30. “I can do nothing on my own authority; I judge only as God tells me, so my judgement is right, because I am not trying to do what I want, but only what he who sent me wants.
31. “If I testify on my own behalf, what I say is not to be accepted as real proof.
32. But there is someone else who testifies on my behalf, and I know that what he says about me is true.
33. John is the one to whom you sent your messengers, and he spoke on behalf of the truth.
34. It is not that I must have a human witness; I say this only in order that you may be saved.
35. John was like a lamp, burning and shining, and you were willing for a while to enjoy his light.
36. But I have a witness on my behalf which is even greater than the witness that John gave: what I do, that is, the deeds my Father gave me to do, these speak on my behalf and show that the Father has sent me.
37. And the Father, who sent me, also testifies on my behalf. You have never heard his voice or seen his face,