Joh 5:19, 30-31, 12:49-50 | ESV | STEP | 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 5:19

The Authority of the Son

19 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, ^athe Son ^bcan do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father ^{▼▼Greek he} does, that the Son does likewise.

John 5:30-31

Witnesses to Jesus

30 ^d“I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and ^emy judgment is just, because ^fI seek not my own will ^gbut the will of him who sent me. 31 ^hIf I alone bear witness about myself, my testimony is not true.

John 12:49-50

49 For ⁱI have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father ^jwho sent me has himself given me ^ka 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.”