King James Version (KJV)
John 12:49
“‹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.›”
Verse in context — John 12
47
‹And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.›
48
‹He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.›
49
‹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.›
50
‹And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.›
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