Verse 41
John 5:41
New Living Translation
41
“Your approval means nothing to me,
Original Language Text
greek
δόξαν παρὰ ἀνθρώπων οὐ λαμβάνω,
English Translation
I do not receive glory from men.
AI translation from greek via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 5 Context
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Afterward Yashua (Jesus) returned to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish holy days.
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Inside the city, near the Sheep Gate, was the pool of Bethesda, with five covered porches.
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Crowds of sick people — blind, lame, or paralyzed — lay on the porches.
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One of the men lying there had been sick for thirty-eight years.
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When Yashua (Jesus) saw him and knew he had been ill for a long time, he asked him, “Would you like...
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“I can’t, sir,” the sick man said, “for I have no one to put me into the pool when the water bubbles...
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Yashua (Jesus) told him, “Stand up, pick up your mat, and walk!”
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Instantly, the man was healed! He rolled up his sleeping mat and began walking! But this miracle hap...
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so the Jewish leaders objected. They said to the man who was cured, “You can’t work on the Sabbath!...
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But he replied, “The man who healed me told me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’”
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“Who said such a thing as that?” they demanded.
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The man didn’t know, for Yashua (Jesus) had disappeared into the crowd.
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But afterward Yashua (Jesus) found him in the Temple and told him, “Now you are well; so stop sinnin...
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Then the man went and told the Jewish leaders that it was Yashua (Jesus) who had healed him.
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So the Jewish leaders began harassing Yashua (Jesus) for breaking the Sabbath rules.
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But Yashua (Jesus) replied, “My Father is always working, and so am I.”
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So the Jewish leaders tried all the harder to find a way to kill him. For he not only broke the Sabb...
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So Yashua (Jesus) explained, “I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself. He does only...
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For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything he is doing. In fact, the Father will show him...
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For just as the Father gives life to those he raises from the dead, so the Son gives life to anyone...
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In addition, the Father judges no one. Instead, he has given the Son absolute authority to judge,
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so that everyone will honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Anyone who does not honor the So...
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“I tell you the truth, those who listen to my message and believe in God (Elohim) who sent me have e...
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“And I assure you that the time is coming, indeed it’s here now, when the dead will hear my voice —...
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The Father has life in himself, and he has granted that same life-giving power to his Son.
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And he has given him authority to judge everyone because he is the Son of Man.
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Don’t be so surprised! Indeed, the time is coming when all the dead in their graves will hear the vo...
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and they will rise again. Those who have done good will rise to experience eternal life, and those w...
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I can do nothing on my own. I judge as God (Elohim) tells me. Therefore, my judgment is just, becaus...
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“If I were to testify on my own behalf, my testimony would not be valid.
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But someone else is also testifying about me, and I assure you that everything he says about me is t...
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In fact, you sent investigators to listen to John the Baptist, and his testimony about me was true.
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Of course, I have no need of human witnesses, but I say these things so you might be saved.
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John was like a burning and shining lamp, and you were excited for a while about his message.
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But I have a greater witness than John — my teachings and my miracles. The Father gave me these work...
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And the Father who sent me has testified about me himself. You have never heard his voice or seen hi...
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and you do not have his message in your hearts, because you do not believe me — the one he sent to y...
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“You search the Scriptures because you think they give you eternal life. But the Scriptures point to...
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Yet you refuse to come to me to receive this life.
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“Your approval means nothing to me,
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because I know you don’t have God (Elohim)’s love within you.
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For I have come to you in my Father’s name, and you have rejected me. Yet if others come in their ow...
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No wonder you can’t believe! For you gladly honor each other, but you don’t care about the honor tha...
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“Yet it isn’t I who will accuse you before the Father. Moses will accuse you! Yes, Moses, in whom yo...
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If you really believed Moses, you would believe me, because he wrote about me.
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But since you don’t believe what he wrote, how will you believe what I say?”
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