John 5:18-31

¹⁸For this cause the Jews had an even greater desire to put Jesus to death, because not only did he not keep the Sabbath but he said God was his Father, so making himself equal with God.

¹⁹So Jesus made answer and said, Truly I say to you, The Son is not able to do anything himself; he is able to do only what he sees the Father doing; whatever the Father does the Son does it in the same way.

²⁰For the Father has love for the Son and lets him see everything which he does: and he will let him see greater works than these so that you may be full of wonder.

²¹In the same way, as the Father gives life to the dead, even so the Son gives life to those to whom he is pleased to give it.

²²The Father is not the judge of men, but he has given all decisions into the hands of the Son;

²³So that all men may give honour to the Son even as they give honour to the Father. He who gives no honour to the Son gives no honour to the Father who sent him.

²⁴Truly I say to you, The man whose ears are open to my word and who has faith in him who sent me, has eternal life; he will not be judged, but has come from death into life.

²⁵Truly I say to you, The time is coming, it has even now come, when the voice of the Son of God will come to the ears of the dead, and those hearing it will have life.

²⁶For even as the Father has life in himself, so he has given to the Son to have life in himself.

²⁷And he has given him authority to be judge because he is the Son of man.

²⁸Do not be surprised at this: for the time is coming when his voice will come to all who are in the place of the dead,

²⁹And they will come out; those who have done good, into the new life; and those who have done evil, to be judged.

³⁰Of myself I am unable to do anything: as the voice comes to me so I give a decision: and my decision is right because I have no desire to do what is pleasing to myself, but only what is pleasing to him who sent me.

³¹If I gave witness about myself, my witness would not be true.