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28 Don't be surprised at this: A time is coming when all who are dead and in their graves will hear his voice.
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“Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice
29 Then they will come out of their graves. Those who did good will rise and have life forever, but those who did evil will rise to be judged guilty.
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and come out—those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned.
30 "I can do nothing alone. I judge only the way I am told, so my judgment is fair. I don't try to please myself, but I try to please 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 only I tell people about myself, what I say is not true.
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“If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true.
32 But there is another who tells about me, and I know that the things he says about me are true.
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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 people to John, and he has told you the truth.
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“You have sent to John and he has testified to the truth.
34 It is not that I accept such human telling; I tell you this so you can be saved.
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Not that I accept human testimony; but I mention it that you may be saved.
35 John was like a burning and shining lamp, and you were happy to enjoy his light for a while.
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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 proof about myself that is greater than that of John. The things I do, which are the things my Father gave me to do, prove that the Father 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 And the Father himself who sent me has given proof about me. You have never heard his voice or seen what he looks like.
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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 His teaching does not live in you, because you don't believe in the One the Father sent.
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nor does his word dwell in you, for you do not believe the one he sent.
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