John 12:49

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.

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  • John 17:8 : 8 For I haue giuen vnto them the wordes which thou gauest me, and they haue receiued them, and haue knowen surely that I came out from thee, & haue beleeued that thou hast sent me.
  • John 8:26 : 26 I haue many things to say, & to iudge of you: but he that sent me, is true, & the things that I haue heard of him, those speake I to the world.
  • John 14:10 : 10 Beleeuest thou not, that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me? The wordes that I speake vnto you, I speake not of my selfe: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the workes.
  • John 5:30 : 30 I can doe nothing of mine owne selfe: as I heare, I iudge: and my iudgement is iust, because I seeke not mine owne will, but the will of the Father who hath sent me.
  • Deut 18:18 : 18 I will raise them vp a Prophet from among their brethren like vnto thee, and will put my woordes in his mouth, and he shall speake vnto them all that I shall commaund him.
  • John 3:11 : 11 Verely, verely I say vnto thee, wee speake that we know, and testifie that we haue seene: but yee receiue not our witnesse.
  • Rev 1:1 : 1 The reuelation of Iesus Christ, which God gaue vnto him, to shewe vnto his seruants things which must shortly be done: which he sent, and shewed by his Angel vnto his seruant Iohn,
  • John 15:15 : 15 Henceforth call I you not seruants: for the seruant knoweth not what his master doeth: but I haue called you friends: for all things that I haue heard of my Father, haue I made knowen to you.
  • John 3:32 : 32 And what hee hath seene and heard, that he testifieth: but no ma receiueth his testimonie.
  • John 6:38-40 : 38 For I came downe from heauen, not to do mine owne wil, but his wil which hath sent me. 39 And this is the Fathers will which hath sent mee, that of all which hee hath giuen mee, I should lose nothing, but shoulde raise it vp againe at the last day. 40 And this is the will of him that sent mee, that euery man which seeth the Sonne, and beleeueth in him, should haue euerlasting life: and I will raise him vp at the last day.
  • John 14:31 : 31 But it is that the world may knowe that I loue my Father: and as the Father hath commanded me, so I doe. Arise, let vs goe hence.
  • John 8:42 : 42 Therefore Iesus sayde vnto them, If God were your Father, then woulde ye loue mee: for I proceeded foorth, and came from God, neither came I of my selfe, but he sent me.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 12:50
    85%

    50And I knowe that his commaundement is life euerlasting: the thinges therefore that I speake, I speake them so as the Father sayde vnto me.

  • John 8:26-29
    4 verses
    78%

    26I haue many things to say, & to iudge of you: but he that sent me, is true, & the things that I haue heard of him, those speake I to the world.

    27They vnderstoode not that hee spake to them of the Father.

    28Then said Iesus vnto them, When ye haue lift vp the Sonne of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I doe nothing of my selfe, but as my Father hath taught me, so I speake these things.

    29For he that sent me, is with me: the Father hath not left me alone, because I do alwayes those things that please him.

  • John 6:38-39
    2 verses
    76%

    38For I came downe from heauen, not to do mine owne wil, but his wil which hath sent me.

    39And this is the Fathers will which hath sent mee, that of all which hee hath giuen mee, I should lose nothing, but shoulde raise it vp againe at the last day.

  • John 5:30-31
    2 verses
    76%

    30I can doe nothing of mine owne selfe: as I heare, I iudge: and my iudgement is iust, because I seeke not mine owne will, but the will of the Father who hath sent me.

    31If I should beare witnesse of my selfe, my witnesse were not true.

  • John 7:16
    75%

    16Iesus answered them, and saide, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.

  • John 14:10-11
    2 verses
    75%

    10Beleeuest thou not, that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me? The wordes that I speake vnto you, I speake not of my selfe: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the workes.

    11Beleeue me, that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me: at the least, beleeue me for the very workes sake.

  • John 5:36-38
    3 verses
    74%

    36But I haue greater witnesse then the witnesse of Iohn: for the workes which the Father hath giuen me to finish, the same workes that I doe, beare witnesse of me, that the Father sent me.

    37And the Father himselfe, which hath sent me, beareth witnesse of me. Ye haue not heard his voyce at any time, neither haue ye seene his shape.

    38And his worde haue you not abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye beleeued not.

  • John 3:34
    74%

    34For hee whome God hath sent, speaketh the woordes of God: for God giueth him not the Spirit by measure.

  • John 12:47-48
    2 verses
    74%

    47And if any man heare my wordes, and beleeue not, I iudge him not: for I came not to iudge the world, but to saue the world.

    48He that refuseth me, and receiueth not my wordes, hath one that iudgeth him: the worde that I haue spoken, it shall iudge him in the last day.

  • John 8:38
    74%

    38I speake that which I haue seene with my Father: and ye doe that which ye haue seene with your father.

  • John 5:19
    74%

    19Then answered Iesus, and said vnto them, Verely, verely I say vnto you, The Sonne can doe nothing of himselfe, saue that he seeth the Father doe: for whatsoeuer things he doth, the same things doeth the Sonne in like maner.

  • John 17:8
    73%

    8For I haue giuen vnto them the wordes which thou gauest me, and they haue receiued them, and haue knowen surely that I came out from thee, & haue beleeued that thou hast sent me.

  • John 7:28-29
    2 verses
    73%

    28Then cried Iesus in the Temple as hee taught, saying, Ye both knowe mee, and knowe whence I am: yet am I not come of my selfe, but he that sent me, is true, whome ye knowe not.

    29But I knowe him: for I am of him, and he hath sent me.

  • John 10:17-18
    2 verses
    73%

    17Therefore doeth my Father loue me, because I lay downe my life, that I might take it againe.

    18No man taketh it from me, but I lay it downe of my selfe: I haue power to lay it downe, and haue power to take it againe: this commandement haue I receiued of my Father.

  • John 8:42
    73%

    42Therefore Iesus sayde vnto them, If God were your Father, then woulde ye loue mee: for I proceeded foorth, and came from God, neither came I of my selfe, but he sent me.

  • John 8:16
    73%

    16And if I also iudge, my iudgement is true: for I am not alone, but I, and the Father, that sent mee.

  • John 8:18-19
    2 verses
    72%

    18I am one that beare witnes of my selfe, and the Father that sent me, beareth witnes of me.

    19Then saide they vnto him, Where is that Father of thine? Iesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor that Father of mine. If ye had knowen me, ye should haue knowen that Father of mine also.

  • John 14:24-25
    2 verses
    72%

    24He that loueth me not, keepeth not my wordes, & the worde which ye heare, is not mine, but the Fathers which sent me.

    25These things haue I spoken vnto you, being present with you.

  • John 12:30
    72%

    30Iesus answered, and said, This voyce came not because of me, but for your sakes.

  • John 7:18
    72%

    18Hee that speaketh of himselfe, seeketh his owne glorie: but hee that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no vnrighteousnes is in him.

  • John 16:27-28
    2 verses
    72%

    27For the Father himselfe loueth you, because ye haue loued me, and haue beleeued that I came out from God.

    28I am come out from the Father, and came into the worlde: againe I leaue the worlde, and goe to the Father.

  • John 12:28
    72%

    28Father, glorifie thy Name. Then came there a voyce from heauen, saying, I haue both glorified it, and will glorifie it againe.

  • John 12:45
    72%

    45And he that seeth me, seeth him that sent me.

  • John 16:15
    72%

    15All thinges that the Father hath, are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shewe it vnto you.

  • John 14:31
    72%

    31But it is that the world may knowe that I loue my Father: and as the Father hath commanded me, so I doe. Arise, let vs goe hence.

  • Matt 11:27
    72%

    27All things are giuen vnto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Sonne, but ye Father: neither knoweth any man ye Father, but the Sonne, and he to whom ye Sonne will reueile him.

  • John 8:54
    71%

    54Iesus answered, If I honour my selfe, mine honour is nothing worth: it is my Father that honoureth me, whome ye say, that hee is your God.

  • John 8:50
    70%

    50And I seeke not mine owne praise: but there is one that seeketh it, and iudgeth.

  • John 13:20
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    20Verely, verely I say vnto you, If I send any, he that receiueth him, receiueth me, and hee that receiueth me, receiueth him that sent me.

  • John 5:22-23
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    70%

    22For the Father iudgeth no man, but hath committed all iudgement vnto the Sonne,

    23Because that all men shoulde honour the Sonne, as they honour the Father: he that honoureth not the Sonne, the same honoureth not the Father, which hath sent him.

  • John 18:21
    70%

    21Why askest thou mee? aske them which heard mee what I sayde vnto them: beholde, they knowe what I sayd.

  • John 10:36-37
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    36Say ye of him, whome the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the worlde, Thou blasphemest, because I said, I am the Sonne of God?

    37If I doe not the workes of my Father, beleeue me not.

  • John 8:14
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    14Iesus answered, and sayde vnto them, Though I beare recorde of my selfe, yet my recorde is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go: but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I goe.

  • Matt 10:20
    70%

    20For it is not yee that speake, but the spirite of your father which speaketh in you.