John 5:43
I have come in my Father's name, and your hearts are not open to me. If another comes with no other authority but himself, you will give him your approval.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
42But I have knowledge of you that you have no love for God in your hearts.
Cross References
Matthew 24:5For people will come in my name, saying, I am the Christ; and a number will be turned from the true way through them.
John 3:16For God had such love for the world that he gave his only Son, so that whoever has faith in him may not come to destruction but have eternal life.
John 8:28So Jesus said, When the Son of man has been lifted up by you, then it will be clear to you who I am, and that I do nothing of myself, but say as the Father gave me teaching.
John 12:28Father, give glory to your name. Then there came a voice out of heaven, saying, I have given it glory, and I will give it glory again.
Acts 5:36For before this there was Theudas, who said he was someone important, to whom about four hundred men gave their support: he was put to death, and his band was broken up and came to nothing.
Hebrews 5:4And no man who is not given authority by God, as Aaron was, takes this honour for himself.
Matthew Henry on John 5:32-47
Christ Proves His Divine Mission; Infidelity of the Jews Reproved. 31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. 32 There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true. 33 Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth. 34 But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved. 35 He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light. 36 But I have greater witness than that… Read the whole commentary →