John 5:30-40

Christian Standard Bible

³⁰ “I can do nothing on my own. I judge only as I hear, and my judgment^(A) is just,^(B) because I do not seek my own will, but the will of him who sent me.^(C)

Witnesses to Jesus

³¹ “If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true. ³² There is another who testifies about me, and I know that the testimony he gives about me is true.^{(D) 33} You sent messengers to John, and he testified to the truth.^{(E) 34} I don’t receive human testimony, but I say these things so that you may be saved. ³⁵ John^[a](F) was a burning and shining lamp,^(G) and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.^(H)

³⁶ “But I have a greater testimony than John’s because of the works that the Father has given me to accomplish.^(I) These very works I am doing testify about me that the Father has sent^(J) me. ³⁷ The Father who sent me has himself testified^(K) about me. You have not heard his voice at any time, and you haven’t seen his form.^{(L) 38} You don’t have his word residing in you, because you don’t believe the one he sent. ³⁹ You pore over the Scriptures^(M) because you think you have eternal life in them, and yet they testify about me.^{(N) 40} But you are not willing^(O) to come to me^(P) so that you may have life.