John 5:30-35 Common English Bible (CEB)

30. I can’t do anything by myself. Whatever I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just. I don’t seek my own will but the will of the one who sent me.

31. “If I testify about myself, my testimony isn’t true.

32. There is someone else who testifies about me, and I know his testimony about me is true.

33. You sent a delegation to John, and he testified to the truth.

34. Although I don’t accept human testimony, I say these things so that you can be saved.

35. John was a burning and shining lamp, and, at least for a while, you were willing to celebrate in his light.

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