34. Of course, I have no need of human witnesses, but I say these things so you might be saved.
35. John was like a burning and shining lamp, and you were excited for a while about his message.
36. But I have a greater witness than John—my teachings and my miracles. The Father gave me these works to accomplish, and they prove that he sent me.
37. And the Father who sent me has testified about me himself. You have never heard his voice or seen him face to face,
38. and you do not have his message in your hearts, because you do not believe me—the one he sent to you.
39. “You search the Scriptures because you think they give you eternal life. But the Scriptures point to me!
40. Yet you refuse to come to me to receive this life.