John 5:30-47

Christian Standard Bible

³⁰ “I can do nothing on my own. I judge only as I hear, and my judgment^(A) is just,^(B) because I do not seek my own will, but the will of him who sent me.^(C)

Witnesses to Jesus

³¹ “If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true. ³² There is another who testifies about me, and I know that the testimony he gives about me is true.^{(D) 33} You sent messengers to John, and he testified to the truth.^{(E) 34} I don’t receive human testimony, but I say these things so that you may be saved. ³⁵ John^[a](F) was a burning and shining lamp,^(G) and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.^(H)

³⁶ “But I have a greater testimony than John’s because of the works that the Father has given me to accomplish.^(I) These very works I am doing testify about me that the Father has sent^(J) me. ³⁷ The Father who sent me has himself testified^(K) about me. You have not heard his voice at any time, and you haven’t seen his form.^{(L) 38} You don’t have his word residing in you, because you don’t believe the one he sent. ³⁹ You pore over the Scriptures^(M) because you think you have eternal life in them, and yet they testify about me.^{(N) 40} But you are not willing^(O) to come to me^(P) so that you may have life.

⁴¹ “I do not accept glory^(Q) from people, ⁴² but I know you—that you have no love for God^(R) within you. ⁴³ I have come in my Father’s name,^(S) and yet you don’t accept me.^(T) If someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him. ⁴⁴ How can you believe, since you accept glory from one another but don’t seek the glory that comes from the only^(U) God?^{(V) 45} Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father. Your accuser is Moses,^(W) 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 don’t believe what he wrote,^(X) how will you believe my words?”^(Y)