

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Iesus answered them: many good workes have I shewed you from my father: for which of them will ye stone me?

Hebrew Names Version
Yeshua answered them, "I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of those works do you stone me?"

International Standard Version
Jesus replied to them, "I have shown you many good works from mythe">[fn] Father. For which of them are you going to stone me?"

New American Standard Bible
Jesus replied to them, "I showed you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you stoning Me?"

New Century Version
But he said to them, "I have done many good works from the Father. Which of these good works are you killing me for?"

Update Bible Version
Jesus answered them, Many good works I have shown you from the Father; for which of those works do you stone me?

Webster's Bible Translation
Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shown you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?

English Standard Version
Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?"

World English Bible
Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of those works do you stone me?"

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
for which of those works do ye stone me?

Weymouth's New Testament
Jesus remonstrated with them. "Many good deeds," He said, "have I shown you as coming from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?"

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Jhesus answerde to hem, Y haue schewide to you many good werkis of my fadir, for which werk of hem stonen ye me?

English Revised Version
Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from the Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?

Berean Standard Bible
But Jesus responded, "I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone Me?"

Amplified Bible
Jesus answered them, "I showed you many good works [and many acts of mercy] from the Father; for which of them are you stoning Me?"

American Standard Version
Jesus answered them, Many good works have I showed you from the Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?

Bible in Basic English
Jesus said to them in answer, I have let you see a number of good works from the Father; for which of those works are you stoning me?

Complete Jewish Bible
Yeshua answered them, "You have seen me do many good deeds that reflect the Father's power; for which one of these deeds are you stoning me?"

Darby Translation
Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewn you of my Father; for which work of them do ye stone me?

Etheridge Translation
Jeshu saith to them, Many good works from my Father have I showed you: on account of which of these works do you stone me ?

Murdock Translation
Jesus said to them: Many good works have I showed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?

King James Version (1611)
Iesus answered them, Many good workes haue I shewed you from my Father; for which of those workes doe ye stone me?

New Living Translation
Jesus said, "At my Father's direction I have done many good works. For which one are you going to stone me?"

New Life Bible
Jesus said to them, "Many good things have I shown you from My Father. For which of these things are you going to throw stones at Me?"

New Revised Standard
Jesus replied, "I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these are you going to stone me?"

Geneva Bible (1587)
Iesus answered them, Many good workes haue I shewed you from my Father: for which of these workes doe ye stone me?

George Lamsa Translation
Jesus said to them, I have shown you many good works from my Father; for which one of them do you stone me?

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Jesus answered them - Many works, have I showed you, noble ones, from my Father: For which of those works are ye stoning me?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Jesus answered them: Many good works I have shewed you from my Father. For which of those works do you stone me?

Revised Standard Version
Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of these do you stone me?"

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Iesus aunswered them, Many good workes haue I shewed you from my father: for which of the do ye stone me?

Good News Translation
Jesus said to them, "I have done many good deeds in your presence which the Father gave me to do; for which one of these do you want to stone me?"

Christian Standard Bible®
Jesus replied, “I have shown you many good works

King James Version
Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?

Lexham English Bible
Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good deeds from the Father. For which one of them are you going to stone me?"

Literal Translation
Jesus answered them, I showed you many good works from My Father. For which work of them do you stone Me?

Young's Literal Translation
Jesus answered them, `Many good works did I shew you from my Father; because of which work of them do ye stone me?'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Iesus answered the: Many good workes haue I shewed you fro my father, for which of the stone ye me?

Mace New Testament (1729)
Jesus answered them, many good works have I shewed you from my father; for which of those works would you stone me?

New English Translation
Jesus said to them, "I have shown you many good deeds from the Father. For which one of them are you going to stone me?"

New King James Version
Jesus answered them, "Many good works I have shown you from My Father. For which of those works do you stone Me?"

Simplified Cowboy Version
Jesus calmly replied, "God himself said to some of your ancestors, 'I call y'all gods!'

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Jesus answered them, "I showed you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you stoning Me?"

Legacy Standard Bible
Jesus answered them, "I showed you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you stoning Me?"

Contextual Overview

²² That winter, Jesus was in Jerusalem for the Temple Festival. ²³ One day he was walking in that part of the temple known as Solomon's Porch, ²⁴ and the people gathered all around him. They said, "How long are you going to keep us guessing? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly!" ²⁵ Jesus answered: I have told you, and you refused to believe me. The things I do by my Father's authority show who I am. ²⁶ But since you are not my sheep, you don't believe me. ²⁷ My sheep know my voice, and I know them. They follow me, ²⁸ and I give them eternal life, so that they will never be lost. No one can snatch them out of my hand. ²⁹ My Father gave them to me, and he is greater than all others. No one can snatch them from his hands, ³⁰ and I am one with the Father. ³¹ Once again the Jewish leaders picked up stones in order to kill Jesus.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Many: John 10:25, John 10:37, John 5:19, John 5:20, John 5:36, Matthew 11:5, Acts 2:22, Acts 10:38

for: 1 Samuel 19:4-6, 2 Chronicles 24:20-22, Psalms 35:12, Psalms 109:4, Psalms 109:5, Ecclesiastes 4:4, 1 John 3:12

Reciprocal: Genesis 40:15 - done Genesis 44:4 - Wherefore Judges 12:1 - Wherefore 1 Samuel 26:18 - what have I 2 Chronicles 24:22 - remembered Psalms 38:20 - because Proverbs 26:28 - lying Jeremiah 18:20 - evil Jeremiah 37:18 - General Mark 14:6 - a good Luke 13:32 - I cast John 7:19 - Why John 9:4 - must John 14:11 - or John 15:24 - If Acts 1:1 - of Acts 4:9 - the good

Cross-References

Genesis 9:1
God said to Noah and his sons: I am giving you my blessing. Have a lot of children and grandchildren, so people will live everywhere on this earth.

Genesis 9:7
I want you and your descendants to have many children, so people will live everywhere on earth.

Genesis 9:19
All people on earth are descendants of Noah's three sons.

Genesis 10:1
After the flood Shem, Ham, and Japheth had many descendants.

Acts 17:26
From one person God made all nations who live on earth, and he decided when and where every nation would be.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Jesus answered them, many good works,.... Such as healing the sick, and all manner of diseases; dispossessing devils, cleansing lepers, giving sight to the blind, causing the dumb to speak, the deaf to hear, and the lame to walk; which were not only works of power, but of mercy and beneficence; and therefore are called good works, as well as they were great and miraculous ones:

have I showed you from my Father; which Christ did in the name, and by the command and authority of the Father; who gave him them to do, and did them by him; and which were evident and notorious, and were done so openly and publicly, that they could not be denied:

for which of these works do ye stone me? suggesting, that his public life had been a continued series of such kind actions to the sons of men, and it could be for nothing else surely, that they took up stones to stone him; wherefore the part they acted, was a most ungrateful, cruel, and barbarous one.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Many good works - Many miracles of benevolence healing the sick, etc. His miracles were good works, as they tended to promote the happiness of men, and were proofs of his benevolence. He had performed no other works than those of benevolence; he knew that they could charge him with no other, and he confidently appealed to them as witnesses of that. Happy would it be if all, when they are opposed and persecuted, could appeal even to their persecutors in proof of their own innocence.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 32. Many good works have I showed you — I have healed your sick, delivered those of you who were possessed from the power of demons; I have fed multitudes of your poor, and I have taught you in all places, at all times, without expense, with patience; and is this my reward?

To show good works or good things is a Hebraism, which signifies to do them really, to give good things liberally. The phrase is similar to the following: Who will SHOW us any good? Psalms 4:6; i.e. who shall give us good things. SHOW us thy mercy, Psalms 85:7; i.e. give us to feel the effects of thy mercy. Thou hast SHOWED thy people hard things, Psalms 60:3; i.e. thou hast treated them with rigour. Thou hast SHOWED me great and sore troubles, Psalms 71:20; i.e. thou hast exposed me to terrible hardships.