Bible verse

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.

John 12:49 · BSB

John 12:49 in context

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.”

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John 12:49 in other translations

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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