John 12:49
“For I haue not spoken of my selfe; but the Father which sent me, he gaue me a commaundement what I should say, and what I should speake.”
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John 12:49 Context
47And if any man heare my words, and beleeue not, I iudge him not; For I came not to iudge the world, but to saue the world. 48He that reiecteth me, and receiueth not my words, hath one that iudgeth him: þe word that I haue spoken, the same shall iudge him in the last day. 49For I haue not spoken of my selfe; but the Father which sent me, he gaue me a commaundement what I should say, and what I should speake. 50And I know that his commandement is life euerlasting: whatsoeuer I speake therefore, euen as the Father said vnto me, so I speake.
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For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
- King James Version
"For I did not speak on My own initiative, but the Father Himself who sent Me has given Me a commandment {as to} what to say and what to speak.
- New American Standard Version (1995)