Israel’s Infidelity a Warning. 7* Therefore, as the holy Spirit says:
“Oh, that today you would hear his voice,d
8‘Harden not your hearts as at the rebellion
in the day of testing in the desert,
9where your ancestors tested and tried me
and saw my workse 10for forty years.
Because of this I was provoked with that generation
and I said, “They have always been of erring heart,
and they do not know my ways.”
11As I swore in my wrath,
“They shall not enter into my rest.”’”
The Light of the World.* 12Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”f 13So the Pharisees said to him, “You testify on your own behalf, so your testimony cannot be verified.” 14Jesus answered and said to them, “Even if I do testify on my own behalf, my testimony can be verified,* because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you do not know where I come from or where I am going.g 15You judge by appearances,* but I do not judge anyone.h 16And even if I should judge, my judgment is valid, because I am not alone, but it is I and the Father who sent me.i 17Even in your law* it is written that the testimony of two men can be verified.j 18I testify on my behalf and so does the Father who sent me.”k 19So they said to him, “Where is your father?” Jesus answered, “You know neither me nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also.”l 20He spoke these words while teaching in the treasury in the temple area. But no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.m