John 12:49

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

For I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to speak.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    For I have not spoken on my own authority; but the Father who sent me gave me a command, what I should say and what I should speak.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    For{G3754} I{G1473} {G2980} spake{G2980} not{G3756} from{G1537} myself;{G1683} but{G235} the Father{G3962} that sent{G3992} me,{G3165} he{G846} hath given{G1325} me{G3427} a commandment,{G1785} what{G5101} I should say,{G2036} and{G2532} what{G5101} I should speak.{G2980}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For{G3754} I{G1473} have{G2980} not{G3756} spoken{G2980}{(G5656)} of{G1537} myself{G1683}; but{G235} the Father{G3962} which sent{G3992}{(G5660)} me{G3165}, he{G846} gave{G1325}{(G5656)} me{G3427} a commandment{G1785}, what{G5101} I should say{G2036}{(G5632)}, and{G2532} what{G5101} I should speak{G2980}{(G5661)}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    For I have not spoken of my selfe: but the father which sent me he gave me a commaundemet what I shuld saye and what I shuld speake.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    For I haue not spoken of my self: but the father that sent me, hath geuen me a commaundement, what I shulde do and saye.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    For I haue not spoken of my selfe: but the Father which sent me, hee gaue me a commaundement what I should say, and what I should speake.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For I haue not spoken of my selfe: but the father which sent me, he gaue me a commaundement what I should say, and what I shoulde speake.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ‹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.›

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    For I spoke not from myself, but the Father who sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    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,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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 (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    For I spoke not from myself, but the Father who sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    For I have not spoken from my own authority, but the Father himself who sent me has commanded me what I should say and what I should speak.

Referenced Verses

  • John 17:8 : 8 For I gave them the words You gave Me, and they received them. They knew with certainty that I came from You, and they believed that You sent Me.
  • John 8:26 : 26 I have much to say about you and much to judge. But the one who sent me is true, and I declare to the world what I have heard from him."
  • John 14:10 : 10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words I speak to you I do not speak on my own authority. Rather, the Father who dwells in me does his work.
  • John 5:30 : 30 I can do nothing on My own. As I hear, I judge, and My judgment is just because I do not seek My own will but the will of Him who sent Me.
  • Deut 18:18 : 18 I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their fellow Israelites, and I will put my words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.
  • John 3:11 : 11 Truly, truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, but you do not accept our testimony.
  • Rev 1:1 : 1 The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John.
  • John 15:15 : 15 I no longer call you servants because a servant does not know what his master is doing. Instead, I have called you friends because everything I heard from my Father I have made known to you.
  • John 3:32 : 32 He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.
  • John 6:38-40 : 38 'For I have come down from heaven not to do my will, but the will of him who sent me.' 39 'And this is the will of him who sent me: that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up on the last day.' 40 For this is the will of my Father: that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him may have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day.
  • John 14:31 : 31 But so that the world may know that I love the Father, I do exactly as the Father commanded me. Rise, let us go from here.
  • John 8:42 : 42 Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and I am here. I did not come on my own, but he sent me.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • John 12:50
    85%

    50 I know that His command leads to eternal life. So whatever I say is just what the Father has told Me to say.

  • John 8:26-29
    4 verses
    78%

    26 I have much to say about you and much to judge. But the one who sent me is true, and I declare to the world what I have heard from him."

    27 They did not understand that he was speaking to them about the Father.

    28 So Jesus said to them, "When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he and that I do nothing on my own, but speak just as the Father taught me.

    29 The one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, because I always do what pleases him."

  • John 6:38-39
    2 verses
    76%

    38 'For I have come down from heaven not to do my will, but the will of him who sent me.'

    39 'And this is the will of him who sent me: that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up on the last day.'

  • John 5:30-31
    2 verses
    76%

    30 I can do nothing on My own. As I hear, I judge, and My judgment is just because I do not seek My own will but the will of Him who sent Me.

    31 If I testify about Myself, My testimony is not valid.

  • John 7:16
    75%

    16 Jesus answered them, 'My teaching is not Mine, but comes from the One who sent Me.

  • John 14:10-11
    2 verses
    75%

    10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words I speak to you I do not speak on my own authority. Rather, the Father who dwells in me does his work.

    11 Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me. Or at least believe because of the works themselves.

  • John 5:36-38
    3 verses
    74%

    36 But I have testimony greater than John's: the works the Father has given Me to complete, the very works I am doing, testify about Me that the Father has sent Me.

    37 The Father who sent me has Himself testified about me. You have never heard His voice or seen His form.

    38 Nor do you have His word abiding in you, because you do not believe the one He sent.

  • John 3:34
    74%

    34 For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without measure.

  • John 12:47-48
    2 verses
    74%

    47 "If anyone hears My words and does not keep them, I do not judge them. For I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world.

    48 The one who rejects Me and does not accept My words has a judge: The word I have spoken will judge them on the last day.

  • John 8:38
    74%

    38 I speak of what I have seen in the presence of the Father, and you do what you have heard from your father."

  • John 5:19
    74%

    19 So Jesus answered them, 'Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing by Himself; He only does what He sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, the Son also does in the same way.'

  • John 17:8
    73%

    8 For I gave them the words You gave Me, and they received them. They knew with certainty that I came from You, and they believed that You sent Me.

  • John 7:28-29
    2 verses
    73%

    28 Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple, cried out, 'You know Me, and you know where I am from. I have not come on My own, but the One who sent Me is true. You do not know Him.

    29 I know Him because I am from Him, and He sent Me.'

  • John 10:17-18
    2 verses
    73%

    17 The Father loves me because I lay down my life so that I may take it up again.

    18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have the authority to lay it down and the authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father.

  • John 8:42
    73%

    42 Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and I am here. I did not come on my own, but he sent me.

  • John 8:16
    73%

    16 And even if I judge, my judgment is true, because I am not alone, but I am with the Father who sent me.

  • John 8:18-19
    2 verses
    72%

    18 I am the one who testifies about myself, and the Father who sent me also testifies about me.

    19 Then they asked him, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered, "You know neither me nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also."

  • John 14:24-25
    2 verses
    72%

    24 The one who does not love me does not keep my words. The word you hear is not my own but belongs to the Father who sent me.

    25 I have spoken these things to you while remaining with you.

  • John 12:30
    72%

    30 Jesus replied, "This voice did not come for My sake, but for yours."

  • John 7:18
    72%

    18 The one who speaks on his own seeks his own glory, but the one who seeks the glory of the One who sent him is truthful, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

  • John 16:27-28
    2 verses
    72%

    27 for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.

    28 I came from the Father and have come into the world. Again, I am leaving the world and going to the Father.

  • John 12:28
    72%

    28 Father, glorify Your name." Then a voice came from heaven: "I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again."

  • John 12:45
    72%

    45 "And whoever sees Me sees the One who sent Me.

  • John 16:15
    72%

    15 Everything that the Father has is mine. This is why I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

  • John 14:31
    72%

    31 But so that the world may know that I love the Father, I do exactly as the Father commanded me. Rise, let us go from here.

  • Matt 11:27
    72%

    27 All things have been committed to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.

  • John 8:54
    71%

    54 Jesus answered, "If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, whom you claim as your God.

  • John 8:50
    70%

    50 Yet I do not seek my own glory; there is one who seeks it, and he is the judge.

  • John 13:20
    70%

    20 Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever receives anyone I send receives Me, and whoever receives Me receives the One who sent Me.

  • John 5:22-23
    2 verses
    70%

    22 'For the Father judges no one, but He has entrusted all judgment to the Son.'

    23 'So that everyone may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.'

  • John 18:21
    70%

    21 'Why are you questioning me? Ask those who heard me speak about what I said to them. They know what I said.'

  • John 10:36-37
    2 verses
    70%

    36 what about the one whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world? Why then do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, ‘I am God’s Son’?

    37 If I do not do the works of my Father, do not believe me.

  • John 8:14
    70%

    14 Jesus answered, "Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you do not know where I come from or where I am going.

  • Matt 10:20
    70%

    20 For it is not you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.