John 7:16

World English Bible

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

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.

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]

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.

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 But when it was now the midst of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and taught. ¹⁵ The Jews therefore marveled, saying, "How does this man know letters, having never been educated?" ¹⁶ Jesus therefore answered them, "My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me. ¹⁷ If anyone desires to do his will, he will know of the teaching, whether it is from God, or if I speak from myself. ¹⁸ He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory, but he who seeks the glory of him who sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him. ¹⁹ Didn't Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill me?" ²⁰ The multitude answered, "You have a demon! Who seeks to kill you?" ²¹ Jesus answered them, "I did one work, and you all marvel because of it. ²² Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a boy. ²³ If a boy receives circumcision on the Sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me, because I made a man every bit whole on the Sabbath?

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

Genesis 7:1
Yahweh said to Noah, "Come with all of your household into the ark, for I have seen your righteousness before me in this generation.

Genesis 7:2
You shall take seven pairs of every clean animal with you, the male and his female. Of the animals that are not clean, take two, the male and his female.

Genesis 7:3
Also of the birds of the sky, seven and seven, male and female, to keep seed alive on the surface of all the earth.

Genesis 7:4
In seven days, I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights. Every living thing that I have made, I will destroy from the surface of the ground."

Genesis 7:5
Noah did everything that Yahweh commanded him.

Genesis 7:10
It happened after the seven days, that the waters of the flood came on the earth.

Deuteronomy 33:27
The eternal God is [your] dwelling-place, Underneath are the everlasting arms. He thrust out the enemy from before you, Said, Destroy.

Psalms 46:2
Therefore will we not be afraid, though the earth changes, Though the mountains are shaken into the heart of the seas;

Proverbs 3:23
Then you shall walk in your way securely. Your foot won't stumble.

Matthew 25:10
While they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut.

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.