John 11:42
“And I knewe that thou hearest me alwayes: but because of the people which stand by, I said it, that they may beleeue that thou hast sent me.”
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John 11:42 Context
40Iesus saith vnto her, Said I not vnto thee, that if thou wouldst beleeue, thou shouldest see the glory of God? 41Then they tooke away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Iesus lift vp his eyes, and said, Father, I thanke thee, that thou hast heard me. 42And I knewe that thou hearest me alwayes: but because of the people which stand by, I said it, that they may beleeue that thou hast sent me. 43And when hee thus had spoken, he cryed with a loude voice, Lazarus, come foorth. 44And he that was dead, came forth, bound hand & foot with graue-clothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Iesus saith vnto them, Loose him, and let him goe.
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And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said [it], that they may believe that thou hast sent me.
- King James Version
"I knew that You always hear Me; but because of the people standing around I said it, so that they may believe that You sent Me."
- New American Standard Version (1995)