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


In Context

13 Others replied, "No, he deceives the people." But no one would say anything publicly about him for fear of the Jews.

14 Not until halfway through the Feast did Jesus go up to the temple courts and begin to teach.

15 The Jews were amazed and asked, "How did this man get such learning without having studied?"

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

17 If anyone chooses to do God's will, he will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own.

18 He who speaks on his own does so to gain honor for himself, but he who works for the honor of the one who sent him is a man of truth; there is nothing false about 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:16Jesus therefore answered them and said, My doctrine is not mine, but that of him that has 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.