¹⁴ In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves,^(A) and others sitting at tables exchanging money.^{(B) 15} So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. ¹⁶ To those who sold doves he said, “Get these out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house^(C) into a market!”

¹⁹ This is the verdict: Light^(A) has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.^{(B) 20} Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.^(C)

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)