John 7:16

World English Bible (2000)

Jesus therefore answered them, "My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.

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  • John 14:24 : 24 He who doesn't love me doesn't keep my words. The word which you hear isn't mine, but the Father's who sent me.
  • John 3:11 : 11 Most certainly I tell you, we speak that which we know, and testify of that which we have seen, and you don't receive our witness.
  • John 17:8 : 8 for the words which you have given me I have given to them, and they received them, and knew for sure that I came forth from you, and they have believed that you sent me.
  • John 17:14 : 14 I have given them your word. The world hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
  • John 5:23-24 : 23 that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who doesn't honor the Son doesn't honor the Father who sent him. 24 "Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and doesn't come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
  • John 5:30 : 30 I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I don't seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.
  • John 6:38-40 : 38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me. 39 This is the will of my Father who sent me, that of all he has given to me I should lose nothing, but should raise him up at the last day. 40 This is the will of the one who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day."
  • John 6:44 : 44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up in the last day.
  • John 8:28 : 28 Jesus therefore said to them, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and I do nothing of myself, but as my Father taught me, I say these things.
  • John 12:49-50 : 49 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. 50 I know that his commandment is eternal life. The things therefore which I speak, even as the Father has said to me, so I speak."
  • John 14:10 : 10 Don't you believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I tell you, I speak not from myself; but the Father who lives in me does his works.
  • Rev 1:1 : 1 This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,
  • John 3:31 : 31 He who comes from above is above all. He who is from the Earth belongs to the Earth, and speaks of the Earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 7:17-19
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    17 If anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God, or if I am speaking from myself.

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

    19 Didn't Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill me?"

  • John 7:28-29
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    28 Jesus therefore cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, "You both know me, and know where I am from. I have not come of myself, but he who sent me is true, whom you don't know.

    29 I know him, because I am 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 own will, but the will of him who sent me.

  • John 12:49
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    49 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.

  • John 8:26
    74%

    26 I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you. However he who sent me is true; and the things which I heard from him, these I say to the world."

  • John 14:24
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    24 He who doesn't love me doesn't keep my words. The word which you hear isn't mine, but the Father's who sent me.

  • John 5:30-31
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    30 I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I don't seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.

    31 "If I testify about myself, my witness is not valid.

  • John 13:16
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    16 Most certainly I tell you, a servant is not greater than his lord, neither one who is sent greater than he who sent him.

  • John 12:30
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    30 Jesus answered, "This voice hasn't come for my sake, but for your sakes.

  • John 7:15
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    15 The Jews therefore marveled, saying, "How does this man know letters, having never been educated?"

  • John 18:19
    72%

    19 The high priest therefore asked Jesus about his disciples, and about his teaching.

  • John 8:28-29
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    28 Jesus therefore said to them, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and I do nothing of myself, but as my Father taught me, I say these things.

    29 He who sent me is with me. The Father hasn't left me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to him."

  • John 8:49-50
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    72%

    49 Jesus answered, "I don't have a demon, but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me.

    50 But I don't seek my own glory. There is one who seeks and judges.

  • John 8:14-16
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    72%

    14 Jesus answered them, "Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you don't know where I came from, or where I am going.

    15 You judge according to the flesh. I judge no one.

    16 Even if I do judge, my judgment is true, for I am not alone, but I am with the Father who sent me.

  • John 7:6
    71%

    6 Jesus therefore said to them, "My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready.

  • John 18:36
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    36 Jesus answered, "My Kingdom is not of this world. If my Kingdom were of this world, then my servants would fight, that I wouldn't be delivered to the Jews. But now my Kingdom is not from here."

  • John 8:54
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    54 Jesus answered, "If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say that he is our God.

  • John 8:42
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    42 Therefore Jesus said to them, "If God were your father, you would love me, for I came out and have come from God. For I haven't come of myself, but he sent me.

  • John 12:44-45
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    44 Jesus cried out and said, "Whoever believes in me, believes not in me, but in him who sent me.

    45 He who sees me sees him who sent me.

  • John 5:17
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    17 But Jesus answered them, "My Father is still working, so I am working, too."

  • John 6:45
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    45 It is written in the prophets, 'They will all be taught by God.' Therefore everyone who hears from the Father, and has learned, comes to me.

  • John 5:38
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    38 You don't have his word living in you; because you don't believe him whom he sent.

  • John 8:19-20
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    19 They said therefore to him, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered, "You know neither me, nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also."

    20 Jesus spoke these words in the treasury, as he taught in the temple. Yet no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.

  • John 4:34
    70%

    34 Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.

  • Mark 7:7
    70%

    7 But in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'

  • John 14:10
    70%

    10 Don't you believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I tell you, I speak not from myself; but the Father who lives in me does his works.

  • Matt 7:29
    70%

    29 for he taught them with authority, and not like the scribes.

  • John 5:19
    70%

    19 Jesus therefore answered them, "Most certainly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father doing. For whatever things he does, these the Son also does likewise.

  • John 8:23
    70%

    23 He said to them, "You are from beneath. I am from above. You are of this world. I am not of this world.

  • John 13:20
    69%

    20 Most certainly I tell you, he who receives whomever I send, receives me; and he who receives me, receives him who sent me."

  • John 7:36
    69%

    36 What is this word that he said, 'You will seek me, and won't find me; and where I am, you can't come'?"

  • John 10:37
    69%

    37 If I don't do the works of my Father, don't believe me.

  • John 18:34
    69%

    34 Jesus answered him, "Do you say this by yourself, or did others tell you about me?"

  • John 16:15
    69%

    15 All things whatever the Father has are mine; therefore I said that he takes of mine, and will declare it to you.

  • John 3:34
    69%

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

  • John 17:8
    69%

    8 for the words which you have given me I have given to them, and they received them, and knew for sure that I came forth from you, and they have believed that you sent me.

  • John 18:8
    69%

    8 Jesus answered, "I told you that I am he. If therefore you seek me, let these go their way,"

  • John 8:47
    69%

    47 He who is of God hears the words of God. For this cause you don't hear, because you are not of God."

  • John 17:16
    69%

    16 They are not of the world even as I am not of the world.

  • John 5:36
    69%

    36 But the testimony which I have is greater than that of John, for the works which the Father gave me to accomplish, the very works that I do, testify about me, that the Father has sent me.