John 12:49
John chapter 12 · verse 49 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000For I spake not from myself; but the Father that sent me, he hath given me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
KJV
King James Version · 1611For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901For I spake not from myself; but the Father that sent me, he hath given me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
Context
v.48He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my sayings, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I spake, the same shall judge him in the last day.
v.49This passage
v.50And I know that his commandment is life eternal; the things therefore which I speak, even as the Father hath said unto me, so I speak.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- John 15:15
No longer do I call you servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I heard from my Father I have made known unto you.
- John 17:8
for the words which thou gavest me I have given unto them; and they received them, and knew of a truth that I came forth from thee, and they believed that thou didst send me.
- John 5:30
I can of myself do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is righteous; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
- John 3:32
What he hath seen and heard, of that he beareth witness; and no man receiveth his witness.
- Deuteronomy 18:18
I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee; and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
- John 8:42
Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I came forth and am come from God; for neither have I come of myself, but he sent me.