Lexham English Bible

John 5:31-41 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

31. “If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true.

32. There is another who testifies about me, and I know that the testimony which he testifies about me is true.

33. You have sent to John and he has testified to the truth.

34. (And I do not receive testimony from people, but I say these things in order that you may be saved.)

35. That one was the lamp which was burning and shining, and you wanted to rejoice for an hour in his light.

36. “But I have a testimony greater than John’s, for the works which the Father has given to me that I should complete them—the very works which I am doing—these testify about me, that the Father has sent me.

37. And the Father who sent me, that one has testified about me. You have neither heard his voice at any time nor seen his form.

38. And you do not have his word residing in yourselves, because the one whom that one sent, in this one you do not believe.

39. You search the scriptures because you think that you have eternal life in them, and it is these that testify about me.

40. And you are not willing to come to me so that you may have life.

41. “I do not accept glory from people,