John 5:33-46

³³You have yourselves sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.

³⁴But the testimony which I receive is not from people; I am saying this for your salvation.

³⁵He was the Lamp that was burning and shining, and you were ready to rejoice, for a time, in his light.

³⁶But the testimony which I have is of greater weight than John's; for the work that the Father has given me to carry out — the work that I am doing — is in itself proof that the Father has sent me as his messenger.

³⁷The Father who has sent me has himself borne testimony to me. You have neither listened to his voice, not seen his form;

³⁸and you have not taken his message home to your hearts, because you do not believe him whom he sent as his messenger.

³⁹You search the scriptures, because you think that you find in them immortal life; and, though it is those scriptures that bear testimony to me,

⁴⁰you refuse to come to me to have life.

⁴¹“I do not receive honour from people,

⁴²but I know this of you, that you have not the love of God in your hearts.

⁴³I have come in my Father's name, and you do not receive me; if another comes in his own name, you will receive him.

⁴⁴How can you believe in me, when you receive honour from one another and do not desire the honour which comes from the only God?

⁴⁵Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father; your accuser is Moses, on whom you have been resting your hopes.

⁴⁶For, had you believed Moses, you would have believed me, for it was of me that Moses wrote;