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He that speaketh from himself, seeks his own individual honour: but he that seeketh the glory of him that sent him, he is true, and iniquity in him there is none. Verse ConceptsSelf RespectChrist, Character OfNo SinThe One Who Sent ChristSeeking Honour

Jesus answered them and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. If any man will do his will, he shall know respecting the doctrine, whether it is of God, or whether I speak from myself. He that speaketh from himself, seeks his own individual honour: but he that seeketh the glory of him that sent him, he is true, and iniquity in him there is none.

But now at the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught. And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man the scriptures, not being a scholar? Jesus answered them and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. read more.
If any man will do his will, he shall know respecting the doctrine, whether it is of God, or whether I speak from myself. He that speaketh from himself, seeks his own individual honour: but he that seeketh the glory of him that sent him, he is true, and iniquity in him there is none. Hath not Moses given you the law, yet none of you practises the law? Why do ye seek to kill me? The multitude answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who is seeking to kill thee? Jesus answered and said unto them, I have performed one work, and ye all marvel. Because Moses ordered you circumcision; (not that it comes from Moses, but from our ancestors;) so ye circumcise a man on the sabbath-day. If a man receive circumcision on the sabbath-day, that the law of Moses should not be violated; are ye incensed against me, because I have made a man whole on the sabbath-day? Judge not by appearance, but judge righteous judgment. Then said some of the people of Jerusalem, is not this the man whom they are seeking to kill? And, lo! he speaketh openly, and they say not a word to him. Do the rulers certainly know that this man is really the Messiah? But we know this man whence he is: but when the Messiah cometh, no man knoweth whence he is. Then spake Jesus aloud as he was teaching in the temple, and said, Ye both know me, and ye know from whence I am: and I came not of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not. But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me. Then they sought to apprehend him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come. But many of the multitude believed on him, and said, When the Messiah cometh, will he do greater miracles than those which this man doth? The Pharisees heard the people muttering these things respecting him; and the Pharisees and chief priests sent officers to apprehend him. Then said Jesus unto them, A little while longer I am with you, and I am going to him that sent me. Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, ye cannot come. Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will this man go, that we shall not find him? will he go to the dispersed among the Grecians, and teach the Greeks? What is this saying which he hath spoken, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, ye cannot come? Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood up and spake aloud, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink. He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, from his belly shall rivers flow of living water. (Now he spake this in reference to the Spirit, which they who believe on him should afterwards receive: for as yet the Holy Ghost was not given; because Jesus was not yet glorified.) Many then of the multitude, when they heard this declaration, said, This man is certainly a prophet. Others said, He is the Messiah. But others said, No: for cometh the Messiah out of Galilee? Doth not the scripture say, That the Messiah cometh of the seed of David, and from the town of Bethlehem, whence David originally was? There was a division therefore among the multitude on account of him. Now some of them were desirous to apprehend him; but no one laid hands upon him. Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisee; and they said to them, Why have ye not brought him? The officers answered, Never did man before speak in such a manner as this man. The Pharisees then replied to them, Are ye also deluded? Hath any one of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him? But this rabble, which knoweth not the law, is accursed. Nicodemus saith unto them, (the same person who came to him by night, being one of their body,) Doth our law condemn a man, without first hearing his defence, and knowing what he hath done? They answered and said to him, Art thou not from Galilee too? Search and see: for a prophet, out of Galilee, never was raised up. So each went to his own home.

Jesus answered them and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. If any man will do his will, he shall know respecting the doctrine, whether it is of God, or whether I speak from myself. He that speaketh from himself, seeks his own individual honour: but he that seeketh the glory of him that sent him, he is true, and iniquity in him there is none.

Jesus answered them and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. If any man will do his will, he shall know respecting the doctrine, whether it is of God, or whether I speak from myself. He that speaketh from himself, seeks his own individual honour: but he that seeketh the glory of him that sent him, he is true, and iniquity in him there is none.

Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I always taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews resorted; and in secret have I spoken nothing. Verse ConceptsJews, TheSecrecyAvoiding SecrecyChrist TeachingChrist In The TempleChrist SpeakingThings Manifest

And they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders, come to him, and say to him, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority, that thou shouldest do these things? Then Jesus answering said unto them, I also will ask you one question; and answer me; and I will tell you by what authority I do these things. read more.
The baptism of John, was it of heaven, or of men? answer me. And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we reply, From heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him? but if we say of men??hey feared the people: for all men held John to be in truth a prophet. And they answering said to Jesus, We do not know. And Jesus in reply said to them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

And Jesus addressing them said, as he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that the Messiah is the Son of David? for David himself saith by the Spirit, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thy enemies the foot-stool for thy feet. David himself therefore calleth him Lord; and whence then is he his son? And a vast multitude heard him with delight. read more.
And he spake to them in the course of his teaching, Beware of the scribes, who love to go about in trailing robes, and like salutations in the places of concourse, and the principal seats in the synagogues, and the first couch at suppers: who devour widows' houses, and in pretence make long prayers: such shall receive greater damnation. And as Jesus was sitting opposite the treasury, he saw a multitude casting money into the treasury: and many who were rich cast in many [pieces]. And one poor widow coming, cast in two mites, which is a farthing. And having called his disciples, he said unto them, I tell you truly, that this poor widow hath cast in more than all who have cast into the treasury: for all they have cast in of their superfluities; but she from her indigence hath cast in all that she had, even her whole substance.

Daily was I with you in the temple teaching, and ye laid no hold upon me: but [this is done] that the scriptures might be fulfilled. Verse ConceptsAccomplishingUnceasingAlways Being ActiveChrist TeachingArresting ChristScriptures Fulfilledfulfillment

After these things Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Take care; thou art made whole: sin no more, lest something worse befall thee. The man went, and informed the Jews, that it was Jesus who had made him whole. And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to kill him, because he had done these things on the sabbath-day. read more.
Then Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.

But now at the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught. And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man the scriptures, not being a scholar? Jesus answered them and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. read more.
If any man will do his will, he shall know respecting the doctrine, whether it is of God, or whether I speak from myself. He that speaketh from himself, seeks his own individual honour: but he that seeketh the glory of him that sent him, he is true, and iniquity in him there is none. Hath not Moses given you the law, yet none of you practises the law? Why do ye seek to kill me? The multitude answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who is seeking to kill thee? Jesus answered and said unto them, I have performed one work, and ye all marvel. Because Moses ordered you circumcision; (not that it comes from Moses, but from our ancestors;) so ye circumcise a man on the sabbath-day. If a man receive circumcision on the sabbath-day, that the law of Moses should not be violated; are ye incensed against me, because I have made a man whole on the sabbath-day? Judge not by appearance, but judge righteous judgment. Then said some of the people of Jerusalem, is not this the man whom they are seeking to kill? And, lo! he speaketh openly, and they say not a word to him. Do the rulers certainly know that this man is really the Messiah? But we know this man whence he is: but when the Messiah cometh, no man knoweth whence he is. Then spake Jesus aloud as he was teaching in the temple, and said, Ye both know me, and ye know from whence I am: and I came not of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.

And Jesus was walking in the temple, in Solomon's portico. Then the Jews came about him, and said to him, How long dost thou keep our soul in suspense? If thou art the Messiah, tell us plainly. Jesus answered them; I told you, and ye believed not: the works which I do in the name of my Father, they bear witness of me. read more.
But ye believe not, for ye are not of my sheep, as I told you. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: and I give unto them everlasting life and they shall never perish to eternity, and no person shall pluck them out of my hand. My Father, who gave them to me, is greater than all and no one shall pluck them out of my Father's hand. I and my Father are one. Then the Jews again brought stones, in order to stone him. Jesus said unto them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which work of these are ye going to stone me? The Jews answered him, For a good work we do not stone thee; but for blasphemy; and that thou, being merely a man, makest thyself God. Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, "I said ye are gods?" If he called those gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken; do ye say of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest because I said, I am the Son of God? If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.

Jesus answered them and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. If any man will do his will, he shall know respecting the doctrine, whether it is of God, or whether I speak from myself. He that speaketh from himself, seeks his own individual honour: but he that seeketh the glory of him that sent him, he is true, and iniquity in him there is none.

But whosoever hath worldly abundance, and seeth his brother under necessity, and shutteth his bowels of compassion against him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? My dear children, let us not love in word and in tongue, but in deed and in truth; and hereby we know that we are of the truth, and in his presence have this persuasion in our hearts. read more.
For should our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have confidence towards God.

BELOVED, believe not every pretender to inspiration, but bring these spirits to the trial whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone forth into the world. By this ye know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesseth that Jesus the Messiah is come in the flesh, is from God.


He that speaketh from himself, seeks his own individual honour: but he that seeketh the glory of him that sent him, he is true, and iniquity in him there is none. Verse ConceptsSelf RespectChrist, Character OfNo SinThe One Who Sent ChristSeeking Honour