Cross-referencesExplore similar Bible verses on John 12:49 in English Standard Version "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." Joh 3:17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.Joh 5:19 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise.Joh 5:30 “I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.Joh 15:10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love.