36. But something more important than John speaks for me. I mean the things that the Father has given me to do! All of these speak for me and prove that the Father sent me.
37. The Father who sent me also speaks for me, but you have never heard his voice or seen him face to face.
38. You have not believed his message, because you refused to have faith in the one he sent.
39. You search the Scriptures, because you think you will find eternal life in them. The Scriptures tell about me,
40. but you refuse to come to me for eternal life.
41. I don't care about human praise,
42. but I do know that none of you love God.
43. I have come with my Father's authority, and you have not welcomed me. But you will welcome people who come on their own.