Daily Bread

Testimonies About Jesus

³¹ “If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true.^{(A) 32} There is another who testifies in my favor,^(B) and I know that his testimony about me is true.

³³ “You have sent to John and he has testified^(C) to the truth. ³⁴ Not that I accept human testimony;^(D) but I mention it that you may be saved.^{(E) 35} John was a lamp that burned and gave light,^(F) and you chose for a time to enjoy his light.

³⁶ “I have testimony weightier than that of John.^(G) For the works that the Father has given me to finish—the very works that I am doing^(H)—testify that the Father has sent me.^{(I) 37} And the Father who sent me has himself testified concerning me.^(J) You have never heard his voice nor seen his form,^{(K) 38} nor does his word dwell in you,^(L) for you do not believe^(M) the one he sent.^{(N) 39} You study^[a] the Scriptures^(O) diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life.^(P) These are the very Scriptures that testify about me,^{(Q) 40} yet you refuse to come to me^(R) to have life.

⁴¹ “I do not accept glory from human beings,^{(S) 42} but I know you. I know that you do not have the love of God in your hearts. ⁴³ I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not accept me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him. ⁴⁴ How can you believe since you accept glory from one another but do not seek the glory that comes from the only God^[b]?^(T)

⁴⁵ “But do not think I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses,^(U) on whom your hopes are set.^{(V) 46} If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me.^{(W) 47} But since you do not believe what he wrote, how are you going to believe what I say?”^(X)