John 12:49

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.

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  • John 17:8 : 8 For I have given to them the words which you gave me; and they have received them, and have surely known that I came from you, and they have believed that you sent me.
  • John 8:26 : 26 I have many things to say and to judge concerning you: but he who sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard from him.
  • John 14:10 : 10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on my own: but the Father who dwells in me does the works.
  • Deut 18:18 : 18 I will raise up for them a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto you, and will put My words in His mouth; and He shall speak to them all that I command Him.
  • John 3:11 : 11 Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak what we know and testify what we have seen, and you do not receive our witness.
  • Rev 1:1 : 1 The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to him, to show to his servants things which must soon happen; and he sent and signified it by his angel to his servant John:
  • John 15:15 : 15 From now on I call you not servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.
  • John 3:32 : 32 What he has seen and heard, that he testifies; and no one receives his testimony.
  • John 6:38-40 : 38 For I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me. 39 And this is the Father's will who has sent me, that of all which he has given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. 40 And this is the will of him who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son, and believes in him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
  • John 14:31 : 31 But that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father gave me commandment, so I do. Arise, 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 out and came from God; neither did I come of myself, but he sent me.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 12:50
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    50And I know that his command is everlasting life. Therefore, whatever I speak, just as the Father has told me, so I speak.

  • John 8:26-29
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    78%

    26I have many things to say and to judge concerning you: but he who sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard from him.

    27They did not understand that he spoke to them of the Father.

    28Then Jesus said to them, When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you shall know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father has taught me, I speak these things.

    29And he who sent me is with me: the Father has not left me alone; for I always do those things that please him.

  • John 6:38-39
    2 verses
    76%

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

    39And this is the Father's will who has sent me, that of all which he has given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.

  • John 7:16
    75%

    16Jesus answered them and said, My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.

  • John 14:10-11
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    75%

    10Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on my own: but the Father who dwells in me does the works.

    11Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the sake of the works themselves.

  • John 3:34
    74%

    34For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives not the Spirit by measure to him.

  • John 12:47-48
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    47And if anyone hears my words and does not believe, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world.

    48He who rejects me and does not receive my words has that which judges him: the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day.

  • John 8:38
    74%

    38I speak what I have seen with my Father: and you do what you have seen with your father.

  • John 17:8
    73%

    8For I have given to them the words which you gave me; and they have received them, and have surely known that I came from you, and they have believed that you sent me.

  • John 7:28-29
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    28Then Jesus cried out in the temple as he taught, saying, You both know me, and you know where I am from; and I have not come of myself, but he who sent me is true, whom you do not know.

    29But I know him, for I am from him, and he sent me.

  • John 10:17-18
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    17Therefore my Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.

    18No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment I have received from my Father.

  • John 8:42
    73%

    42Jesus said to them, If God were your Father, you would love me: for I came out and came from God; neither did I come of myself, but he sent me.

  • John 8:16
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    16And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father who sent me.

  • John 8:18-19
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    72%

    18I am one who bears witness of myself, and the Father who sent me bears witness of me.

    19Then they said to him, Where is your Father? Jesus answered, You neither know me nor my Father: if you had known me, you should have known my Father also.

  • John 14:24-25
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    72%

    24He who does not love me does not keep my words: and the word which you hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me.

    25These things I have spoken to you while being present with you.

  • John 12:30
    72%

    30Jesus answered and said, This voice did not come because of me, but for your sakes.

  • John 7:18
    72%

    18He who speaks on his own seeks his own glory, but he who seeks the glory of the one who sent him is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.

  • John 16:27-28
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    27For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me, and have believed that I came from God.

    28I came forth from the Father and have come into the world: again, I leave the world and go to the Father.

  • John 12:28
    72%

    28Father, glorify your name. Then a voice came from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it and will glorify it again.

  • John 12:45
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    45And he who sees me sees him who sent me.

  • John 16:15
    72%

    15All things that the Father has are mine: therefore, I said he will take of mine, and show it to you.

  • John 14:31
    72%

    31But that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father gave me commandment, so I do. Arise, let us go from here.

  • Matt 11:27
    72%

    27All things have been delivered to me by my Father: and no one knows the Son except the Father; nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and those to whom the Son will reveal him.

  • John 8:54
    71%

    54Jesus answered, If I honor myself, my honor is nothing: it is my Father who honors me; of whom you say, that he is your God:

  • John 8:50
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    50And I do not seek my own glory: there is one who seeks and judges.

  • John 13:20
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    20Truly, truly, I say to you, He who receives whomever I send receives me; and he who receives me receives him who sent me.

  • John 18:21
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    21Why do you ask me? Ask those who heard me what I have said to them. Indeed, they know what I said.

  • John 10:36-37
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    36Do you say of him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, You blaspheme, because I said, I am the Son of God?

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

  • John 8:14
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    14Jesus answered and said to them, Though I bear witness of myself, my witness is true: for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you cannot tell where I come from, and where I am going.

  • Matt 10:20
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    20For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.