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John 5:29-42 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

29. and will come out, those who have done good deeds to the resurrection of life, but those who have done wicked deeds to the resurrection of condemnation.

30. “I cannot do anything on my own; I judge as I hear, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will but the will of the one who sent me.

31. “If I testify on my own behalf, my testimony cannot be verified.

32. But there is another who testifies on my behalf, and I know that the testimony he gives on my behalf is true.

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

34. I do not accept testimony from a human being, but I say this so that you may be saved.

35. He was a burning and shining lamp, and for a while you were content to rejoice in his light.

36. But 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.

37. Moreover, the Father who sent me has testified on my behalf. But you have never heard his voice nor seen his form,

38. and you do not have his word remaining in you, because you do not believe in the one whom he has sent.

39. You search the scriptures, because you think you have eternal life through them; even they testify on my behalf.

40. But you do not want to come to me to have life.

41. “I do not accept human praise;

42. moreover, I know that you do not have the love of God in you.

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