John 7:16
Jesus answered, “My teaching is not from me but from the one who sent me.
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In The King James Version
Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
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Cross References
John 3:31He who comes from above is greater than all; he who comes from the earth belongs to the earth and talks about earthly things. He who comes from heaven is greater than all.
John 5:30I can do nothing by myself. I judge based on what I'm told, and my decision is right, for I'm not doing my own will but the will of the one who sent me.
John 6:44“No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me attracts them, and I will raise them up at the last day.
John 12:49For 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.
John 14:24Those who don't love me don't do what I say. These words don't come from me, they come from the Father who sent me.
John 17:14I gave them your message, and the world hated them because they are not of the world, just as I'm 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 →