John 5:30-47

John 5

³⁰ I can do nothing at all on my own. I judge only as I hear. And my judgment is just, for I do not seek my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

³¹ “If I were to testify about myself, my testimony would not be valid. ³² There is another who testifies about me, and I know that his testimony about me is valid. ³³ You sent to John, and he has testified to the truth. ³⁴ The testimony I receive is not from man, but I am saying these things so that you may be saved. ³⁵ John was a lamp that was shining brightly, and for a while you wanted to enjoy his light. ³⁶ But I have testimony greater than John’s. For the works that the Father gave me to carry out, the very works that I am doing, these testify about me that the Father has sent me. ³⁷ The Father who sent me—he is the one who has testified about me. You have never heard his voice or seen his form. ³⁸ And you do not have his word remaining in you, because you do not believe the one he sent. ³⁹ You search the Scriptures because you think you have eternal life in them. They testify about me! ⁴⁰ And yet you do not want to come to me in order to have life.

⁴¹ “I do not accept honor from people. ⁴² But I know you. I know that you do not have the love of God within you. ⁴³ I have come in my Father’s name, yet you do not accept me. If someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him. ⁴⁴ How can you believe while you continue to accept glory from one another and you do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?

⁴⁵ “Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father. The one who accuses you is Moses, on whom you have set your hope. ⁴⁶ For if you believed Moses, you would believe me, because he wrote about me. ⁴⁷ But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe what I say?”