Bible verse
I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it.
John 12:49 · BSB
The verses around it, from John 12.
45 And whoever sees Me sees the One who sent Me.
46 I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness.
47 As for anyone who hears My words and does not keep them, I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world.
48 There is a judge for the one who rejects Me and does not receive My words: The word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.
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.
50 And I know that His command leads to eternal life. So I speak exactly what the Father has told Me to say.”
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.
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.
ERV
For I spake not from myself; but the Father which sent me, he hath given me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
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