John 5:30-47

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Witnesses to Jesus

³⁰^(A)“I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and ^(B)my judgment is just, because ^(C)I seek not my own will ^(D)but the will of him who sent me. ³¹^(E)If I alone bear witness about myself, my testimony is not true. ³²There is ^(F)another who bears witness about me, and ^(G)I know that the testimony that he bears about me is true. ³³^(H)You sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth. ³⁴Not that ^(I)the testimony that I receive is from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved. ³⁵He was a burning and ^(J)shining lamp, and ^(K)you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light. ³⁶But ^(L)the testimony that I have is greater than that of John. For ^(M)the works that the Father has given me ^(N)to accomplish, the very works that I am doing, ^(O)bear witness about me that ^(P)the Father has sent me. ³⁷And the Father who sent me ^(Q)has himself borne witness about me. His voice you have never heard, ^(R)his form you have never seen, ³⁸and ^(S)you do not have his word abiding in you, for you do not believe the one whom he has sent. ³⁹^(T)You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and ^(U)it is they that bear witness about me, ⁴⁰yet ^(V)you refuse to come to me that you may have life. ⁴¹^(W)I do not receive glory from people. ⁴²But ^(X)I know that you do not have ^(Y)the love of God within you. ⁴³I have come ^(Z)in my Father's name, and ^(AA)you do not receive me. ^(AB)If another comes in his own name, you will receive him. ⁴⁴How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and ^(AC)do not seek the glory that comes from ^(AD)the only God? ⁴⁵Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you: Moses, ^(AE)on whom you have set your hope. ⁴⁶For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for ^(AF)he wrote of me. ⁴⁷But ^(AG)if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?”

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Psalm 16

English Standard Version

You Will Not Abandon My Soul

A ^(A)Miktam^[a] of David.

16 Preserve me, O God, for in you I ^(B)take refuge.
²I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
^(C)I have no good apart from you.”

³As for ^(D)the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones,
in whom is all my delight.^[b]

⁴The sorrows of those who run after^[c] another god shall multiply;
their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out
or ^(E)take their names on my lips.

⁵The Lord is ^(F)my chosen portion and my ^(G)cup;
you hold my ^(H)lot.
⁶^(I)The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.

⁷I bless the Lord who ^(J)gives me counsel;
in ^(K)the night also my ^(L)heart instructs me.^[d]
⁸^(M)I have ^(N)set the Lord always before me;
because he is at my ^(O)right hand, I shall not be ^(P)shaken.

⁹Therefore my heart is glad, and my ^(Q)whole being^[e] rejoices;
my flesh also dwells secure.
¹⁰For you will not abandon my soul to ^(R)Sheol,
^(S)or let your ^(T)holy one see ^(U)corruption.^[f]

¹¹You make known to me ^(V)the path of life;
in your presence there is ^(W)fullness of joy;
at your right hand are ^(X)pleasures forevermore.

Footnotes

Psalm 16:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
Psalm 16:3 Or To the saints in the land, the excellent in whom is all my delight, I say:
Psalm 16:4 Or who acquire
Psalm 16:7 Hebrew my kidneys instruct me
Psalm 16:9 Hebrew my glory
Psalm 16:10 Or see the pit