John 5:30
I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I do not seek my own will, but the will of the One who sent me.
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In Context
31"If I testify about myself, my witness is not valid.
Cross References
Genesis 18:25Be it far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn't the Judge of all the earth do right?"
Psalms 96:13before the Lord; for he comes,for he comes to judge the earth.He will judge the world with righteousness,the peoples with his truth.
Hosea 10:7Samaria and her king float away,like a twig on the water.
John 4:34Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.
John 6:38For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.
John 8:28Jesus therefore said to them, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and I do nothing of myself, but as the Father taught me, I say these things.
Matthew Henry on John 5:18-31
Christ's Discourse with the Jews; All Judgment Committed to Christ; The Christian Charter. 17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. 18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God. 19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth… Read the whole commentary →