John 5:30

5:30 I can do nothing on my own initiative.¹ Just as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just,² because I do not seek my own will, but the will of the one who sent me.³

John 6:63

6:63 The Spirit is the one who gives life; human nature is of no help!⁴ The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.⁵

John 8:28

8:28 Then Jesus said,⁶ “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he,⁷ and I do nothing on my own initiative,⁸ but I speak just what the Father taught me.⁹

John 8:54

8:54 Jesus replied,¹⁰ “If I glorify myself, my glory is worthless.¹¹ The one who glorifies me is my Father, about whom you people¹² say, ‘He is our God.’

John 15:5

15:5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains¹³ in me – and I in him – bears¹⁴ much fruit,¹⁵ because apart from me you can accomplish¹⁶ nothing.

John 16:23

16:23 At that time¹⁷ you will ask me nothing. I tell you the solemn truth,¹⁸ whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.¹⁹

John 18:20

18:20 Jesus replied,²⁰ “I have spoken publicly to the world. I always taught in the synagogues²¹ and in the temple courts,²² where all the Jewish people²³ assemble together. I²⁴ have said nothing in secret.

John 21:3

21:3 Simon Peter told them, “I am going fishing.” “We will go with you,” they replied.²⁵ They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.

¹tn Grk “nothing from myself.”

²tn Or “righteous,” or “proper.”

³tn That is, “the will of the Father who sent me.”

⁴tn Grk “the flesh counts for nothing.”

⁵tn Or “are spirit-giving and life-producing.”

⁷tn Grk “Then Jesus said to them” (the words “to them” are not found in all mss).

⁸tn Grk “that I am.” See the note on this phrase in v. 24.

⁹tn Grk “I do nothing from myself.”

¹⁰tn Grk “but just as the Father taught me, these things I speak.”

¹⁰tn Grk “Jesus answered.”

¹¹tn Grk “is nothing.”

¹²tn The word “people” is not in the Greek text, but is supplied in English to clarify the plural Greek pronoun and verb.

¹³tn Or “resides.”

¹⁴tn Or “yields.”

¹⁵tn Grk “in him, this one bears much fruit.” The pronoun “this one” has been omitted from the translation because it is redundant according to contemporary English style.

¹⁶tn Or “do.”

¹⁶tn Grk “And in that day.”

¹⁷tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”

¹⁸sn This statement is also found in John 15:16.

¹⁹tn Grk “Jesus answered him.”

²⁰sn See the note on synagogue in 6:59.

²¹tn Grk “in the temple.”

²²tn Grk “the Jews.” Here the phrase refers to the Jewish people generally, for whom the synagogues and the temple courts in Jerusalem were important public gathering places. See also the note on the phrase “Jewish religious leaders” in v. 12.

²³tn Grk “And I.” The conjunction καί (kai, “and”) has not been translated here in keeping with the tendency of contemporary English style to use shorter sentences.

²²tn Grk “they said to him.”