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|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 be given him from heaven.

|John answered them, saying, "All that a man receives is given to him from heaven.

|John answered them, saying, "Everything that a man receives is given to him from heaven.

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|This is actually a double negative construction in the first clause, followed by another negative in the second clause, which is kind of a double, double negative. Unlike English, where a double negative would create a positive, Greek uses double negatives for extra emphasis. However, these kinds of clauses really are easier to understand if they are switched to the positive, which is what we have done here.

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