John 7:16
Jesus therefore answered them and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his who sent me.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
In Context
15The Jews therefore marveled, saying, How does this man know scholarly material, not having learned?
Cross References
John 3:31He who comes from above is above all things. He who is of the earth is of the earth, and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all things.
John 5:30I 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.
John 6:44No man can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up in the last day.
John 12:49Because I spoke not from myself, but the Father who sent me, he gave me commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
John 14:24He who does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that ye hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me.
John 17:14I have given them thy word, and the world hated them, because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
Matthew Henry on John 7:15-37
Christ at the Feast of Tabernacles. 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? 16 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… Read the whole commentary →