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Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live.
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For as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself,
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and has given Him authority to execute judgment also, because He is the Son of Man.
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Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice
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and come forth--those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation.
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I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me.
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"If I bear witness of Myself, My witness is not true.
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There is another who bears witness of Me, and I know that the witness which He witnesses of Me is true.
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You have sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth.
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Yet I do not receive testimony from man, but I say these things that you may be saved.
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He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing for a time to rejoice in his light.
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But I have a greater witness than John's; for the works which the Father has given Me to finish--the very works that I do--bear witness of Me, that the Father has sent Me.
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And the Father Himself, who sent Me, has testified of Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His form.
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But you do not have His word abiding in you, because whom He sent, Him you do not believe.
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You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me.
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But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life.
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I do not receive honor from men.
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But I know you, that you do not have the love of God in you.
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I have come in My Father's name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, him you will receive.
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How can you believe, who receive honor from one another, and do not seek the honor that comes from the only God?
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Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father; there is one who accuses you--Moses, in whom you trust.
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For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for he wrote about Me.
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But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?"