John 12:49
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it.”
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“I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For I spake not from myself; but the Father that sent me, he hath given me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“because I spake not from myself, but the Father who sent me, He did give me a command, what I may say, and what I may speak,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo John 12:49 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 18:18I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. I will put My words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.
- John 3:11Truly, truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, and yet you people do not accept our testimony.
- John 3:32He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.
- John 5:30I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
- John 6:38For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.
- John 8:26“I have much to say about you and much to judge. But the One who sent Me is truthful, and what I have heard from Him, I tell the world.”
- John 8:42Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on My own, but He sent Me.
- John 14:10Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me? The words I say to you, I do not speak on My own. Instead, it is the Father dwelling in Me, performing His works.
- John 14:31But I do exactly what the Father has commanded Me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Get up! Let us go on from here.
- John 15:15No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you.
- John 17:8For I have given them the words You gave Me, and they have received them. They knew with certainty that I came from You, and they believed that You sent Me.
- Revelation 1:1This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John,
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