Thursday of the Fourth Week of Lent
John 5:31-47
Witnesses to Jesus.
31 “If I testify on my own behalf, my testimony cannot be verified.
32But there is another who testifies on my behalf, and I know that the testimony he gives on my behalf is true.
33You sent emissaries to John, and he testified to the truth.
34I do not accept testimony from a human being, but I say this so that you may be saved.
35He was a burning and shining lamp, and for a while you were content to rejoice in his light.
36But I have testimony greater than John’s. The works that the Father gave me to accomplish, these works that I perform testify on my behalf that the Father has sent me.
37Moreover, the Father who sent me has testified on my behalf. But you have never heard his voice nor seen his form,
38and you do not have his word remaining in you, because you do not believe in the one whom he has sent.
39You search the scriptures, because you think you have eternal life through them; even they testify on my behalf.
40But you do not want to come to me to have life.
Unbelief of Jesus’ Hearers.
41“I do not accept human praise;
42moreover, I know that you do not have the love of God in you.
43I came in the name of my Father, but you do not accept me; yet if another comes in his own name, you will accept him.
44How can you believe, when you accept praise from one another and do not seek the praise that comes from the only God?
45Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father: the one who will accuse you is Moses, in whom you have placed your hope.
46For if you had believed Moses, you would have believed me, because he wrote about me.
47But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?”
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