“But I do not receive witness from man, but I say this in order that you might be saved.
“Yerushalayim, Yerushalayim, killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to her! How often I wished to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, but you would not!
“For the Son of Aḏ
and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in His Name to all nations, beginning at Yerushalayim.
but these have been written so that you believe that יהושע is the Messiah, the Son of Elohim, and that, believing, you might possess life in His Name.
“There is another who bears witness of Me, and I know that the witness which He witnesses of Me is true.
“I do not receive esteem from men,
יהושע answered, “If I esteem Myself, My esteem is none at all. It is My Father who esteems Me, of whom you say that He is your Elohim.
Truly brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to Elohim for Yisra’ĕ
And to Yisra’ĕ
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
For what if some did not believe? Shall their unbelief nullify the trustworthiness of Elohim?
To the weak I became as weak, so as to win the weak. To all men I have become all, so as to save some, by all means.
Pay attention to yourself and to the teaching. Continue in them, for in doing this you shall save both yourself and those who hear you.
If we receive the witness of men, the witness of Elohim is greater, because this is the witness of Elohim which He has witnessed concerning His Son.