John 5:30

"I can of my own self do nothing. As I am bidden, so I judge; and mine is a just judgement, because it is not my own will that guides me, but the will of Him who sent me.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.

In Context

29they who have done what is right to the resurrection of Life, and they whose actions have been evil to the resurrection of judgement.

31"If I give testimony concerning myself, my testimony cannot be accepted.

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Cross References

John 4:34"My food," said Jesus, "is to be obedient to Him who sent me, and fully to accomplish His work.

John 6:38For I have left Heaven and have come down to earth not to seek my own pleasure, but to do the will of Him who sent me.

John 8:28So Jesus added, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He. Of myself I do nothing; but as the Father has taught me, so I speak.

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 →

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