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John 7:16

So, in reply, Jesus said, “My teaching is not my own; it is his who sent me.

Open English Bible (US)

In The King James Version

Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.

In Context

15The authorities were astonished. “How has this man got his learning,” they asked, “when he has never studied?”

17If anyone has the will to do God’s will, they will find out whether my teaching is from God, or whether I speak on my own authority.

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Cross References

John 3:31He who comes from above is above all others; but a child of earth is earthly, and his teaching is earthly, too. He who comes from heaven is above all others.

John 5:30I can do nothing of myself; I judge as I am taught; and the judgment that I give is just, because my aim is not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

John 6:44“No one can come to me, unless the Father who sent me draws him to me; and I will raise him up at the Last day.

John 12:49For I have not delivered it on my own authority; but the Father, who sent me, has himself given me his command as to what I should say, and what message I should deliver.

John 14:24The person who does not love me will not lay my message to heart; and the message to which you are listening is not my own, but comes from the Father who sent me.

John 17:14I have given them your message; and the world hated them, because they do not belong to the world, even as I do not belong to 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 →

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