John 5:30
I can from myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge. And my judgment is righteous because I seek not my will, but the will of the Father who sent me.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
31If I testify about myself, my witness is not valid.
Cross References
Genesis 18:25That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay a righteous man with a wicked man, that so the righteous man should be as the wicked man. Far be it from thee. Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
Psalms 96:13before LORD, for he comes. For he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with his truth.
Hosea 10:7[As for] Samaria, her king is cut off, as foam upon the water.
John 4:34Jesus says to them, My food is that I do the will of him who sent me, and may finish his work.
John 6:38Because I have come down from heaven, not so that I might do my will, but the will of him who sent me.
John 8:28Jesus therefore said to them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then ye will know that I am he, and I do nothing from myself, but I speak these things as my Father taught me.
Matthew Henry on John 5:18-31
Christ's Discourse with the Jews; All Judgment Committed to Christ; The Christian Charter. 17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. 18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God. 19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth… Read the whole commentary →