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John 12:49
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KJ21
For I have not spoken of Myself; but the Father who sent Me, He gave Me a commandment, what I should say and what I should speak.
ASV
For I spake not from myself; but the Father that sent me, he hath given me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
AMP
For I have never spoken on My own initiative or authority, but the Father Himself who sent Me has given Me a commandment regarding what to say and what to speak.
AMPC
This is because I have never spoken on My own authority or of My own accord or as self-appointed, but the Father Who sent Me has Himself given Me orders [concerning] what to say and what to tell.
BRG
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.
CSB
For I have not spoken on my own, but the Father himself who sent me has given me a command to say everything I have said.
CSBA
For I have not spoken on my own, but the Father himself who sent me has given me a command to say everything I have said.
CEB
I don’t speak on my own, but the Father who sent me commanded me regarding what I should speak and say.
CJB
For I have not spoken on my own initiative, but the Father who sent me has given me a command, namely, what to say and how to say it.
CEV
I don't speak on my own. I say only what the Father who sent me has told me to say.
DARBY
For I have not spoken from myself, but the Father who sent me has himself given me commandment what I should say and what I should speak;
DLNT
Because I did not speak out of Myself, but the Father having sent Me— He has given Me a commandment as to what I should say and what I should speak.
DRA
For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father who sent me, he gave me commandment what I should say, and what I should speak.
ERV
That is because what I taught was not from myself. The Father who sent me told me what to say and what to teach.
EASY
The words that I have spoken did not come from me myself. They came from the Father, who sent me. He told me what message I must speak. He told me the words I must say.
EHV
because I have not spoken on my own, but the Father himself who sent me has given me a command regarding what I am to say and what I am to speak.
ESV
For I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment—what to say and what to speak.
ESVUK
For I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment—what to say and what to speak.
EXB
The things I ·taught [spoke] were not from myself. The Father who sent me ·told [commanded] me what to say and what to ·teach [speak].
GNV
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.
GW
I have not spoken on my own. Instead, the Father who sent me told me what I should say and how I should say it.
GNT
This is true, because I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father who sent me has commanded me what I must say and speak.
HCSB
For I have not spoken on My own, but the Father Himself who sent Me has given Me a command as to what I should say and what I should speak.
ICB
The things I taught were not from myself. The Father who sent me told me what to say and what to teach.
ISV
because I haven’t spoken on my own authority. Instead, the Father who sent me has himself commanded me what to say and how to speak.
PHILLIPS
But later, Jesus cried aloud, “Every man who believes in me, is believing in the one who sent me; and every man who sees me is seeing the one who sent me. I have come into the world as light, so that no one who believes in me need remain in the dark. Yet, if anyone hears my sayings and does not keep them, I do not judge him—for I did not come to judge the world but to save it. Every man who rejects me and will not accept my sayings has a judge—at the last day, the very words that I have spoken will be his judge. For I have not spoken on my own authority: the Father who sent me has commanded me what to say and what to speak. And I know that what he commands means eternal life. All that I say I speak only in accordance with what the Father has told me.”
JUB
For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father who sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say and what I should speak.
KJV
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.
AKJV
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.
LSB
For I did not speak from Myself, but the Father Himself who sent Me has given Me a commandment—what to say and what to speak.
LEB
For I have not spoken from myself, but the Father himself who sent me has commanded me what I should say and what I should speak.
TLB
For these are not my own ideas, but I have told you what the Father said to tell you.
MSG
“If anyone hears what I am saying and doesn’t take it seriously, I don’t reject him. I didn’t come to reject the world; I came to save the world. But you need to know that whoever puts me off, refusing to take in what I’m saying, is willfully choosing rejection. The Word, the Word-made-flesh that I have spoken and that I am, that Word and no other is the last word. I’m not making any of this up on my own. The Father who sent me gave me orders, told me what to say and how to say it. And I know exactly what his command produces: real and eternal life. That’s all I have to say. What the Father told me, I tell you.”
MEV
For I have not spoken on My own authority, but the Father who sent Me gave Me a command, what I should say and what I should speak.
MOUNCE
For I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father who sent me has himself commanded me what to say and what to speak.
NOG
I have not spoken on my own. Instead, the Father who sent me told me what I should say and how I should say it.
NABRE
because I did not speak on my own, but the Father who sent me commanded me what to say and speak.
NASB
For I did not speak on My own, but the Father Himself who sent Me has given Me a commandment as to what to say and what to speak.
NASB1995
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.
NCB
“For I have not spoken on my own, but the Father who sent me has himself given me command about what I am to say and how I am to speak.
NCV
The things I taught were not from myself. The Father who sent me told me what to say and what to teach.
NET
For I have not spoken from my own authority, but the Father himself who sent me has commanded me what I should say and what I should speak.
NIRV
I did not speak on my own. The Father who sent me commanded me to say all that I have said.
NIV
For I did not speak on my own, but the Father who sent me commanded me to say all that I have spoken.
NIVUK
For I did not speak on my own, but the Father who sent me commanded me to say all that I have spoken.
NKJV
For I have not spoken on My own authority; but the Father who sent Me gave Me a command, what I should say and what I should speak.
NLV
I have not spoken by My own power. The Father Who sent Me has told Me what to say and speak.
NLT
I don’t speak on my own authority. The Father who sent me has commanded me what to say and how to say it.
NMB
For I have not spoken of myself, but the Father who sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say and what I should speak.
NRSVA
for I have not spoken on my own, but the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment about what to say and what to speak.
NRSVACE
for I have not spoken on my own, but the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment about what to say and what to speak.
NRSVCE
for I have not spoken on my own, but the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment about what to say and what to speak.
NRSVUE
for I have not spoken on my own, but the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment about what to say and what to speak.
NTFE
“I haven’t spoken on my own authority. The father who sent me gave me his own command about what I should say and speak.
OJB
Because I do not speak on my own, but the one having sent me [Elohim] HaAv He has given me a mitzvah of what I may say and what I may speak.
RGT
“For I have not spoken of Myself, but the Father Who sent Me. He gave Me a Commandment, what I should say and what I should speak.
RSV
For I have not spoken on my own authority; the Father who sent me has himself given me commandment what to say and what to speak.
RSVCE
For I have not spoken on my own authority; the Father who sent me has himself given me commandment what to say and what to speak.
TLV
For I did not speak on My own, but the Father Himself who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and speak.
VOICE
because I am not speaking of My own volition and from My own authority. The Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and speak.
WEB
For I spoke not from myself, but the Father who sent me gave me a commandment, what I should say and what I should speak.
WE
`I have not said this from my own mind, but my Father who sent me told me what to say. He told me what to tell you.
WYC
For I have not spoken of myself, but that Father that sent me, [he] gave to me a commandment, what I shall say, and what I shall speak.
YLT
because I spake not from myself, but the Father who sent me, He did give me a command, what I may say, and what I may speak,
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