John 12:49-50

Jesus Came to Save the World

⁴⁹ For _k I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father _l who sent me has himself given me _m a commandment - what to say and what to speak. ⁵⁰ And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I say, therefore, I say as the Father has told me."

1. Cross References
   John 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.
   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.
   
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 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.