⁷ Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go down, because your people, whom you brought up out of Egypt,^(A) have become corrupt.^{(B) 8} They have been quick to turn away^(C) from what I commanded them and have made themselves an idol^(D) cast in the shape of a calf.^(E) They have bowed down to it and sacrificed^(F) to it and have said, ‘These are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.’^(G)

⁹ “I have seen these people,” the Lord said to Moses, “and they are a stiff-necked^(H) people. ¹⁰ Now leave me alone^(I) so that my anger may burn against them and that I may destroy^(J) them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”^(K)

¹¹ But Moses sought the favor^(L) of the Lord his God. “Lord,” he said, “why should your anger burn against your people, whom you brought out of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?^{(M) 12} Why should the Egyptians say, ‘It was with evil intent that he brought them out, to kill them in the mountains and to wipe them off the face of the earth’?^(N) Turn from your fierce anger; relent and do not bring disaster^(O) on your people. ¹³ Remember^(P) your servants Abraham, Isaac and Israel, to whom you swore by your own self:^(Q) ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars^(R) in the sky and I will give your descendants all this land^(S) I promised them, and it will be their inheritance forever.’” ¹⁴ Then the Lord relented^(T) and did not bring on his people the disaster he had threatened.

³⁰ By myself I can do nothing;^(A) I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just,^(B) for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.^(C)

Testimonies About Jesus

³¹ “If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true.^{(D) 32} There is another who testifies in my favor,^(E) and I know that his testimony about me is true.

³³ “You have sent to John and he has testified^(F) to the truth. ³⁴ Not that I accept human testimony;^(G) but I mention it that you may be saved.^{(H) 35} John was a lamp that burned and gave light,^(I) and you chose for a time to enjoy his light.

³⁶ “I have testimony weightier than that of John.^(J) For the works that the Father has given me to finish—the very works that I am doing^(K)—testify that the Father has sent me.^{(L) 37} And the Father who sent me has himself testified concerning me.^(M) You have never heard his voice nor seen his form,^{(N) 38} nor does his word dwell in you,^(O) for you do not believe^(P) the one he sent.^{(Q) 39} You study^[a] the Scriptures^(R) diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life.^(S) These are the very Scriptures that testify about me,^{(T) 40} yet you refuse to come to me^(U) to have life.

⁴¹ “I do not accept glory from human beings,^{(V) 42} but I know you. I know that you do not have the love of God in your hearts. ⁴³ I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not accept me; but 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 do not seek the glory that comes from the only God^[b]?^(W)

⁴⁵ “But do not think I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses,^(X) on whom your hopes are set.^{(Y) 46} If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me.^{(Z) 47} But since you do not believe what he wrote, how are you going to believe what I say?”^(AA)