JUAN 5
Uspanteco
Titzibˈsaj jun winak ri siquirnak jtioˈjl
5 Cuando xkˈax quibˈ uxibˈ kˈij jbˈantaj juntir li jwiˈl Kakaj Jesús, xeˈ Jerusalén jwiˈl jun nimakˈij ri trantak yak rijajl Israel. 2 Y li man tilmit li chijcˈulel man pwert re oquebˈ ri tibˈijsaj Jpwert Mak Carner re, wiˈ jun nimlaj cˈotobˈ bˈanal claˈ ri tibˈijsaj Betesda re li tzˈijbˈal hebreo. Y chakˈchiˈ man cˈotobˈ li sutul rij laˈ jobˈ chinam. 3 Y laj jmujalak mak chinam li wiˈ subˈlaj qˈui yaj tzˈeˈltak, wiˈ moytak, coˈxtak y siquirnak jtioˈjlak tijin trulbˈejtak tisilibˈ man jaˈ. 4 Jwiˈl wiˈ jujun bˈwelt tikejch jun ranjl Kakaj Dios chi jsilibˈsaj man jaˈ li y nen jono rechak yak cristian ri yajtak ri nabˈe tikej li man jaˈ cuando tisilibˈsaj jwiˈl anjl, titzibˈiˈ re nen chi yajel ri wiˈ re. 5 Y claˈ wiˈ jun winak yaj ri xanaˈ junwinak waxaklajuj (38) junabˈ jtaˈic jyaj jwiˈl. 6 Kakaj Jesús, cuando xril chi tzˈeˈl sicˈ winak claˈ xretemaj chi ojrchak yaj, xtzˈonaj re: ¿Chawajniˈ attzibˈc? xcheˈ re.
7 Sicˈ winak yaj xij re Kakaj Jesús: Kaj, taˈ nen inkesan li jaˈ cuando tisilibˈsaj man jaˈ jwiˈl anjl. Nojel bˈwelt cuando chwaj inkej li jaˈ, jalan tikej nabˈe chinwch, xcheˈ re.
8 Kakaj Jesús xij re: Bˈiiten, cˈambˈi achˈatum cheˈ y woˈcoten, xcheˈ re.
9 Y laj or xtzibˈ sicˈ winak, xcˈambˈi jchˈatum cheˈ y xwoˈcotc. Y jwiˈl man kˈij li kˈijiˈ re uxlan, 10 xpe mak jbˈabˈalak yak rijajl Israel, xijtak re sicˈ winak li: Lajori kˈijiˈ re uxlan, taˈ yeˈl luwar chawe tawikajbˈi achˈatum cheˈ, xcheˈtak re.
11 Sicˈ winak li xij rechak: Winak ri xintzibˈsanc, xij chwe: Cˈambˈi achˈatum cheˈ y woˈcoten, xcheˈ chwe, xcheˈ rechak.
12 Rechak xtzˈonajtak re: ¿Nen xin chawe chi tacˈambˈi achˈatum cheˈ y atwoˈcotc? xcheˈtak re.
13 Y sicˈ winak taˈ xcwin chi jcˈutic nen xtzibˈsan re, jwiˈl Kakaj Jesús xsach ribˈ xoˈlak subˈlaj qˈui cristian ri wiˈtak claˈ.
14 Cuando xantaj juntir li, Kakaj Jesús xril chic jwich sicˈ winak bˈatzˈaak re nimi richoch Kakaj Dios y xij re: Ta jcholajl, lajori xattzibˈiˈn, mat macun chic pire maˈ tipe jun ayaj mas cˈax chic chiwch ri xataˈ, xcheˈ re.
15 Xpe sicˈ winak li, xeˈ jbˈij rechak mak jbˈabˈalak yak rijajl Israel chi riˈ Kakaj Jesús ri xtzibˈsan re. 16 Mak jbˈabˈalak yak rijajl Israel takel rij Kakaj Jesús jwiˈlak pire trantak cˈax re asta tijcamsajtak jwiˈl xtzibˈsaj sicˈ winak laˈ kˈij re uxlan.
17 Kakaj Jesús xij rechak: Inkaj nojel kˈij tijin tran utzil y jilon in, tambˈanaˈ utzil, xcheˈ rechak.
18 Jwiˈliˈli xpe chic mas retzalak mak jbˈabˈalak yak rijajl Israel chirij, rajak roj tijcamsajtak jwiˈl re xan lawiˈ ri taˈ yeˈl luwar tibˈan laˈ kˈij re uxlan y jwiˈl re riˈ raj tijniqˈuibˈsaj ribˈ riqˈui Kakaj Dios jwiˈl xij chi riˈ Kakaj Dios Jkaj.
Takon ri wiˈ laj jkˈabˈ Kakaj Jesús
19 Kakaj Jesús xij chic rechak: Kes tzˈetel tzˈet tambˈij chawechak chi Jcˈajol Kakaj Dios taˈ nen tran pi ricˈan, xike tran lawiˈ ri tril ri tran Jkaj. Juntir ri tran Jkaj, jilon tran Jcˈajol.
20 Kakaj Dios tijlokˈajiˈ Jcˈajol y juntir ri tran tijcˈutaˈ chiwch y tijcˈutaˈ mas nimaktak kelen chiwch ri subˈlaj sachom chˈolal rilic ri xawiltak lajori, ri tisachow mas achˈolak chi rilic. 21 Jilon chapcaˈ Kakaj Dios tijcˈastasaj jwichak camnakibˈ pire tijyeˈ chic jcˈaslemalak y jilon Jcˈajol Kakaj Dios tijyaˈ jcˈaslemal nen quiek re raj tijyeˈ jcˈaslemal. 22 Y Kakaj Dios taˈ tran jkˈatbˈitzij chibˈ jono cristian, xjachaˈ juntir jkˈatbˈitzij laj jkˈabˈ Jcˈajol y riˈ Jcˈajol tibˈanow kˈatbˈitzij chibˈak juntir cristian wich ulew, 23 pire juntir cristian tijcojtak jkˈij Jcˈajol Kakaj Dios chapcaˈ trantak chi jcojic jkˈij Kakaj Dios. Nen taˈ tijcoj jkˈij Jcˈajol Kakaj Dios, taˈ tijcoj jkˈij Kakaj Dios ri xtakowch re.
24 Kes tzˈetel tzˈet tambˈij chawechak, nen tijta inyolj ri tambˈij y ticubˈar jchˈol chirij ri intakowinakch, tijtaˈ tzilaj cˈaslemal riqˈui Kakaj Dios lecj ri taˈ jqˈuisic. Y taˈ tibˈan kˈatbˈitzij chibˈ, nicˈ riqˈuil xcamiˈn y xcˈastasajiˈ jwich laj jcamnakl.
25 Kes tzˈetel tzˈet tambˈij chawechak chi tina tawna jun kˈij y lajori xtawiˈ kˈij cuando yak cristian ri nicˈ riqˈuil camnaktak tijtatak jyolj Jcˈajol Kakaj Dios. Y yak ri tijtatak jyolj Jcˈajol Kakaj Dios y trantak lawiˈ ri tijbˈij tiyoˈrtakaˈn.
26 Jilon chapcaˈ Kakaj Dios wiˈ jcwinel chi jyeˈic jcˈaslemal ricˈan, xyaˈ jcwinel Jcˈajol chi jyeˈic jcˈaslemal. 27 Y xyaˈ kˈatbˈitzij laj jkˈabˈ pire tran kˈatbˈitzij chibˈak juntir cristian jwiˈl riˈ Jcˈajol ri xwux pi cristianil.
28 Mi sach achˈolak chi jtaic juntir ri, jwiˈl tina tawna jun kˈij juntir camnakibˈ tina jtatakna jyolj Jcˈajol Kakaj Dios laj jluwrak lamas mukultak 29 y tina eltaknach lamas mukultak. Yak ri xantak tzitaklaj noˈj ticˈastasaj jwichak laj jcamnaklak pire tijtaˈtak tzilaj cˈaslemal riqˈui Kakaj Dios lecj ri taˈ jqˈuisic. Pero yak ri xantak etzltak noˈj ticˈastasaj jwichak laj jcamnaklak pire tibˈan kˈatbˈitzij chibˈak.
30 In, taˈ tambˈan inkˈatbˈitzij pi wicˈan. In tambˈan inkˈatbˈitzij chibˈ jun cristian jilon chapcaˈ ri bˈil chwe jwiˈl Kakaj Dios y inkˈatbˈitzij ri tambˈan pi jcholajliˈn. Jwiˈl maˈ riˈ taˈ tambˈan lawiˈ ri chwaj in, riˈ tambˈan lawiˈ raj ri intakowinakch. 31 Y wi inke imbˈin chwij chi tzˈetiˈ ri tijin tambˈij, juntir ri tambˈij taˈ nen tichacuj.
Ri tibˈintak tzˈetel tzˈet chirij Kakaj Jesús
32 Pero wiˈ jun tibˈin chwij in chi tzˈetiˈ ri tambˈij y in wetamiˈ chi lawiˈ ri tijbˈij re chwij, kes tzˈetel tzˈetiˈn. 33 Atak xataktak jtzˈonaj re Juan Ajbˈanal Jaˈtiox y juntir ri xij re kes tzˈetiˈn. 34 Pero pi we in taˈ rajwax jono cristian tibˈin chwij chi tzˈetel tzˈetiˈ ri tambˈij. In tambˈij jilonli pirechiˈ atcolmajtak laj jkˈabˈ amacak.
35 Juan Ajbˈanal Jaˈtiox jilon chapcaˈ jun kˈakˈ tijumin jkˈakˈal y tijsakabˈsaj juntir y atak xatquiˈcottakaˈ quibˈ uxibˈ kˈij jwiˈl jsakil ri xan. 36 Pero wiˈ chiquiˈ nen tibˈin chwij chi tzˈetel tzˈetiˈ ri tambˈij. Re masna tresaj chi sakil chiwch ri xij Juan Ajbˈanal Jaˈtiox, jwiˈl juntir ri tambˈan riˈ ri xij Kakaj Dios chwe chi tambˈan y riˈ li ticˈutuw chi riˈ Kakaj Dios ri intakowinakch. 37 Y riˈ Kakaj Dios ri intakowinakch tibˈin chwij chi tzˈetel tzˈetiˈ ri tambˈij y atak taˈ tal jyolj awiˈlak y taˈ ilan jwich awiˈlak. 38 Witi tioc Lokˈlaj Jyolj Kakaj Dios laj awanmak, ticubˈariˈ achˈolak chirij ri takalch jwiˈl Kakaj Dios.
39 Atak tziyiˈ jtoquic jcholajl li wuj re Lokˈlaj Jyolj Kakaj Dios tabˈantak jwiˈl tabˈij laj awanmak chi claˈ tijbˈij nen tabˈantak chi jtaˈic jun tzilaj cˈaslemal riqˈui Kakaj Dios lecj ri taˈ jqˈuisic y riˈ wuj re Lokˈlaj Jyolj Kakaj Dios li tibˈin chwij chi tzˈetiˈ ri tambˈij. 40 Pero taˈ chawajak tatatak inyolj pire tataˈtak tzilaj cˈaslemal riqˈui Kakaj Dios lecj ri taˈ jqˈuisic.
41 In taˈ chwaj tinimirsaj inkˈij jwiˈlak yak cristian. 42 Y wetamiˈ anoˈjak y wetamiˈ chi taˈ talokˈajtak Kakaj Dios. 43 In, Kakaj Dios intakowinakch y atak taˈ tacˈultak inyolj, pero wi wiˈ jun chic laj jnoˈjke re tipetc, riˈ li tacˈulaˈtakaˈ jyolj pi utzil.
44 Atak taˈ tacojtak ri tambˈij jwiˈl riˈ mas kus tawiltak tacoj akˈijak chawibˈil aybˈak y taˈ atoctak il chi jbˈanic utzil pire ticojsaj akˈijak jwiˈl Kakaj Dios ri xike re jun chi Dios. 45 Ma bˈij laj awanmak chi in, incojow tzij chawijak chiwch Kakaj Dios. Ri ticojow tzij chawijak chiwch Kakaj Dios, riˈ Moisés ri cubˈul achˈolak chirij. 46 Atak, witi tacojtak ri xij Moisés, titicaˈ acojtakreˈ ri tambˈij in jwiˈl Moisés xtzˈibˈajiˈ li wuj chwij in. 47 Pero wi mitaˈ tacojtak ri xtzˈibˈaj Moisés, taˈ tacojtak ri tambˈij in chawechak, xcheˈ Kakaj Jesús rechak mak jbˈabˈalak yak rijajl Israel.
John 5
Good News Translation
The Healing at the Pool
5 After this, Jesus went to Jerusalem for a religious festival. 2 Near the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem there is a pool[a] with five porches; in Hebrew it is called Bethzatha.[b] 3 A large crowd of sick people were lying on the porches—the blind, the lame, and the paralyzed. 4 [c] 5 A man was there who had been sick for thirty-eight years. 6 Jesus saw him lying there, and he knew that the man had been sick for such a long time; so he asked him, “Do you want to get well?”
7 The sick man answered, “Sir, I don't have anyone here to put me in the pool when the water is stirred up; while I am trying to get in, somebody else gets there first.”
8 Jesus said to him, “Get up, pick up your mat, and walk.” 9 Immediately the man got well; he picked up his mat and started walking.
The day this happened was a Sabbath, 10 (A)so the Jewish authorities told the man who had been healed, “This is a Sabbath, and it is against our Law for you to carry your mat.”
11 He answered, “The man who made me well told me to pick up my mat and walk.”
12 They asked him, “Who is the man who told you to do this?”
13 But the man who had been healed did not know who Jesus was, for there was a crowd in that place, and Jesus had slipped away.
14 Afterward, Jesus found him in the Temple and said, “Listen, you are well now; so stop sinning or something worse may happen to you.”
15 Then the man left and told the Jewish authorities that it was Jesus who had healed him. 16 So they began to persecute Jesus, because he had done this healing on a Sabbath. 17 Jesus answered them, “My Father is always working, and I too must work.”
18 (B)This saying made the Jewish authorities all the more determined to kill him; not only had he broken the Sabbath law, but he had said that God was his own Father and in this way had made himself equal with God.
The Authority of the Son
19 So Jesus answered them, “I tell you the truth: the Son can do nothing on his own; he does only what he sees his Father doing. What the Father does, the Son also does. 20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing. He will show him even greater things to do than this, and you will all be amazed. 21 Just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, in the same way the Son gives life to those he wants to. 22 Nor does the Father himself judge anyone. He has given his Son the full right to judge, 23 so that all will honor the Son in the same way as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.
24 “I am telling you the truth: those who hear my words and believe in him who sent me have eternal life. They will not be judged, but have already passed from death to life. 25 I am telling you the truth: the time is coming—the time has already come—when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear it will come to life. 26 Just as the Father is himself the source of life, in the same way he has made his Son to be the source of life. 27 And he has given the Son the right to judge, because he is the Son of Man. 28 Do not be surprised at this; the time is coming when all the dead will hear his voice 29 (C)and come out of their graves: those who have done good will rise and live, and those who have done evil will rise and be condemned.
Witnesses to Jesus
30 “I can do nothing on my own authority; I judge only as God tells me, so my judgment is right, because I am not trying to do what I want, but only what he who sent me wants.
31 “If I testify on my own behalf, what I say is not to be accepted as real proof. 32 But there is someone else who testifies on my behalf, and I know that what he says about me is true. 33 (D)John is the one to whom you sent your messengers, and he spoke on behalf of the truth. 34 It is not that I must have a human witness; I say this only in order that you may be saved. 35 (E)John was like a lamp, burning and shining, and you were willing for a while to enjoy his light. 36 But I have a witness on my behalf which is even greater than the witness that John gave: what I do, that is, the deeds my Father gave me to do, these speak on my behalf and show that the Father has sent me. 37 (F)And the Father, who sent me, also testifies on my behalf. You have never heard his voice or seen his face, 38 and you do not keep his message in your hearts, for you do not believe in the one whom he sent. 39 (G)You study the Scriptures, because you think that in them you will find eternal life. And these very Scriptures speak about me! 40 Yet you are not willing to come to me in order to have life.
41 “I am not looking for human praise. 42 But I know what kind of people you are, and I know that you have no love for God in your hearts. 43 I have come with my Father's authority, but you have not received me; when, however, someone comes with his own authority, you will receive him. 44 You like to receive praise from one another, but you do not try to win praise from the one who alone is God; how, then, can you believe me? 45 Do not think, however, that I am the one who will accuse you to my Father. Moses, in whom you have put your hope, is the very one who will accuse you. 46 If you had really believed Moses, you would have believed me, because he wrote about me. 47 But since you do not believe what he wrote, how can you believe what I say?”
Footnotes
- John 5:2 Near the Sheep Gate … a pool; or Near the Sheep Pool … a place.
- John 5:2 Bethzatha; some manuscripts have Bethesda.
- John 5:4 Some manuscripts add verses 3b-4: They were waiting for the water to move, because every now and then an angel of the Lord went down into the pool and stirred up the water. The first sick person to go into the pool after the water was stirred up was healed from whatever disease he had.
约翰福音 5
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Simplified)
医好三十八年之病者
5 这事以后，到了犹太人的一个节期，耶稣就上耶路撒冷去。
2 在耶路撒冷，靠近羊门有一个池子，希伯来话叫做毕士大，旁边有五个廊子， 3 里面躺着瞎眼的、瘸腿的、血气枯干的许多病人[a]。 5 在那里有一个人，病了三十八年。 6 耶稣看见他躺着，知道他病了许久，就问他说：“你要痊愈吗？” 7 病人回答说：“先生，水动的时候，没有人把我放在池子里，我正去的时候，就有别人比我先下去。” 8 耶稣对他说：“起来，拿你的褥子走吧！” 9 那人立刻痊愈，就拿起褥子来走了。
犹太人责耶稣犯安息日
10 那天是安息日，所以犹太人对那医好的人说：“今天是安息日，你拿褥子是不可的！” 11 他却回答说：“那使我痊愈的对我说‘拿你的褥子走吧’。” 12 他们问他说：“对你说‘拿褥子走’的是什么人？” 13 那医好的人不知道是谁，因为那里的人多，耶稣已经躲开了。 14 后来耶稣在殿里遇见他，对他说：“你已经痊愈了，不要再犯罪，恐怕你遭遇的更加厉害。” 15 那人就去告诉犹太人，使他痊愈的是耶稣。 16 所以犹太人逼迫耶稣，因为他在安息日做了这事。 17 耶稣就对他们说：“我父做事直到如今，我也做事。” 18 所以犹太人越发想要杀他，因他不但犯了安息日，并且称神为他的父，将自己和神当做平等。
尊敬子如尊敬父
19 耶稣对他们说：“我实实在在地告诉你们：子凭着自己不能做什么，唯有看见父所做的，子才能做；父所做的事，子也照样做。 20 父爱子，将自己所做的一切事指给他看，还要将比这更大的事指给他看，叫你们稀奇。 21 父怎样叫死人起来，使他们活着，子也照样随自己的意思使人活着。 22 父不审判什么人，乃将审判的事全交于子， 23 叫人都尊敬子如同尊敬父一样。不尊敬子的，就是不尊敬差子来的父。 24 我实实在在地告诉你们：那听我话又信差我来者的，就有永生，不至于定罪，是已经出死入生了。 25 我实实在在地告诉你们：时候将到，现在就是了，死人要听见神儿子的声音，听见的人就要活了。 26 因为父怎样在自己有生命，就赐给他儿子也照样在自己有生命， 27 并且因为他是人子，就赐给他行审判的权柄。 28 你们不要把这事看做稀奇。时候要到，凡在坟墓里的，都要听见他的声音，就出来， 29 行善的复活得生，作恶的复活定罪。
30 “我凭着自己不能做什么，我怎么听见就怎么审判。我的审判也是公平的，因为我不求自己的意思，只求那差我来者的意思。 31 我若为自己作见证，我的见证就不真。 32 另有一位给我作见证，我也知道他给我作的见证是真的。 33 你们曾差人到约翰那里，他为真理作过见证。 34 其实我所受的见证不是从人来的，然而我说这些话，为要叫你们得救。 35 约翰是点着的明灯，你们情愿暂时喜欢他的光。 36 但我有比约翰更大的见证，因为父交给我要我成就的事，就是我所做的事，这便见证我是父所差来的。 37 差我来的父也为我作过见证。你们从来没有听见他的声音，也没有看见他的形象。 38 你们并没有他的道存在心里，因为他所差来的，你们不信。
圣经为耶稣的证据
39 “你们查考圣经[b]，因你们以为内中有永生。给我作见证的就是这经， 40 然而你们不肯到我这里来得生命。 41 我不受从人来的荣耀。 42 但我知道，你们心里没有神的爱。 43 我奉我父的名来，你们并不接待我；若有别人奉自己的名来，你们倒要接待他。 44 你们互相受荣耀，却不求从独一之神来的荣耀，怎能信我呢？
不信摩西怎能信主
45 “不要想我在父面前要告你们，有一位告你们的，就是你们所仰赖的摩西。 46 你们如果信摩西，也必信我，因为他书上有指着我写的话。 47 你们若不信他的书，怎能信我的话呢？”
John 5
New Century Version
Jesus Heals a Man at a Pool
5 Later Jesus went to Jerusalem for a special feast. 2 In Jerusalem there is a pool with five covered porches, which is called Bethesda[a] in the Hebrew language.[b] This pool is near the Sheep Gate. 3 Many sick people were lying on the porches beside the pool. Some were blind, some were crippled, and some were paralyzed [, and they waited for the water to move. 4 Sometimes an angel of the Lord came down to the pool and stirred up the water. After the angel did this, the first person to go into the pool was healed from any sickness he had].[c] 5 A man was lying there who had been sick for thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw the man and knew that he had been sick for such a long time, Jesus asked him, “Do you want to be well?”
7 The sick man answered, “Sir, there is no one to help me get into the pool when the water starts moving. While I am coming to the water, someone else always gets in before me.”
8 Then Jesus said, “Stand up. Pick up your mat and walk.” 9 And immediately the man was well; he picked up his mat and began to walk.
The day this happened was a Sabbath day. 10 So the Jews said to the man who had been healed, “Today is the Sabbath. It is against our law for you to carry your mat on the Sabbath day.”
11 But he answered, “The man who made me well told me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’ ”
12 Then they asked him, “Who is the man who told you to pick up your mat and walk?”
13 But the man who had been healed did not know who it was, because there were many people in that place, and Jesus had left.
14 Later, Jesus found the man at the Temple and said to him, “See, you are well now. Stop sinning so that something worse does not happen to you.”
15 Then the man left and told his people that Jesus was the one who had made him well.
16 Because Jesus was doing this on the Sabbath day, some evil people began to persecute him. 17 But Jesus said to them, “My Father never stops working, and so I keep working, too.”
18 This made them try still harder to kill him. They said, “First Jesus was breaking the law about the Sabbath day. Now he says that God is his own Father, making himself equal with God!”
Jesus Has God’s Authority
19 But Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing alone. The Son does only what he sees the Father doing, because the Son does whatever the Father does. 20 The Father loves the Son and shows the Son all the things he himself does. But the Father will show the Son even greater things than this so that you can all be amazed. 21 Just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to those he wants to. 22 In fact, the Father judges no one, but he has given the Son power to do all the judging 23 so that all people will honor the Son as much as they honor the Father. Anyone who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.
24 “I tell you the truth, whoever hears what I say and believes in the One who sent me has eternal life. That person will not be judged guilty but has already left death and entered life. 25 I tell you the truth, the time is coming and is already here when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will have life. 26 Life comes from the Father himself, and he has allowed the Son to have life in himself as well. 27 And the Father has given the Son the approval to judge, because he is the Son of Man. 28 Don’t be surprised at this: A time is coming when all who are dead and in their graves will hear his voice. 29 Then they will come out of their graves. Those who did good will rise and have life forever, but those who did evil will rise to be judged guilty.
Jesus Is God’s Son
30 “I can do nothing alone. I judge only the way I am told, so my judgment is fair. I don’t try to please myself, but I try to please the One who sent me.
31 “If only I tell people about myself, what I say is not true. 32 But there is another who tells about me, and I know that the things he says about me are true.
33 “You have sent people to John, and he has told you the truth. 34 It is not that I need what humans say; I tell you this so you can be saved. 35 John was like a burning and shining lamp, and you were happy to enjoy his light for a while.
36 “But I have a proof about myself that is greater than that of John. The things I do, which are the things my Father gave me to do, prove that the Father sent me. 37 And the Father himself who sent me has given proof about me. You have never heard his voice or seen what he looks like. 38 His teaching does not live in you, because you don’t believe in the One the Father sent. 39 You carefully study the Scriptures because you think they give you eternal life. They do in fact tell about me, 40 but you refuse to come to me to have that life.
41 “I don’t need praise from people. 42 But I know you—I know that you don’t have God’s love in you. 43 I have come from my Father and speak for him, but you don’t accept me. But when another person comes, speaking only for himself, you will accept him. 44 You try to get praise from each other, but you do not try to get the praise that comes from the only God. So how can you believe? 45 Don’t think that I will stand before the Father and say you are wrong. The one who says you are wrong is Moses, the one you hoped would save you. 46 If you really believed Moses, you would believe me, because Moses wrote about me. 47 But if you don’t believe what Moses wrote, how can you believe what I say?”
Footnotes
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