John 7:16-18

Jesus at the Feast of Booths

¹⁶ So Jesus answered them, _j "My teaching is not mine, but his _k who sent me. ¹⁷ _l If anyone's will is to do God's ₁ will, _m he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I _n am speaking on my own authority. ¹⁸ The one who speaks on his own authority _o seeks his own glory; but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and in him there is no falsehood.

1. Cross References
   John 8:28
   So Jesus said to them, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and that I do nothing on my own authority, but speak just as the Father taught me.
   John 12:49
   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.
   John 14:10
   Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works.
   John 14:24
   Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not mine but the Father's who sent me.
   John 3:34
   For he whom God has sent utters the words of God, for he gives the Spirit without measure.
   
2. Cross References
   John 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.
   
3. Cross References
   John 8:31 - 32
   So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, "If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples.
   John 14:21
   Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.
   John 14:23
   Jesus answered him, "If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.
   
4. Cross References
   John 8:43
   Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word.
   Psalms 25:9
   He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble his way.
   Daniel 12:10
   Many shall purify themselves and make themselves white and be refined, but the wicked shall act wickedly. And none of the wicked shall understand, but those who are wise shall understand.
   Philippians 3:15
   Let those of us who are mature think this way, and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you.
   
5. Cross References
   John 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.
   
6. Cross References
   John 5:41
   I do not receive glory from people.
   John 8:50
   Yet I do not seek my own glory; there is One who seeks it, and he is the judge.