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John 7:16

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14 About halfway through the feast, Jesus went up to the temple courts and began to teach.

15 The Jews were amazed and asked, “How did this man attain such learning without having studied?”

“My teaching is not My own,” Jesus replied. “It comes from Him who sent Me.

17 If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.

18 He who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory, but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is a man of truth; in Him there is no falsehood.

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BSB
“My teaching is not My own,” Jesus replied. “It comes from Him who sent Me.
KJV
Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
WEB
Jesus therefore answered them, “My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.
ASV
Jesus therefore answered them and said, My teaching is not mine, but his that sent me.
DARBY
Jesus therefore answered them and said, My doctrine is not mine, but [that] of him that has sent me.
BLB
Therefore Jesus answered them and said, “My teaching is not of Me, but of the One having sent Me.
ÅB
Jesus svarte dem og sa: Min lære er ikke min, men hans som har sendt meg;
OTB
Jesus svarte dem: «Min lære er ikke min, men kommer fra ham som har sendt meg.
B1930
Jesus svarte dem og sa: Min lære er ikke min, men hans som har sendt mig;

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  • John 14:10

    Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me? The words I say to you, I do not speak on My own. Instead, it is the Father dwelling in Me, performing His works.

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  • John 14:24

    Whoever does not love Me does not keep My words. The word that you hear is not My own, but it is from the Father who sent Me.

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  • John 5:30

    I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

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  • John 6:38–40

    For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.

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  • John 12:49–50

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

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  • John 5:23–24

    so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

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  • John 17:8

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

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  • John 17:14

    I have given them Your word and the world has hated them; for they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

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