John 5:25-47
25“And I assure you that the time is coming, indeed it’s here now, when the dead will hear my voice—the voice of the Son of God. And those who listen will live.26The Father has life in himself, and he has granted that same life-giving power to his Son.27And he has given him authority to judge everyone because he is the Son of Man.28Don’t be so surprised! Indeed, the time is coming when all the dead in their graves will hear the voice of God’s Son,29and they will rise again. Those who have done good will rise to experience eternal life, and those who have continued in evil will rise to experience judgment.30I can do nothing on my own. I judge as God tells me. Therefore, my judgment is just, because I carry out the will of the one who sent me, not my own will.
John 5:27 “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself.
Witnesses to Jesus
31“If I were to testify on my own behalf, my testimony would not be valid.32But someone else is also testifying about me, and I assure you that everything he says about me is true.33In fact, you sent investigators to listen to John the Baptist, and his testimony about me was true.34Of course, I have no need of human witnesses, but I say these things so you might be saved.35John was like a burning and shining lamp, and you were excited for a while about his message.36But I have a greater witness than John—my teachings and my miracles. The Father gave me these works to accomplish, and they prove that he sent me.37And the Father who sent me has testified about me himself. You have never heard his voice or seen him face to face,38and you do not have his message in your hearts, because you do not believe me—the one he sent to you.
39“You search the Scriptures because you think they give you eternal life. But the Scriptures point to me!40Yet you refuse to come to me to receive this life.
41“Your approval means nothing to me,42because I know you don’t have God’s love within you.43For I have come to you in my Father’s name, and you have rejected me. Yet if others come in their own name, you gladly welcome them.44No wonder you can’t believe! For you gladly honor each other, but you don’t care about the honor that comes from the one who alone is God.
John 5:44 Some manuscripts read from the only One.
45“Yet it isn’t I who will accuse you before the Father. Moses will accuse you! Yes, Moses, in whom you put your hopes.46If you really believed Moses, you would believe me, because he wrote about me.47But since you don’t believe what he wrote, how will you believe what I say?”
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