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. 32 There 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. 34 Not that (I)the testimony that I receive is from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved. 35 He was a burning and (J)shining lamp, and (K)you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.

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30 I can do nothing on my own accord. I judge according to what I hear, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will but the will of the one who sent me.”

Jesus’ Greater Testimony

31 “If I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is not trustworthy. 32 There is another who testifies about me, and I know[a] that the testimony he gives about me is true. 33 You have sent messengers[b] to John, and he has testified to the truth. 34 I myself do not accept human testimony, but I am saying these things so that you may be saved. 35 That man John[c] was a lamp that burns and brightly shines, and for a while you were willing to rejoice in his light.

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Footnotes

  1. John 5:32 Other mss. read you know
  2. John 5:33 The Gk. lacks messengers
  3. John 5:35 The Gk. lacks John