John 7:16 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures 16 Jesus, in turn, answered them and said: “What I teach is not mine, but belongs to him who sent me.+ John 8:28 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures 28 Jesus then said: “After you have lifted up the Son of man,+ then you will know that I am he+ and that I do nothing of my own initiative;+ but just as the Father taught me, I speak these things. John 12:49 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures 49 For I have not spoken of my own initiative, but the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment about what to say and what to speak.+
16 Jesus, in turn, answered them and said: “What I teach is not mine, but belongs to him who sent me.+
28 Jesus then said: “After you have lifted up the Son of man,+ then you will know that I am he+ and that I do nothing of my own initiative;+ but just as the Father taught me, I speak these things.
49 For I have not spoken of my own initiative, but the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment about what to say and what to speak.+