30. “I can do nothing alone. I judge only the way I am told. And my judgment is right, because I am not trying to please myself. I want only to please the one who sent me.
31. “If I tell people about myself, they cannot be sure that what I say is true.
32. But there is someone else who tells people about me, and I know that what he says about me is true.
33. “You sent men to John, and he told you what is true.
34. I don’t need anyone to tell people about me, but I remind you of what John said so that you can be saved.
35. John was like a lamp that burned and gave light, and you were happy to enjoy his light for a while.
36. “But I have a proof about myself that is greater than anything John said. The things I do are my proof. These are what my Father gave me to do. They show that the Father sent me.