O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to you! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not!
John 5:34 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) Not that the testimony which I receive is from man; but I say this that you may be saved. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But I do not receive [a mere] human witness [the evidence which I accept on My behalf is not from man]; but I simply mention all these things in order that you may be saved (made and kept safe and sound). American Standard Version (1901) But the witness which I receive is not from man: howbeit I say these things, that ye may be saved. Common English Bible Although I don’t accept human testimony, I say these things so that you can be saved. Catholic Public Domain Version But I do not accept testimony from man. Instead, I say these things, so that you may be saved. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But I receive not testimony from man: but I say these things, that you may be saved. |
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to you! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not!
and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.
there is another who bears witness to me, and I know that the testimony which he bears to me is true.
Jesus answered, “If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing; it is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say that he is your God.
Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved.
But of Israel he says, “All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.”
What if some were unfaithful? Does their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God?
To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
Take heed to yourself and to your teaching; hold to that, for by so doing you will save both yourself and your hearers.
If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater; for this is the testimony of God that he has borne witness to his Son.