16Jesus therefore answered them and said, My doctrine is not mine, but that of him that has sent me.


In Context

13 However, no one spoke openly concerning him on account of their fear of the Jews.

14 But when it was now the middle of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and taught.

15 The Jews therefore wondered, saying, How knows this man letters, having never learned?

16 Jesus therefore answered them and said, My doctrine is not mine, but that of him that has sent me.

17 If any one desire to practise his will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is of God, or that I speak from myself.

18 He that speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but he that seeks the glory of him that has sent him, he is true, and unrighteousness is not in him.

John 7:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:16Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:16Jesus answered, "My teaching is not my own. It comes from him who sent me.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:16Jesus answered them, and said: My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:16Jesus therefore answered them and said, My teaching is not mine, but his that sent me.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:16Jesus therefore answered them, and said, My teaching is not mine, but his that sent me.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:16Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:16Jesus therefore answered them, |My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:16Jesus answered them and said, 'My teaching is not mine, but His who sent me;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:16Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.