^18 (A)The Jews then said to Him, “^(B)What sign do You show us ^[a]as your authority for doing these things?”

^20 (A)The Jews then said, “It took ^(B)forty-six years to build this ^[a]temple, and will You raise it up in three days?”

¹⁰ So ^(A)the Jews were saying to the man who was cured, “It is the Sabbath, and ^(B)it is not permissible for you to carry your pallet.”

¹⁵ The man went away, and told ^(A)the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well. ¹⁶ For this reason ^(B)the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because He was doing these things on the Sabbath. ¹⁷ But He answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I Myself am working.”

Jesus’ Equality with God

¹⁸ For this reason therefore ^(C)the Jews ^(D)were seeking all the more to kill Him, because He not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God His own Father, ^(E)making Himself equal with God.

¹⁹ Therefore Jesus answered and was saying to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(F)the Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever ^[a]the Father does, these things the Son also does in like manner. ^20 (G)For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself is doing; and the Father will show Him ^(H)greater works than these, so that you will marvel. ²¹ For just as the Father raises the dead and ^(I)gives them life, even so ^(J)the Son also gives life to whom He wishes. ²² For not even the Father judges anyone, but ^(K)He has given all judgment to the Son, ²³ so that all will honor the Son even as they honor the Father. ^(L)He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

²⁴ “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and ^(M)believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and ^(N)does not come into judgment, but has ^(O)passed out of death into life.

Two Resurrections

²⁵ Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(P)an hour is coming and now is, when ^(Q)the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who ^(R)hear will live. ²⁶ For just as the Father has life in Himself, even so He ^(S)gave to the Son also to have life in Himself; ²⁷ and He gave Him authority to ^(T)execute judgment, because He is ^[b]the Son of Man. ²⁸ Do not marvel at this; for ^(U)an hour is coming, in which ^(V)all who are in the tombs will hear His voice, ²⁹ and will come forth; ^(W)those who did the good deeds to a resurrection of life, those who committed the evil deeds to a resurrection of judgment.

³⁰ “^(X)I can do nothing on My own initiative. As I hear, I judge; and ^(Y)My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but ^(Z)the will of Him who sent Me.

³¹ “^(AA)If I alone testify about Myself, My testimony is not ^[c]true. ³² There is ^(AB)another who testifies of Me, and I know that the testimony which He gives about Me is true.

Witness of John

³³ You have sent to John, and he ^(AC)has testified to the truth. ³⁴ But ^(AD)the testimony which I receive is not from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved. ³⁵ He was ^(AE)the lamp that was burning and was shining and you ^(AF)were willing to rejoice for ^[d]a while in his light.

Witness of Works

³⁶ But the testimony which I have is greater than the testimony of John; for ^(AG)the works which the Father has given Me ^(AH)to accomplish—the very works that I do—testify about Me, that the Father ^(AI)has sent Me.

Witness of the Father

³⁷ And the Father who sent Me, ^(AJ)He has testified of Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time nor seen His form. ³⁸ You do not have ^(AK)His word abiding in you, for you do not believe Him whom He ^(AL)sent.

Witness of the Scripture

^39 [e](AM)You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is ^(AN)these that testify about Me; ⁴⁰ and you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have life. ^41 (AO)I do not receive glory from men; ⁴² but I know you, that you do not have the love of God in yourselves. ⁴³ I have come in My Father’s name, and you do not receive Me; ^(AP)if another comes in his own name, you will receive him. ⁴⁴ How can you believe, when you ^(AQ)receive ^[f]glory from one another and you do not seek ^(AR)the ^[g]glory that is from ^(AS)the one and only God? ⁴⁵ Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father; the one who accuses you is ^(AT)Moses, in whom you have set your hope. ⁴⁶ For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me, for ^(AU)he wrote about Me. ⁴⁷ But ^(AV)if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?”

Jesus’ Equality with God

¹⁸ For this reason therefore ^(A)the Jews ^(B)were seeking all the more to kill Him, because He not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God His own Father, ^(C)making Himself equal with God.

Words to the Jews

^41 (A)Therefore the Jews were grumbling about Him, because He said, “I am the bread that ^(B)came down out of heaven.”

^52 (A)Then the Jews ^(B)began to argue with one another, saying, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?”

Jesus Teaches at the Feast

7 After these things Jesus ^(A)was walking in Galilee, for He was unwilling to walk in Judea because ^(B)the Jews ^(C)were seeking to kill Him.

^11 (A)So the Jews ^(B)were seeking Him at the feast and were saying, “Where is He?”