The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
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30 I can't do a thing on my own. As I hear, I judge; and my judgment is right; because I don't seek my own desire, but the desire of the one who sent me.
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By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.
31 "If I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is not valid.
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“If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true.
32 But there is someone else testifying on my behalf, and I know that the testimony he is making is valid --
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There is another who testifies in my favor, and I know that his testimony about me is true.
33 you have sent to Yochanan, and he has testified to the truth.
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“You have sent to John and he has testified to the truth.
34 Not that I collect human testimony; rather, I say these things so that you might be saved.
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Not that I accept human testimony; but I mention it that you may be saved.
35 He was a lamp burning and shining, and for a little while you were willing to bask in his light.
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John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you chose for a time to enjoy his light.
36 "But I have a testimony that is greater than Yochanan's. For the things the Father has given me to do, the very things I am doing now, testify on my behalf that the Father has sent me.
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“I have testimony weightier than that of John. For the works that the Father has given me to finish—the very works that I am doing—testify that the Father has sent me.
37 "In addition, the Father who sent me has himself testified on my behalf. But you have never heard his voice or seen his shape;
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And the Father who sent me has himself testified concerning me. You have never heard his voice nor seen his form,
38 moreover, his word does not stay in you, because you don't trust the one he sent.
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nor does his word dwell in you, for you do not believe the one he sent.
39 You keep examining the Tanakh because you think that in it you have eternal life. Those very Scriptures bear witness to me,
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You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me,
40 but you won't come to me in order to have life!
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yet you refuse to come to me to have life.
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