John 7:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Jesus gave them this answer: It is not my teaching, but his who sent me.

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  • John 14:24 : 24 He who has no love for me does not keep my words; and the word which you are hearing is not my word but the Father's who sent me.
  • John 3:11 : 11 Truly, I say to you, We say that of which we have knowledge; we give witness of what we have seen; and you do not take our witness to be true.
  • John 17:8 : 8 Because I have given them the words which you gave to me; and they have taken them to heart, and have certain knowledge that I came from you, and they have faith that you sent me.
  • John 17:14 : 14 I have given your word to them; and they are hated by the world, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
  • John 5:23-24 : 23 So that all men may give honour to the Son even as they give honour to the Father. He who gives no honour to the Son gives no honour to the Father who sent him. 24 Truly I say to you, The man whose ears are open to my word and who has faith in him who sent me, has eternal life; he will not be judged, but has come from death into life.
  • John 5:30 : 30 Of myself I am unable to do anything: as the voice comes to me so I give a decision: and my decision is right because I have no desire to do what is pleasing to myself, but only what is pleasing to him who sent me.
  • John 6:38-40 : 38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do my pleasure, but the pleasure of him who sent me. 39 And this is the pleasure of him who sent me, that I am not to let out of my hands anything which he has given me, but I am to give it new life on the last day. 40 This, I say, is my Father's pleasure, that everyone who sees the Son and has faith in him may have eternal life: and I will take him up on the last day.
  • John 6:44 : 44 No man is able to come to me if the Father who sent me does not give him the desire to come: and I will take him up from the dead on the last day.
  • John 8:28 : 28 So Jesus said, When the Son of man has been lifted up by you, then it will be clear to you who I am, and that I do nothing of myself, but say as the Father gave me teaching.
  • John 12:49-50 : 49 For I have not said it on my authority, but the Father who sent me gave me orders what to say and how to say it. 50 And I have knowledge that his order is eternal life: so that the things which I say, I say them even as the Father says them to me.
  • John 14:10 : 10 Have you not faith that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words which I say to you, I say not from myself: but the Father who is in me all the time does his works.
  • Rev 1:1 : 1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ which God gave him so that his servants might have knowledge of the things which will quickly take place: and he sent and made it clear by his angel to his servant John;
  • John 3:31 : 31 He who comes from heaven is greater than all others: he who comes from earth is of the earth, and of the earth are his words: he who comes from heaven is over all.

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  • John 7:17-19
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    17 If any man is ready to do God's pleasure he will have knowledge of the teaching and of where it comes from--from God or from myself.

    18 The man whose words come from himself is looking for glory for himself, but he who is looking for the glory of him who sent him--that man is true and there is no evil in him.

    19 Did not Moses give you the law? Even so, not one of you keeps the law. Why have you a desire to put me to death?

  • John 7:28-29
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    28 Then, when he was teaching in the Temple, Jesus said with a loud voice, You have knowledge of me and you have knowledge of where I come from; and I have not come of myself; but there is One who has sent me; he is true, but you have no knowledge of him.

    29 I have knowledge of him because I came from him and he sent me.

  • John 6:38
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    38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do my pleasure, but the pleasure of him who sent me.

  • John 12:49
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    49 For I have not said it on my authority, but the Father who sent me gave me orders what to say and how to say it.

  • John 8:26
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    26 I have much to say about you and against you: but he who sent me is true and what he has said to me I say to the world.

  • John 14:24
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    24 He who has no love for me does not keep my words; and the word which you are hearing is not my word but the Father's who sent me.

  • John 5:30-31
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    30 Of myself I am unable to do anything: as the voice comes to me so I give a decision: and my decision is right because I have no desire to do what is pleasing to myself, but only what is pleasing to him who sent me.

    31 If I gave witness about myself, my witness would not be true.

  • John 13:16
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    16 Truly I say to you, A servant is not greater than his lord; and he who is sent is not greater than the one who sent him.

  • John 12:30
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    30 Jesus said in answer, This voice came not for me but for you.

  • John 7:15
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    15 Then the Jews were surprised and said, How has this man got knowledge of books? He has never been to school.

  • John 18:19
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    19 Then the high priest put questions to Jesus about his disciples and his teaching.

  • John 8:28-29
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    28 So Jesus said, When the Son of man has been lifted up by you, then it will be clear to you who I am, and that I do nothing of myself, but say as the Father gave me teaching.

    29 He who sent me is with me; he has not gone from me, because at all times I do the things which are pleasing to him.

  • John 8:49-50
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    49 And this was the answer of Jesus: I have not an evil spirit; but I give honour to my Father and you do not give honour to me.

    50 I, however, am not in search of glory for myself: there is One who is searching for it and he is judge.

  • John 8:14-16
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    14 Jesus said in answer, Even if I give witness about myself, my witness is true, because I have knowledge of where I came from and where I am going; but you have no knowledge of where I come from or of where I am going.

    15 You are judging from what you see; I am judging no man.

    16 Even if I am judging, my decision is right, because I am not by myself--with me is the Father who sent me.

  • John 7:6
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    6 Jesus said to them, My time is still to come, but any time is good for you.

  • John 18:36
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    36 Jesus said in answer, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom was of this world, my disciples would have made a good fight to keep me out of the hands of the Jews: but my kingdom is not here.

  • John 8:54
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    54 Jesus said in answer, If I take glory for myself, my glory is nothing: it is my Father who gives me glory, of whom you say that he is your God.

  • John 8:42
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    42 Jesus said to them, If God was your Father you would have love for me, because it was from God I came and am here. I did not come of myself, but he sent me.

  • John 12:44-45
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    44 Then Jesus said with a loud voice, He who has faith in me, has faith not in me, but in him who sent me.

    45 And he who sees me, sees him who sent me.

  • John 5:17
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    17 But his answer was: My Father is still working even now, and so I am working.

  • John 6:45
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    45 The writings of the prophets say, And they will all have teaching from God. Everyone whose ears have been open to the teaching of the Father comes to me.

  • John 5:38
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    38 And you have not kept his word in your hearts, because you have not faith in him whom he has sent.

  • John 8:19-20
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    19 Then they said to him, Where is your Father? Jesus said in answer, You have no knowledge of me or of my Father: if you had knowledge of me you would have knowledge of my Father.

    20 Jesus said these words in the place where the offerings were stored, while he was teaching in the Temple: but no man took him because his time was still to come.

  • John 4:34
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    34 Jesus said, My food is to do the pleasure of him who sent me and to make his work complete.

  • Mark 7:7
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    7 But their worship is to no purpose, while they give as their teaching the rules of men.

  • John 14:10
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    10 Have you not faith that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words which I say to you, I say not from myself: but the Father who is in me all the time does his works.

  • Matt 7:29
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    29 for he was teaching as one having authority, and not as their scribes.

  • John 5:19
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    19 So Jesus made answer and said, Truly I say to you, The Son is not able to do anything himself; he is able to do only what he sees the Father doing; whatever the Father does the Son does it in the same way.

  • John 8:23
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    23 And he said to them, You are of the earth; I am from heaven: you are of this world; I am not of this world.

  • John 13:20
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    20 Truly I say to you, He who takes to his heart anyone whom I send, takes me to his heart; and he who so takes me, takes him who sent me.

  • John 7:36
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    36 What is this saying of his, You will be looking for me and will not see me, and where I am you may not come?

  • John 10:37
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    37 If I am not doing the works of my Father, do not have belief in me;

  • John 18:34
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    34 Jesus made answer, Do you say this of yourself, or did others say it about me?

  • John 16:15
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    15 Everything which the Father has is mine: that is why I say, He will take of what is mine and will make it clear to you.

  • John 3:34
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    34 For he whom God has sent says God's words; and God does not give him the Spirit by measure.

  • John 17:8
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    8 Because I have given them the words which you gave to me; and they have taken them to heart, and have certain knowledge that I came from you, and they have faith that you sent me.

  • John 18:8
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    8 Jesus made answer, I have said that I am he; if you are looking for me, let these men go away.

  • John 8:47
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    47 He who is a child of God gives ear to the words of God: your ears are not open to them because you are not from God.

  • John 17:16
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    16 They are not of the world any more than I am of the world.

  • John 5:36
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    36 But the witness which I have is greater than that of John: the work which the Father has given me to do, the very work which I am now doing, is a witness that the Father has sent me.