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Source language
Original Greek   
ὅτι καταβέβηκα ⸀ἀπὸ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ οὐχ ἵνα ποιῶ τὸ θέλημα τὸ ἐμὸν ἀλλὰ τὸ θέλημα τοῦ πέμψαντός με·
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
oti katabebeka rapo tou ouranou oukh ina poio to thelema to emon alla to thelema tou pempsantos me*

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
quia descendi de caelo non ut faciam voluntatem meam sed voluntatem eius qui misit me

King James Variants
American King James Version   
For I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
For I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
Authorized (King James) Version   
For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
New King James Version   
For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
21st Century King James Version   
For I came down from Heaven, not to do Mine own will, but the will of Him that sent Me.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
For I am come down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
“For I came down from Heaven, not to do my will, but to do the will of him who has sent me.”
Darby Bible Translation   
For I am come down from heaven, not that I should do my will, but the will of him that has sent me.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
Because I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
For I am come down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me.
God's Word   
I haven't come from heaven to do what I want to do. I've come to do what the one who sent me wants me to do.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
For I have come down from heaven, not to do My will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
International Standard Version   
I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of the one who sent me.
NET Bible   
For I have come down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of the one who sent me.
New American Standard Bible   
"For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
New International Version   
For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me.
New Living Translation   
For I have come down from heaven to do the will of God who sent me, not to do my own will.
Webster's Bible Translation   
For I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me.
Weymouth New Testament   
For I have left Heaven and have come down to earth not to seek my own pleasure, but to do the will of Him who sent me.
The World English Bible   
For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.
EasyEnglish Bible   
I have not come down from heaven to do what I myself choose to do. No, my Father has sent me. I have come to do what he wants me to do.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
because I have come down out of the heaven, not that I may do my will, but the will of Him who sent me.
New Life Version   
I came down from heaven. I did not come to do what I wanted to do. I came to do what My Father wanted Me to do. He is the One Who sent Me.
Revised Geneva Translation   
“For I came down from Heaven, not to do My own will, but His will Who has sent Me.
The Voice Bible   
And here’s the reason: I have come down from heaven not to pursue My own agenda but to do what He desires. I am here on behalf of the Father who sent Me.
Living Bible   
For I have come here from heaven to do the will of God who sent me, not to have my own way.
New Catholic Bible   
For I have come down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me.
Legacy Standard Bible   
For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
For I came down from the heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me.
Christian Standard Bible   
For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
For I have come down from heaven not to do My own will and purpose but to do the will and purpose of Him Who sent Me.
New Century Version   
I came down from heaven to do what God wants me to do, not what I want to do.
The Message   
Jesus said, “I am the Bread of Life. The person who aligns with me hungers no more and thirsts no more, ever. I have told you this explicitly because even though you have seen me in action, you don’t really believe me. Every person the Father gives me eventually comes running to me. And once that person is with me, I hold on and don’t let go. I came down from heaven not to follow my own agenda but to accomplish the will of the One who sent me.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
For I have come down from heaven, not to do my will, but the will of him who sent me.
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
For I have come down from · heaven, not to do · my own will · but to do the will of him who sent me.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
for I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.
New Matthew Bible   
For I came down from heaven not to do my own will, but the will of him who has sent me.
Good News Translation®   
because I have come down from heaven to do not my own will but the will of him who sent me.
Wycliffe Bible   
For I came down from heaven, not that I do my will, but the will of him that sent me.
New Testament for Everyone   
because I came down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of the one who sent me.
Contemporary English Version   
I didn't come from heaven to do what I want! I came to do what the Father wants me to do. He sent me,
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me;
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
Then Jesus said to them, “I myself am the bread of life. The man who comes to me will never be hungry and the man who believes in me will never again be thirsty. Yet I have told you that you have seen me and do not believe. Everything that my Father gives me will come to me and I will never refuse anyone who comes to me. For I have come down from Heaven, not to do what I want, but to do the will of him who sent me. The will of him who sent me is that I should not lose anything of what he has given me, but should raise it up when the last day comes. And this is the will of the one who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son and trusts in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up when the last day comes.”
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
for I have come down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
for I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.
Common English Bible © 2011   
I have come down from heaven not to do my will, but the will of him who sent me.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
because I came down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of the one who sent me.
New American Standard Bible   
For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
The Expanded Bible   
[L For] I came down from heaven to do ·what God wants me to do [L the will of him who sent me], not ·what I want to do [L my own will].
Tree of Life Version   
For I have come down from heaven not to do My own will but the will of the One who sent Me.
Revised Standard Version   
For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me;
New International Reader's Version   
I have not come down from heaven to do what I want to do. I have come to do what the one who sent me wants me to do.
BRG Bible   
For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
Complete Jewish Bible   
For I have come down from heaven to do not my own will but the will of the One who sent me.
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
I did not come down from heaven to do what I myself want to do. I came to do what the one who sent me wants me to do.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
for I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
For I have come down from Shomayim not that I may do my ratzon, but the ratzon of the One having sent me.
Names of God Bible   
I haven’t come from heaven to do what I want to do. I’ve come to do what the one who sent me wants me to do.
Modern English Version   
For I came down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
Easy-to-Read Version   
I came down from heaven to do what God wants, not what I want.
International Children’s Bible   
I came down from heaven to do what God wants me to do. I did not come to do what I want to do.
Lexham English Bible   
because I have come down from heaven not that I should do my will, but the will of the one who sent me.
New International Version - UK   
For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me.
Disciples Literal New Testament   
Because I have come down from heaven not in order that I may be doing My will, but the will of the One having sent Me.