John 7:16
Jesus gave them this answer: It is not my teaching, but his who sent me.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
In Context
Cross References
John 3:31He who comes from heaven is greater than all others: he who comes from earth is of the earth, and of the earth are his words: he who comes from heaven is over all.
John 5:30Of myself I am unable to do anything: as the voice comes to me so I give a decision: and my decision is right because I have no desire to do what is pleasing to myself, but only what is pleasing to him who sent me.
John 6:44No man is able to come to me if the Father who sent me does not give him the desire to come: and I will take him up from the dead on the last day.
John 12:49For I have not said it on my authority, but the Father who sent me gave me orders what to say and how to say it.
John 14:24He who has no love for me does not keep my words; and the word which you are hearing is not my word but the Father's who sent me.
John 17:14I have given your word to them; and they are hated by the world, because they are not of the world, even 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 →