¹⁸ The Jews^(A) then responded to him, “What sign^(B) can you show us to prove your authority to do all this?”^(C)

²⁰ They replied, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?”

¹⁰ and so the Jewish leaders^(A) said to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath; the law forbids you to carry your mat.”^(B)

¹⁵ The man went away and told the Jewish leaders^(A) that it was Jesus who had made him well.

The Authority of the Son

¹⁶ So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders began to persecute him. ¹⁷ In his defense Jesus said to them, “My Father^(B) is always at his work^(C) to this very day, and I too am working.” ¹⁸ For this reason they tried 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.^(E)

¹⁹ Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself;^(F) he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. ²⁰ For the Father loves the Son^(G) and shows him all he does. Yes, and he will show him even greater works than these,^(H) so that you will be amazed. ²¹ For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life,^(I) even so the Son gives life^(J) to whom he is pleased to give it. ²² Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son,^{(K) 23} 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.^(L)

²⁴ “Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me^(M) has eternal life^(N) and will not be judged^(O) but has crossed over from death to life.^{(P) 25} Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come^(Q) when the dead will hear^(R) the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live. ²⁶ For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life^(S) in himself. ²⁷ And he has given him authority to judge^(T) because he is the Son of Man.

²⁸ “Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming^(U) when all who are in their graves will hear his voice ²⁹ and come out—those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned.^{(V) 30} By myself I can do nothing;^(W) I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just,^(X) for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.^(Y)

Testimonies About Jesus

³¹ “If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true.^{(Z) 32} There is another who testifies in my favor,^(AA) and I know that his testimony about me is true.

³³ “You have sent to John and he has testified^(AB) to the truth. ³⁴ Not that I accept human testimony;^(AC) but I mention it that you may be saved.^{(AD) 35} John was a lamp that burned and gave light,^(AE) and you chose for a time to enjoy his light.

³⁶ “I have testimony weightier than that of John.^(AF) For the works that the Father has given me to finish—the very works that I am doing^(AG)—testify that the Father has sent me.^{(AH) 37} And the Father who sent me has himself testified concerning me.^(AI) You have never heard his voice nor seen his form,^{(AJ) 38} nor does his word dwell in you,^(AK) for you do not believe^(AL) the one he sent.^{(AM) 39} You study^[a] the Scriptures^(AN) diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life.^(AO) These are the very Scriptures that testify about me,^{(AP) 40} yet you refuse to come to me^(AQ) to have life.

⁴¹ “I do not accept glory from human beings,^{(AR) 42} but I know you. I know that you do not have the love of God in your hearts. ⁴³ I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not accept me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him. ⁴⁴ How can you believe since you accept glory from one another but do not seek the glory that comes from the only God^[b]?^(AS)

⁴⁵ “But do not think I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses,^(AT) on whom your hopes are set.^{(AU) 46} If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me.^{(AV) 47} But since you do not believe what he wrote, how are you going to believe what I say?”^(AW)

¹⁸ For this reason they tried all the more to kill him;^(A) not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.^(B)

⁴¹ At this the Jews there began to grumble about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”

⁵² Then the Jews^(A) began to argue sharply among themselves,^(B) “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”

Jesus Goes to the Festival of Tabernacles

7 After this, Jesus went around in Galilee. He did not want^[a] to go about in Judea because the Jewish leaders^(A) there were looking for a way to kill him.^(B)

¹¹ Now at the festival the Jewish leaders were watching for Jesus^(A) and asking, “Where is he?”