New Testament in a Year
25 Amen, amen, I say to you, the hour is coming and is now here when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.(A) 26 For just as the Father has life in himself, so also he gave to his Son the possession of life in himself.(B) 27 And he gave him power to exercise judgment, because he is the Son of Man.(C) 28 [a]Do not be amazed at this, because the hour is coming in which all who are in the tombs will hear his voice(D) 29 and will come out, those who have done good deeds to the resurrection of life, but those who have done wicked deeds to the resurrection of condemnation.(E)
30 “I cannot do anything on my own; I judge as I hear, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will but the will of the one who sent me.(F)
Witnesses to Jesus. 31 (G)“If I testify on my own behalf, my testimony cannot be verified. 32 But there is another[b] who testifies on my behalf, and I know that the testimony he gives on my behalf is true. 33 You sent emissaries to John, and he testified to the truth.(H) 34 I do not accept testimony from a human being, but I say this so that you may be saved.(I) 35 He was a burning and shining lamp,[c] and for a while you were content to rejoice in his light.(J) 36 But I have testimony greater than John’s. The works that the Father gave me to accomplish, these works that I perform testify on my behalf that the Father has sent me.(K) 37 Moreover, the Father who sent me has testified on my behalf. But you have never heard his voice nor seen his form,(L) 38 and you do not have his word remaining in you, because you do not believe in the one whom he has sent.(M) 39 You search[d] the scriptures, because you think you have eternal life through them; even they testify on my behalf.(N) 40 But you do not want to come to me to have life.
Unbelief of Jesus’ Hearers. 41 “I do not accept human praise;[e] 42 moreover, I know that you do not have the love of God in you.(O) 43 I came in the name of my Father, but you do not accept me; yet if another comes in his own name, you will accept him.(P) 44 How can you believe, when you accept praise from one another and do not seek the praise that comes from the only God?(Q) 45 Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father: the one who will accuse you is Moses, in whom you have placed your hope.(R) 46 For if you had believed Moses, you would have believed me, because he wrote about me.(S) 47 But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?”
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