Do you truly believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The things I have told you don’t come from me. The Father lives in me, and he is doing his own work.
John 7:16 - Easy To Read Version Jesus answered, “The things I teach are not my own. My teaching comes from him (God) who sent me. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Jesus answered them by saying, My teaching is not My own, but His Who sent Me. American Standard Version (1901) Jesus therefore answered them, and said, My teaching is not mine, but his that sent me. Common English Bible Jesus responded, “My teaching isn’t mine but comes from the one who sent me. Catholic Public Domain Version Jesus responded to them and said: "My doctrine is not of me, but of him who sent me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Jesus answered them, and said: My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. |
Do you truly believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The things I have told you don’t come from me. The Father lives in me, and he is doing his own work.
But the person that does not love me does not obey my teaching. This teaching that you hear is not really mine. It is from my Father who sent me.
I have given them your teaching. And the world has hated them. The world hated these men, because they don’t belong to the world, the same as I don’t belong to the world.
I gave these men the teachings that you gave me. They accepted those teachings. They know that I truly came from you. And they believed that you sent me.
I tell you the truth. We talk about what we know. We tell about what we have seen. But you people don’t accept what we tell you.
“The One (Jesus) that comes from above is greater than all other people. The person that is from the earth belongs to the earth. That person talks about things that are on the earth. But the One (Jesus) that comes from heaven is greater than all other people.
“I can do nothing alone. I judge only the way I am told. So my judgment is right. Why? Because I don’t try to please myself. But I want to please the One (God) who sent me.
The Father is the One who sent me. And the Father is the One who brings people to me. I will raise up those people on the last day. If the Father does not bring a person to me, then that person cannot come to me.
So Jesus said to them, “You will lift up (kill) the Son of Man. {\cf2\super [134]} Then you will know that I AM. {\cf2\super [135]} You will know that these things I do are not by my own authority (power). You will know that I say only the things that the Father has taught me.
This is the revelation {\cf2\super [1]} of Jesus Christ. God gave Jesus these things to show his servants what must happen soon. Christ sent his angel to show these things to his servant John.