I have many things to say and to judge concerning you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him — Jesus indicates he could condemn them further ('I have many things to say and to judge'), but he restrains himself. Instead, he affirms that the Father (he that sent me) is true, and Jesus speaks only what he has heard from the Father. This reflects the pattern established in 7:16-17: Jesus's teaching originates not in himself but in the Father's truth. His restraint and his fidelity to the Father's word are linked.

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