35. John was a lamp that gave off brilliant light. For a time you enjoyed the pleasure of his light.
36. But I have something that testifies more favorably on my behalf than John’s testimony. The tasks that the Father gave me to carry out, these tasks which I perform, testify on my behalf. They prove that the Father has sent me.
37. The Father who sent me testifies on my behalf. You have never heard his voice, and you have never seen his form.
38. So you don’t have the Father’s message within you, because you don’t believe in the person he has sent.
39. You study the Scriptures in detail because you think you have the source of eternal life in them. These Scriptures testify on my behalf.
40. Yet, you don’t want to come to me to get ⌊eternal⌋ life.
41. “I don’t accept praise from humans.
42. But I know what kind of people you are. You don’t have any love for God.
43. I have come with the authority my Father has given me, but you don’t accept me. If someone else comes with his own authority, you will accept him.