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John 12:49

World English Bible

For I spoke not from myself, but the Father who sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.

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John 12:49 in other translations

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.

John 12:49 · American Standard Version

John 12:49 in context

  1. 47If anyone listens to my sayings, and doesn’t believe, I don’t judge him. For I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
  2. 48He who rejects me, and doesn’t receive my sayings, has one who judges him. The word that I spoke will judge him in the last day.
  3. 49For I spoke not from myself, but the Father who sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
  4. 50I know that his commandment is eternal life. The things therefore which I speak, even as the Father has said to me, so I speak.”