I and the Father Are One

²² At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter, ²³ and Jesus was walking in the temple, ^(A)in the colonnade of Solomon. ²⁴ So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are ^(B)the Christ, ^(C)tell us plainly.” ²⁵ Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. ^(D)The works that I do ^(E)in my Father's name bear witness about me, ²⁶ but ^(F)you do not believe because you are not among my sheep.

¹⁷ But Jesus answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I am working.”

Jesus Is Equal with God

¹⁸ This was why the Jews ^(A)were seeking all the more to kill him, ^(B)because not only was he ^(C)breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God ^(D)his own Father, ^(E)making himself equal with God.

The Authority of the Son

¹⁹ So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(F)the Son ^(G)can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father^[a] does, that the Son does likewise. ²⁰ For ^(H)the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing. And ^(I)greater works than these will he show him, so that ^(J)you may marvel. ²¹ For as the Father ^(K)raises the dead and ^(L)gives them life, so ^(M)also the Son gives life ^(N)to whom he will. ^22 (O)For the Father judges no one, but ^(P)has given all judgment to the Son, ²³ that all may honor the Son, just as they ^(Q)honor the Father. ^(R)Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him. ²⁴ Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(S)whoever hears my word and ^(T)believes him who sent me has eternal life. He ^(U)does not come into judgment, but ^(V)has passed from death to life.

²⁵ “Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(W)an hour is coming, and is now here, when ^(X)the dead will hear ^(Y)the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear ^(Z)will live. ^26 (AA)For as the Father has life in himself, ^(AB)so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. ²⁷ And he ^(AC)has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man. ²⁸ Do not marvel at this, for ^(AD)an hour is coming when ^(AE)all who are in the tombs will hear his voice ²⁹ and come out, ^(AF)those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

Witnesses to Jesus

^30 (AG)“I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and ^(AH)my judgment is just, because ^(AI)I seek not my own will ^(AJ)but the will of him who sent me. ^31 (AK)If I alone bear witness about myself, my testimony is not true. ³² There is ^(AL)another who bears witness about me, and ^(AM)I know that the testimony that he bears about me is true. ^33 (AN)You sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth. ³⁴ Not that ^(AO)the testimony that I receive is from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved. ³⁵ He was a burning and ^(AP)shining lamp, and ^(AQ)you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light. ³⁶ But ^(AR)the testimony that I have is greater than that of John. For ^(AS)the works that the Father has given me ^(AT)to accomplish, the very works that I am doing, ^(AU)bear witness about me that ^(AV)the Father has sent me. ³⁷ And the Father who sent me ^(AW)has himself borne witness about me. His voice you have never heard, ^(AX)his form you have never seen, ³⁸ and ^(AY)you do not have his word abiding in you, for you do not believe the one whom he has sent. ^39 (AZ)You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and ^(BA)it is they that bear witness about me, ⁴⁰ yet ^(BB)you refuse to come to me that you may have life. ^41 (BC)I do not receive glory from people. ⁴² But ^(BD)I know that you do not have ^(BE)the love of God within you. ⁴³ I have come ^(BF)in my Father's name, and ^(BG)you do not receive me. ^(BH)If another comes in his own name, you will receive him. ⁴⁴ How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and ^(BI)do not seek the glory that comes from ^(BJ)the only God? ⁴⁵ Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you: Moses, ^(BK)on whom you have set your hope. ⁴⁶ For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for ^(BL)he wrote of me. ⁴⁷ But ^(BM)if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?”

²⁹ Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, ^(A)that you believe in him whom ^(B)he has sent.”

³⁵ Jesus said to them, ^(A)“I am the bread of life; ^(B)whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. ³⁶ But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe.

Rivers of Living Water

^37 (A)On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, ^(B)“If anyone thirsts, let him ^(C)come to me and drink. ³⁸ Whoever believes in me, ^(D)as^[a] the Scripture has said, ^(E)‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of ^(F)living water.’” ³⁹ Now ^(G)this he said about the Spirit, ^(H)whom those who believed in him were to receive, ^(I)for as yet the Spirit had not been ^(J)given, ^(K)because Jesus was not yet glorified.

I Am the Light of the World

^12 (A)Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, ^(B)“I am the light of the world. Whoever ^(C)follows me will not ^(D)walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” ¹³ So the Pharisees said to him, ^(E)“You are bearing witness about yourself; your testimony is not true.” ¹⁴ Jesus answered, “Even if I do bear witness about myself, ^(F)my testimony is true, for I know ^(G)where I came from and ^(H)where I am going, but ^(I)you do not know where I come from or where I am going. ^15 (J)You judge according to the flesh; ^(K)I judge no one. ¹⁶ Yet even if I do judge, ^(L)my judgment is true, for ^(M)it is not I alone who judge, but I and the Father^[a] who sent me. ^17 (N)In your Law it is written that the testimony of two people is true. ¹⁸ I am the one who bears witness about myself, and ^(O)the Father who sent me bears witness about me.” ¹⁹ They said to him therefore, “Where is your Father?” Jesus answered, ^(P)“You know neither me nor my Father. ^(Q)If you knew me, you would know my Father also.” ²⁰ These words he spoke in ^(R)the treasury, as he taught in the temple; but ^(S)no one arrested him, because ^(T)his hour had not yet come.

^4 (A)while God also bore witness ^(B)by signs and wonders and various miracles and by ^(C)gifts of the Holy Spirit ^(D)distributed according to his will.