John 7:16 ““My teaching is not My own,” Jesus replied. “It comes from Him who sen…”

John 7:16

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

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

Darby Translation

Jesus therefore answered them and said, My doctrine is not mine, but [that] of him that has sent me.

Young's Literal Translation

Jesus answered them and said, 'My teaching is not mine, but His who sent me;

Bible in Basic English

Jesus gave them this answer: It is not my teaching, but his who sent me.

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Cross references

“My”

John 14:10 John 14:24 John 17:8 John 3:11 John 8:28 John 17:14

John 14:10 · BSB

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.

John 14:24 · BSB

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.

John 17:8 · BSB

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.

John 3:11 · BSB

Truly, truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, and yet you people do not accept our testimony.

John 8:28 · BSB

So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing on My own, but speak exactly what the Father has taught Me.

John 17:14 · BSB

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.

“but”

John 5:30 John 6:38–40 John 6:44 John 5:23 John 5:24

John 5:30 · BSB

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.

John 6:38–40 · BSB

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

John 6:44 · BSB

“No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.

John 5:23 · BSB

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.

John 5:24 · BSB

Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

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

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