John 12:50

I know that what he told me to say brings eternal life—so whatever I say is what the Father told me.”

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In The King James Version

And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.

In Context

49For I'm not speaking for myself but for my Father who sent me. He is the one who instructed me what to say and how to say it.

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Cross References

John 6:68Simon Peter answered, “Lord, who would we follow? You're the one who has the words of eternal life.

John 20:31But these are written down here so that you may trust that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by trusting in him as he is you will have life.

1 John 2:25Eternal life—this is what he has promised us!

1 John 5:11The evidence is this: God has given eternal life to us, and we have this life through his Son.

Matthew Henry on John 12:45-50

Christ's Last Discourse with the Jews. 44 Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me. 45 And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me. 46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness. 47 And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. 48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the… Read the whole commentary →

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