John 7:16

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““My teaching is not My own,” Jesus replied. “It comes from Him who sent Me.”

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BSBPD

““My teaching is not My own,” Jesus replied. “It comes from Him who sent Me.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Jesus therefore answered them, and said, My teaching is not mine, but his that sent me.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Jesus answered them and said, `My teaching is not mine, but His who sent me;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo John 7:16 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 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.
  2. John 3:31The One who comes from above is above all. The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks as one from the earth. The One who comes from heaven is above all.
  3. John 5:23so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. John 6:44“No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.
  7. John 8:28So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing on My own, but speak exactly what the Father has taught Me.
  8. John 12:49I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it.
  9. 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.
  10. John 14:24Whoever 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.
  11. 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.
  12. John 17:14I have given them Your word and the world has hated them; for they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
  13. 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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