⁴⁵Do not think ^rthat I will accuse you to the Father: ^sthere is one that accuseth you, even Moses, ^tin whom ye trust. ⁴⁶For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for ^uhe wrote of me. ⁴⁷But if ye believe not his ^xwritings, ^yhow shall ye believe my words?

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Footnotes

rSo ch. 3:17. & 8:15.
s Deut. 31:21. ch. 7:19. Rom. 2:12.
uSee Luke 24:27.
x 2 Tim. 3:15 (Gk.).
yComp. Luke 16:31.

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t Rom. 2:17.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you: Moses, on whom you have set your hope. For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote of me. But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“But do not think I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, on whom your hopes are set. If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me. But since you do not believe what he wrote, how are you going to believe what I say?”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father. Your accuser is Moses, on whom you have set your hope. For if you believed Moses, you would believe me, because he wrote about me. But if you don’t believe what he wrote, how will you believe my words?”

NLTNew Living Translation

“Yet it isn’t I who will accuse you before the Father. Moses will accuse you! Yes, Moses, in whom you put your hopes. If you really believed Moses, you would believe me, because he wrote about me. But since you don’t believe what he wrote, how will you believe what I say?”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father! The one who accuses you is Moses, in whom you have put your hope! For if you had believed Moses, you would believe me, for that one wrote about me. But if you do not believe that one’s writings, how will you believe my words?”