John 5: 31 - 47
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| 31
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If I bear witness to myself, my testimony is not true;
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| 32
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there is another who bears witness to me, and I know that the testimony which he bears to me is true.
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| 33
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You sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth.
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| 34
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Not that the testimony which I receive is from man; but I say this that you may be saved.
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| 35
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He was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.
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| 36
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But the testimony which I have is greater than that of John; for the works which the Father has granted me to accomplish, these very works which I am doing, bear me witness that the Father has sent me.
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| 37
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And the Father who sent me has himself borne witness to me. His voice you have never heard, his form you have never seen;
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| 38
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and you do not have his word abiding in you, for you do not believe him whom he has sent.
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| 39
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You search the scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness to me;
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| 40
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yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life.
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| 41
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I do not receive glory from men.
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| 42
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But I know that you have not the love of God within you.
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| 43
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I have come in my Father's name, and you do not receive me; if another comes in his own name, him you will receive.
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| 44
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How can you believe, who receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?
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| 45
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Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father; it is Moses who accuses you, on whom you set your hope.
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| 46
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If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote of me.
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| 47
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But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?"
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