30 (A)I can do nothing on My own initiative. As I hear, I judge; and (B)My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but (C)the will of Him who sent Me.

31 (D)If I alone testify about Myself, My testimony is not [a]true. 32 There is (E)another who testifies of Me, and I know that the testimony which He gives about Me is true.

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  1. John 5:31 I.e. admissible as legal evidence

30 By myself I can do nothing;(A) I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just,(B) for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.(C)

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31 “If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true.(D) 32 There is another who testifies in my favor,(E) and I know that his testimony about me is true.

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