“The hour is coming and, and now is here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God.
Those who hear will live. Just as the Father has life in himself, in the same way he gave to the Son life in himself, and the Father has given the Son authority to execute judgment because he is the Son of Man.
Don’t be amazed at what I am saying to you, the hour is coming when all who are in the graves will hear his voice, and they will come out, those that have done good, to the resurrection of life; and those that have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.
By myself I can do nothing, I judge only according to what I hear from the Father.
My judgment is right and perfect because it expresses the will of my Father, and my Father is the one that sent me to do his will, and it is his will I seek, not my own.
If I bear testimony of myself, then my testimony is not true. It is the Father that bears testimony, and I know that his testimony is true.
You have inquired of John the Baptist, and he has borne witness to the truth. But the testimony that I receive is not from a man. I am telling you these things so that you will be saved.
John the Baptist was like an oil lamp that burns and shines light, and you were willing to rejoice for a short time in his light.
But the testimony that I have is greater and more convincing than that of John the Baptist. For the works that the Father has given me to accomplish are the very works that I do, and they testify of me, and they prove that the Father has sent me.
The Father that sent me has testified of me. But you have not heard his voice at any time, nor have you seen his form.
You do not have his word living in you, and this is evidenced by the fact that you do not believe the one that the Father has sent.
You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you will find eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify and bear witness about me, but you will not come to me in order that you might have life.
I do not receive glory from people. I know you, and you do not have the love of God living in you.
I have come in my Father’s name and you will not receive me. If someone else comes in their own name, you will receive them. How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another, but refuse to seek the glory that comes from God.
Don’t think that it is necessary for me to bring accusation against you to my Father. There is already one that accuses you and his name is Moses, the one on whom you have set your hopes.
If you really believed Moses, then you would believe me, because he wrote about me. But since you do not believe what Moses wrote, how can you believe my words?”
