John 5:24-47 ▼

24 Truly, truly, I say to you, he who is hearing My word, and is believing Him who sent Me, has continuous life, and he does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.

25 Truly, truly, I say to you, [that] there comes an hour, and it now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those having heard will live;

26 for as the Father has life in Himself, so He gave also to the Son to have life in Himself,

27 and authority He gave Him also to do judgment, because He is Son of Man.

28 Do not wonder at this, because there comes an hour in which all those in the tombs will hear His voice,

29 and they will come forth; those who did good things to a resurrection of life, and those who practiced evil things to a resurrection of judgment.

30 I am not able of Myself to do anything; according as I hear I judge, and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of the Father who sent Me.

31 If I testify concerning Myself, My testimony is not true;

32 there is another who is testifying concerning Me, and I have known that the testimony that He testifies concerning Me is true;

33 you have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.

34 But I do not receive testimony from man, but these things I say that you may be saved;

35 he was the burning and shining lamp, and you willed to be glad, for an hour, in his light.

36 But I have the testimony greater than John’s, for the works that the Father gave Me, that I might finish them, the works themselves that I do, they testify concerning Me, that the Father has sent Me.

37 And the Father who sent Me has testified Himself concerning Me; you have neither heard His voice at any time, nor have you seen His appearance;

38 and you do not have His word remaining in you, because you do not believe Him whom He sent.

39 You search the Writings, because you think in them to have continuous life, and these are they that are testifying concerning Me;

40 and you do not will to come to Me, that you may have life;

41 I do not receive glory from man,

42 but I have known you, that you do not have the love of God in yourselves.

43 I have come in the Name of My Father, and you do not receive Me; if another may come in his own name, him you will receive;

44 how are you able—you—to believe, receiving glory from one another, and the glory that [is] from God alone you do not seek?

45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father; there is [one] who is accusing you, Moses—in whom you have hoped;

46 for if you were believing Moses, you would have been believing Me, for he wrote concerning Me;

47 but if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My sayings?”