John 7:16
Jesus answered them, and said: My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
In Context
15And the Jews wondered, saying: How doth this man know letters, having never learned?
Cross References
John 3:31He that cometh from above, is above all. He that is of the earth, of the earth he is, and of the earth he speaketh. He that cometh from heaven, is above all.
John 5:30I cannot of myself do any thing. As I hear, so I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not my own will, but the will of him that sent me.
John 6:44No man can come to me, except the Father, who hath sent me, draw him; and I will raise him up in the last day.
John 12:49For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father who sent me, he gave me commandment what I should say, and what I should speak.
John 14:24He that loveth me not, keepeth not my words. And the word which you have heard, is not mine; but the Father's who sent me.
John 17:14I have given them thy word, and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world; as I also 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 →