¹⁶ But ·when [if] I do judge, ·I judge truthfully [^Lmy judgment is true], because I am not alone. The Father who sent me is with me. ¹⁷ Your own law says that ·when two witnesses say the same thing, you must accept what they say [^Lthe testimony of two witnesses is true/valid; Deut. 17:6; 19:15]. ¹⁸ I am one of the witnesses who speaks about myself, and the Father who sent me is the other witness.”