John 5:27-33

²⁷Because I am the one who came from heaven, he has given me the authority to judge people concerning their sins.

²⁸Do not be surprised about that, because there will be a time when all people who have died will hear my voice,

²⁹and they will become alive again. Those who have lived good lives will rise from their graves and live forever. But those who have lived evil lives will rise, and I will ◄condemn them/declare that I will punish them for their sins►.

³⁰I do not do anything like that by my own authority. I judge people only according to what I hear my Father tell me. I will judge people fairly, because I do not want to please only myself. Instead, I want to please my Father, who sent me.

³¹If I were the only one to tell people about myself, people could rightly say that what I say is not true.

³²But there is someone else who tells people about me. And I know that what he tells people about me is true.

³³As for you, when you sent messengers to John the Baptizer to ask about me, he told the truth about me.