The Father and the Son

16 Now because [Jesus] was doing these things on [the] Sabbath, the Jews began to persecute [Him] and were seeking to kill Him.[fn] 17 But Jesus answered them, “To this very day My Father is at His work, and I too am working.”

18 Because of this, the Jews tried all the harder to kill Him. Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.

19 So Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing by Himself, unless He sees the Father doing [it]. For whatever [the Father] does, the Son also does. 20 The Father loves the Son and shows Him all He does. And to your amazement, He will show Him even greater works than these. 21 For just as the Father raises the dead and gives [them] life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes.

22 Furthermore, the Father judges no one, but has assigned all judgment to the Son, 23 so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

24 Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and {will} not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.

25 Truly, truly, I tell you, [the] hour is coming and has now [come] when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. 26 For as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted the Son to have life in Himself. 27 And He has given Him authority to execute judgment, because He is [the] Son of Man.

28 {Do} not be amazed at this, for [the] hour is coming when all who [are] in [their] graves will hear His voice 29 and come out—those who have done good to [the] resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to [the] resurrection of judgment.[fn]

30 I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My [own] will, but the will of the Father[fn] [who] sent Me.