¹⁴ Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, “See, you have been made well. ^(A)Sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon you.”

¹⁵ The man departed and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.

Honor the Father and the Son

¹⁶ For this reason the Jews ^(B)persecuted Jesus, ^[a]and sought to kill Him, because He had done these things on the Sabbath. ¹⁷ But Jesus answered them, ^(C)“My Father has been working until now, and I have been working.”

¹⁸ Therefore the Jews ^(D)sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, ^(E)making Himself equal with God. ¹⁹ Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, ^(F)the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner. ²⁰ For ^(G)the Father loves the Son, and ^(H)shows Him all things that He Himself does; and He will show Him greater works than these, that you may marvel. ²¹ For as the Father raises the dead and gives life to them, ^(I)even so the Son gives life to whom He will. ²² For the Father judges no one, but ^(J)has committed all judgment to the Son, ²³ that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. ^(K)He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

Life and Judgment Are Through the Son

²⁴ “Most assuredly, I say to you, ^(L)he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, ^(M)but has passed from death into life.