39. You study the scriptures thoroughly because you think in them you possess eternal life, and it is these same scriptures that testify about me,
40. but you are not willing to come to me so that you may have life.
41. “I do not accept praise from people,
42. but I know you, that you do not have the love of God within you.
43. I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not accept me. If someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him.
44. How can you believe, if you accept praise from one another and don’t seek the praise that comes from the only God?
45. “Do not suppose that I will accuse you before the Father. The one who accuses you is Moses, in whom you have placed your hope.
46. If you believed Moses, you would believe me, because he wrote about me.
47. But if you do not believe what Moses wrote, how will you believe my words?”