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John 5:36

But the evidence I'm giving is greater than John's. For I am doing the work that the Father gave me to do,

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In The King James Version

But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.

In Context

35John was like a brightly-burning light, and you were willing to enjoy his light for a while.

37and this is the proof that the Father sent me. The Father who sent me, he himself speaks on my behalf. You've never heard his voice, and you've never seen what he looks like,

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Cross References

John 2:23As a result of the miracles Jesus did while he was in Jerusalem during the Passover, many believed in him.

John 3:17God didn't send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.

John 5:32but someone else gives evidence about me, and I know what he says about me is true.

John 10:25Jesus replied, “I already told you but you refuse to believe it. The miracles I do in my Father's name prove who I am.

John 11:37But some of them said, “If he could open the eyes of a blind man, couldn't he have kept Lazarus from dying?”

John 15:24If I had not given them such a demonstration through things that no one had ever done before, they wouldn't be guilty of sin, but despite seeing all this they hated both me and my Father.

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 →

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