John 5:16-30
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Honoring the Father and the Son
16 Therefore, the Jews began persecuting(A) Jesus[a] because He was doing these things on the Sabbath.(B) 17 But Jesus responded to them, “My Father(C) is still working, and I am working also.” 18 This is why the Jews began trying all the more to kill Him:(D) Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.
19 Then Jesus replied, “I assure you: The Son is not able to do anything on His own, but only what He sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father[b] does, the Son also does these things in the same way.(E) 20 For the Father loves the Son and shows Him everything He is doing, and He will show Him greater works(F) than these so that you will be amazed. 21 And just as the Father raises(G) the dead and gives them life, so the Son also gives life to anyone He wants to.(H) 22 The Father,(I) in fact, judges no one but has given all judgment to the Son, 23 so that all people will honor the Son just as they honor the Father.(J) Anyone who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.(K)
Life and Judgment
24 “I assure you: Anyone who hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life(L) and will not come under judgment but has passed from death to life.
25 “I assure you: An hour is coming, and is now here,(M) when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.(N) 26 For just as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted to the Son(O) to have life in Himself. 27 And He has granted Him the right to pass judgment,(P) because He is the Son of Man.(Q) 28 Do not be amazed at this, because a time is coming when all who are in the graves will hear His voice 29 and come out—those who have done good things, to the resurrection of life, but those who have done wicked things, to the resurrection of judgment.
30 “I can do nothing on My own. I judge only as I hear, and My judgment(R) is righteous,(S) because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.(T)
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