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John 12:49

I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it.

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ASV

For 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

For 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.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ὅτιhotiForG3754 →
ἐγὼegōI myselfG1473 →
ἐξexfromG1537 →
ἐμαυτοῦemautouMyselfG1473 →
οὐκouknotG3756 →
ἐλάλησα,elalēsaspoke,G2980 →
ἀλλ᾽all᾽butG235 →
ὁhotheG3588 →
πέμψαςpempsashaving sentG3992 →
μεmeMeG3165 →
πατήρ,patērFatherG3962 →
αὐτόςautosHimselfG846 →
μοιmoiMeG3165 →
ἐντολὴνentolēna commandmentG1785 →
δέδωκενdedōkenhas givenG1325 →
τίtiwhatG5101 →
εἴπωeipōI may sayG2036 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
τίtiwhatG5101 →
λαλήσω.lalēsōI may speak.G2980 →

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John 5:19So Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing by Himself, unless He sees the Father doing it. For whatever the Father does, the Son also does.John 16:13However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come.John 14:10Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me? The words I say to you, I do not speak on My own. Instead, it is the Father dwelling in Me, performing His works.John 5:30I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.John 8:26“I have much to say about you and much to judge. But the One who sent Me is truthful, and what I have heard from Him, I tell the world.”John 17:8For I have given them the words You gave Me, and they have received them. They knew with certainty that I came from You, and they believed that You sent Me.Deuteronomy 18:18I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. I will put My words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.John 14:31But I do exactly what the Father has commanded Me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Get up! Let us go on from here.John 15:15No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you.John 15:10If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.John 8:42Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on My own, but He sent Me.John 3:32He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.John 6:38–40For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.John 3:11Truly, truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, and yet you people do not accept our testimony.Revelation 1:1This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John,John 7:28Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts, cried out, “You know Me, and you know where I am from. I have not come of My own accord, but He who sent Me is true. You do not know Him,Deuteronomy 31:30Then Moses recited aloud to the whole assembly of Israel the words of this song from beginning to end:

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