John 5:31-47 ▼

31 “If I alone bear witness about Myself, My witness is not true.

32 There is another who bears witness about Me, and I know that the witness which He gives about Me is true.

33 You have sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth.

34 But the witness I receive is not from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved.

35 He was the lamp that was burning and shining and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.

36 But the witness I have is greater than the witness of John; for the works which the Father has given Me to finish—the very works that I do—bear witness about Me, that the Father has sent Me.

37 And the Father who sent Me, He has borne witness about Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time nor seen His form.

38 And you do not have His word abiding in you, for you do not believe Him whom He sent.

39 You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that bear witness about Me;

40 and you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have life.

41 I do not receive glory from men;

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

43 I have come in My Father’s name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, you will receive him.

44 How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and you do not seek the glory that is from the only God?

45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father; the one who accuses you is Moses, in whom you have set your hope.

46 For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me, for he wrote about Me.

47 But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?”