John 5:31–47

³¹“^aIf I alone bear witness about Myself, My witness is not ¹true.

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

Witnesses to Jesus: The Father and the Scriptures

³³“You have sent to John, and he ^ahas borne witness to the truth.

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

³⁵“He was ^athe lamp that was burning and shining and you ^bwere willing to rejoice for ¹a while in his light.

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

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

³⁸“And you do not have ^aHis word abiding in you, for you do not believe Him whom He ^bsent.

³⁹“^1aYou search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is ^bthese that bear witness about Me;

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

⁴¹“^aI do not receive glory from men;

⁴²but 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; ^aif another comes in his own name, you will receive him.

⁴⁴“How can you believe, when you ^areceive ¹glory from one another and you do not seek ^bthe ²glory that is from ^cthe only God?

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

⁴⁶“For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me, for ^ahe wrote about Me.

⁴⁷“But ^aif you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?”