“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.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. John 12 contains 50 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.