John 7:16
14 Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.
15 And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?
Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
18 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 14:10
Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
Read in contextJohn 14:24
He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me.
Read in contextJohn 5:30
I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
Read in contextJohn 6:38–40
For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
Read in contextJohn 12:49–50
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.
Read in contextJohn 5:23–24
That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
Read in contextJohn 17:8
For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.
Read in contextJohn 17:14
I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
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