John 7:16

International Standard Version

Jesus replied to them, "My teaching is not mine but comes from the one who sent me.John 3:11; 8:28; 12:49;">[xr]

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Jesus answered them, “My teaching isn’t mine but is from the one who sent me.

King James Version (1611)
Iesus answered them, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.

King James Version
Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.

English Standard Version
So Jesus answered them, "My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.

New American Standard Bible
So Jesus answered them and said, "My teaching is not My own, but His who sent Me.

New Century Version
Jesus answered, "The things I teach are not my own, but they come from him who sent me.

Amplified Bible
Jesus answered them by saying, "My teaching is not My own, but His who sent Me.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So Jesus answered them and said, "My teaching is not Mine, but His who sent Me.

Legacy Standard Bible
So Jesus answered them and said, "My teaching is not Mine, but from Him who sent Me.

Berean Standard Bible
"My teaching is not My own," Jesus replied. "It comes from Him who sent Me.

Contemporary English Version
Jesus replied: I am not teaching something that I thought up. What I teach comes from the one who sent me.

Complete Jewish Bible
So Yeshua gave them an answer: "My teaching is not my own, it comes from the One who sent me.

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

Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus answered, "What I teach is not my own. My teaching comes from the one who sent me.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Iesus answered them, and saide, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.

George Lamsa Translation
Jesus answered and said, My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.

Good News Translation
Jesus answered, "What I teach is not my own teaching, but it comes from God, who sent me.

Lexham English Bible
So Jesus answered them and said, "My teaching is not mine, but is from the one who sent me.

Literal Translation
Jesus answered them and said, My doctrine is not Mine, but of the One who sent Me.

American Standard Version
Jesus therefore answered them, and said, My teaching is not mine, but his that sent me.

Bible in Basic English
Jesus gave them this answer: It is not my teaching, but his who sent me.

Hebrew Names Version
Yeshua therefore answered them, "My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.

Etheridge Translation
Jeshu answered and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his who sent me.

Murdock Translation
Jesus answered and said: My doctrine is not from me, but from him that sent me.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Iesus aunswered them, & sayde: My doctrine is not myne, but his yt sent me.

English Revised Version
Jesus therefore answered them, and said, My teaching is not mine, but his that sent me.

World English Bible
Jesus therefore answered them, "My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Jesus answered them and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.

Weymouth's New Testament
Jesus answered their question by saying, "My teaching does not belong to me, but comes from Him who sent me.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Jhesus answerde to hem, and seide, My doctryne is not myn, but his that sente me.

Update Bible Version
Jesus therefore answered them and said, My teaching is not mine, but his that sent me.

Webster's Bible Translation
Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.

New English Translation
So Jesus replied, "My teaching is not from me, but from the one who sent me.

New King James Version
Jesus [fn] answered them and said, "My doctrine is not Mine, but His who sent Me.

New Living Translation
So Jesus told them, "My message is not my own; it comes from God who sent me.

New Life Bible
Jesus said to them, "What I teach is not Mine. It is from God Who sent Me.

New Revised Standard
Then Jesus answered them, "My teaching is not mine but his who sent me.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Jesus, therefore, answered them, and said - My teaching, is not mine, but his who sent me.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Jesus answered them and said: My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.

Revised Standard Version
So Jesus answered them, "My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me;

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Iesus answered them and sayde: My doctrine is not myne: but his that sent me.

Young's Literal Translation
Jesus answered them and said, `My teaching is not mine, but His who sent me;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Iesus answered them, and sayde: My doctryne is not myne, but his that hath sent me.

Mace New Testament (1729)
Jesus answered them, the doctrine I deliver is not my own, but his that sent me.

THE MESSAGE
Jesus said, "I didn't make this up. What I teach comes from the One who sent me. Anyone who wants to do his will can test this teaching and know whether it's from God or whether I'm making it up. A person making things up tries to make himself look good. But someone trying to honor the one who sent him sticks to the facts and doesn't tamper with reality. It was Moses, wasn't it, who gave you God's Law? But none of you are living it. So why are you trying to kill me?"

Simplified Cowboy Version
Jesus knew their questions and said, "My teaching does not come from me. It comes from God who sent me.

Contextual Overview

¹⁴ Halfway through the festival, Jesus went up to the temple and began teaching. ¹⁵ The Jews[fn] were astonished and remarked, "How can this man be so educated when he has never gone to school?"Matthew 13:54; Mark 6:2; Luke 4:22; Acts 2:7;">[xr] ¹⁶ Jesus replied to them, "My teaching is not mine but comes from the one who sent me.John 3:11; 8:28; 12:49;">[xr] ¹⁷ If anyone wants to do his will, he will know whether this teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own.John 8:43;">[xr] ¹⁸ The one who speaks on his own seeks his own praise. But the one who seeks the praise of him who sent him is true, and there is nothing false in him.John 5:41; 8:50;">[xr] ¹⁹ Moses gave you the law, didn't he? Yet none of you is keeping the law. Why are you trying to kill me?"Exodus 24:3; Deuteronomy 33:4; Matthew 12:14; Mark 3:6; John 1:17; 11:53; Acts 7:38;">[xr] ²⁰ The crowd answered, "You have a demon! Who is trying to kill you?"John 8:48,52; 8:20;">[xr] ²¹ Jesus answered them, "I performed one work, and all of you are astonished. ²² Moses gave you circumcision - not that it is from Moses, but from the Patriarchs - and so you circumcise a man on the Sabbath.Genesis 17:10; Leviticus 12:3;">[xr] ²³ If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because I made a man perfectly well on the Sabbath?John 5:8-9,16;">[xr]

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

My: John 3:11, John 3:31, John 8:28, John 12:49, John 12:50, John 14:10, John 14:24, John 17:8, John 17:14, Revelation 1:1

but: John 5:23, John 5:24, John 5:30, John 6:38-40, John 6:44

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 10:12 - who is their Proverbs 4:2 - good Isaiah 29:12 - I am not Isaiah 59:21 - my words Matthew 13:54 - they were Mark 4:2 - in his John 3:34 - he John 8:26 - and I John 16:13 - for John 17:7 - they 1 Timothy 4:6 - good doctrine 2 John 1:9 - the doctrine

Cross-References

Matthew 25:10
"While they were away buying it, the groom arrived. Those who were ready went with him into the wedding banquet, and the door was closed.Luke 13:25;">[xr]

Luke 13:25
After the homeowner gets up and closes the door, you can standbegin to stand">[fn] outside, knock on the door, and say again and again, 'Lord, open the door for us!' But he will answer you, 'I don't know where you come from.'Psalm 32:6; Isaiah 55:6; Matthew 7:23; Luke 6:46;">[xr]

1 Peter 1:5
Through faith you are being protected by God's power for a salvation that is ready to be revealed at the end of time.John 10:28-29; Jude 1:1;">[xr]

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Jesus answered them and said,.... Having heard them express their surprise, and state their objection:

my doctrine is not mine: it was his, as he was God; as such, he was the author of it, it was from him, by the revelation of him; and it was of him, or he was the subject of it, as Mediator; it respected his person as God-man, his offices, as prophet, priest, and King, and his grace, righteousness; and salvation; and it was his, as preached by him as man; it came by him, and first began to be spoken by him; and was so spoken by him, as it never was before, or since: but it was not human; it was not acquired by him, as man; he did not learn it of man; he needed no human teachings; he increased in wisdom without them, from his infancy: they said right, in saying he had never learned; the spirit of wisdom and knowledge rested on high, and the treasures of them were hid in him; nor was it a device or invention of his, as man; it was not from himself as such, but it was from heaven, from his Father: wherefore he adds,

but his that sent me; thereby intimating, that it was of God, and was communicated to him by his Father; from whom he received it, and from whom he had a commission to preach it; so that his doctrine was that wisdom which comes from above, and is pure and peaceable, divine and heavenly, and ought to be received by men.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

My doctrine - My teaching, or what I teach. This is the proper meaning of the word “doctrine.” It is what is taught us, and, as applied to religion, it is what is taught us by God in the Holy Scriptures.

Is not wine - It is not originated by me. Though I have not learned in your schools, yet you are not to infer that the doctrine which I teach is devised or invented by me. I teach nothing that is contrary to the will of God, and which he has not appointed me to teach.

His that sent me - God’s. It is such as he approves, and such as he has commissioned me to teach. The doctrine is divine in its origin and in its nature.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 7:16. My doctrine is not mine — Our blessed Lord, in the character of Messiah, might as well say, My doctrine is not mine, as an ambassador might say, I speak not my own words, but his who sent me: and he speaks these words to draw the attention of the Jews from the teaching of man to the teaching of God; and to show them that he was the promised Messiah, the very person on whom, according to the prophet, (Isaiah 11:2,) the Spirit of Jehovah-the Spirit of wisdom, counsel, understanding, might, and knowledge, should rest.