New Testament in a Year

²⁵ Truly, I tell all of you^[a] emphatically, the time approaches, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear it will live. ²⁶ Just as the Father has life in himself, so also he has granted the Son to have life in himself, ²⁷ and he has given him authority to judge, because he is the Son of Man. ²⁸ Don’t be amazed at this, because the time is approaching when everyone in their graves will hear the Son of Man’s^[b] voice ²⁹ and will come out—those who have done what is good to the resurrection that leads to^[c] life, and those who have practiced what is evil to the resurrection that ends in^[d] condemnation.^{[e] 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^[f] that the testimony he gives about me is true. ³³ You have sent messengers^[g] 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^[h] was a lamp that burns and brightly shines, and for a while you were willing to rejoice in his light.

³⁶ “But I have a greater testimony than John’s, because the actions that the Father has given me to complete—the very actions that I am doing—testify on my behalf that the Father has sent me. ³⁷ Moreover, the Father who sent me has himself testified on my behalf. You have never heard his voice or seen what he looks like, ³⁸ nor do you have his word at work^[i] in you, because you do not believe in the one whom he sent. ³⁹ You examine the Scriptures carefully because you suppose that in them you have eternal life. Yet they testify about me. ⁴⁰ But you are not willing to come to me to have life.

⁴¹ “I do not accept human praise. ⁴² I know that you do not have the love of God in you. ⁴³ I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not accept me. Yet if another man comes in his own name, you will accept him. ⁴⁴ How can you believe when you accept each other’s praise and do not look for the praise that comes from the only God?^{[j] 45} Do not suppose that I will be the one to accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, on whom you have set your hope, ⁴⁶ because if you believed Moses, you would believe me, since he wrote about me. ⁴⁷ But if you do not believe what he wrote, how will you believe my words?”