John 12:49 References

49 "aFor I did not speak on My own initiative, but the Father Himself who sent Me bhas given Me a commandment as to what to say and what to speak.

a John 3:11, John 7:16, John 8:26, John 8:28, John 8:38, John 14:10, John 14:24


John 3

11 "Truly, truly, I say to you, awe speak of what we know and btestify of what we have seen, and byou do not accept our testimony.

John 7

16 So Jesus answered them and said, "aMy teaching is not Mine, but His who sent Me.

John 8

26 "I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you, but aHe who sent Me is true; and bthe things which I heard from Him, these I speak to the world."

John 8

28 So Jesus said, "When you alift up the Son of Man, then you will know that bI am He, and cI do nothing on My own initiative, but I speak these things as the Father taught Me.

John 8

38 "I speak the things which I have seen with My Father; therefore you also do the things which you heard from ayour father."

John 14

10 "Do you not believe that aI am in the Father, and the Father is in Me? bThe words that I say to you I do not speak on My own initiative, but the Father abiding in Me does His works.

John 14

24 "He who does not love Me adoes not keep My words; and bthe word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father's who sent Me.

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