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.
37. And the Father who sent me has given proof about me himself. But you have never heard his voice. You have never seen what he looks like.
38. The Father’s teaching does not live in you, because you don’t believe in the one the Father sent.
39. You carefully study the Scriptures. You think that they give you eternal life. These same Scriptures tell about me!
40. But you refuse to come to me to have that life.
41. “I don’t want praise from you or any other human.
42. But I know you—I know that you have no love for God.
43. I have come from my Father and speak for him, but you don’t accept me. But when other people come speaking only for themselves, you accept them.
44. You like to have praise from each other. But you never try to get the praise that comes from the only God. So how can you believe?
45. Don’t think that I will be the one to stand before the Father and accuse you. Moses is the one to accuse you. And he is the one you hoped would save you.