John 5:33

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John 5:31–35 · Berean Standard Bible

31 If I testify about Myself, My testimony is not valid.

32 There is another who testifies about Me, and I know that His testimony about Me is valid.

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

34 Even though I do not accept human testimony, I say these things so that you may be saved.

35 John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you were willing for a season to bask in his light.

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John 1:19

And this was John’s testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, “Who are you?”

John 1:20

He did not refuse to confess, but openly declared, “I am not the Christ.”

John 1:21

“Then who are you?” they inquired. “Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” He answered, “No.”

John 1:22

So they said to him, “Who are you? We need an answer for those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”

John 1:23

John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet: “I am a voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”

John 1:24

Then the Pharisees who had been sent

John 1:25

asked him, “Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”

John 1:26

“I baptize with water,” John replied, “but among you stands One you do not know.

John 1:27

He is the One who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”

John 1:6

There came a man who was sent from God. His name was John.

John 1:7

He came as a witness to testify about the Light, so that through him everyone might believe.

John 1:8

He himself was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light.

John 1:15

John testified concerning Him. He cried out, saying, “This is He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’”

John 1:16

From His fullness we have all received grace upon grace.

John 1:17

For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

John 1:18

No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.

John 1:29

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

John 1:30

This is He of whom I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’

John 1:31

I myself did not know Him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that He might be revealed to Israel.”

John 1:32

Then John testified, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove and resting on Him.

John 1:33

I myself did not know Him, but the One who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit descend and rest is He who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’

John 1:34

I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.”

John 3:26

So John’s disciples came to him and said, “Look, Rabbi, the One who was with you beyond the Jordan, the One you testified about—He is baptizing, and everyone is going to Him.”

John 3:27

John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.

John 3:28

You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’

John 3:29

The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.

John 3:30

He must increase; I must decrease.

John 3:31

The One who comes from above is above all. The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks as one from the earth. The One who comes from heaven is above all.

John 3:32

He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.

John 3:33

Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.

John 3:34

For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

John 3:35

The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.

John 3:36

Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”