Parallel Bible results for "john 5:31-47"

John 5:31-47

New International Reader's Version NIRV

31 "If I give witness about myself, it doesn't count.

32 There is someone else who gives witness in my favor. And I know that his witness about me counts.

33 "You have sent people to John. He has given witness to the truth.

34 I do not accept human witness. I only talk about it so you can be saved.

35 John was like a lamp that burned and gave light. For a while you chose to enjoy his light.

36 "The witness I have is more important than John's. I am doing the very work the Father gave me to finish. It gives witness that the Father has sent me.

37 "The Father who sent me has himself given witness about me. You have never heard his voice. You have never seen what he really looks like.

38 And his word does not live in you. This is because you do not believe the One he sent.

39 "You study the Scriptures carefully. You study them because you think they will give you eternal life. The Scriptures you study give witness about me.

40 But you refuse to come to me and receive life.

41 "I do not accept praise from people.

42 But I know you. I know that you do not have love for God in your hearts.

43 I have come in my Father's name, and you do not accept me. But if someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him.

44 "You accept praise from one another. But you make no effort to receive the praise that comes from the only God. So how can you believe?

45 "Do not think I will bring charges against you in front of the Father. Moses is the one who does that. And he is the one you build your hopes on.

46 "Do you believe Moses? Then you should believe me. He wrote about me.

47 But you do not believe what he wrote. So how are you going to believe what I say?"

New International Version NIV

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

32 There is another who testifies in my favor, and I know that his testimony about me is true.

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

34 Not that I accept human testimony; but I mention it that you may be saved.

35 John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you chose for a time to enjoy his light.

36 “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 And the Father who sent me has himself testified concerning me. You have never heard his voice nor seen his form,

38 nor does his word dwell in you, for you do not believe the one he sent.

39 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 yet you refuse to come to me to have life.

41 “I do not accept glory from human beings,

42 but I know you. I know that you do not have the love of God in your hearts.

43 I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not accept me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him.

44 How can you believe since you accept glory from one another but do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?

45 “But do not think I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, on whom your hopes are set.

46 If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me.

47 But since you do not believe what he wrote, how are you going to believe what I say?”