36. “But I have a proof about myself that is greater than that of John. The things I do are my proof. These are the things my Father gave me to do. They show that the Father sent me.
37. And the Father who sent me has given proof about me himself. You have never heard his voice. You have never seen what he looks like.
38. His teaching does not live in you because you don’t believe in the One that the Father sent.
39. You carefully study the Scriptures because you think that they give you eternal life. Those are the same Scriptures that tell about me!
40. But you refuse to come to me to have that life.
41. “I don’t want praise from men.
42. But I know you—I know that you don’t have God’s love in you.
43. I have come from my Father—I speak for him. But you don’t accept me. But when another person comes, speaking only for himself, you will accept him.
44. You like to have praise from each other. But you never try to get the praise that comes from the only God. So how can you believe?
45. Don’t think that I will stand before the Father and say that you are wrong. Moses is the one who says that you are wrong. And he is the one that you hoped would save you.
46. If you really believed Moses, you would believe me because Moses wrote about me.
47. But you don’t believe what Moses wrote. So how can you believe what I say?”