Testimonies About Jesus

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

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

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

⁴¹ “I do not accept glory from human beings,^{(S) 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]?^(T)

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

Jesus and John the Baptist^(A)

¹⁸ John’s^(B) disciples^(C) told him about all these things. Calling two of them, ¹⁹ he sent them to the Lord to ask, “Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?”

²⁰ When the men came to Jesus, they said, “John the Baptist sent us to you to ask, ‘Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?’”

²¹ At that very time Jesus cured many who had diseases, sicknesses^(D) and evil spirits, and gave sight to many who were blind. ²² So he replied to the messengers, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy^[a] are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is proclaimed to the poor.^{(E) 23} Blessed is anyone who does not stumble on account of me.”