²⁵ Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. ^(A)The works that I do ^(B)in my Father's name bear witness about me,

³⁸ but if I do them, ^(A)even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that ^(B)the Father is in me and I am in the Father.”

⁵⁸ Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, ^(A)I am.”

¹¹ Believe me that ^(A)I am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else ^(B)believe on account of the works themselves.

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.

^3 (A)how shall we escape if we ^(B)neglect such a great salvation? It was ^(C)declared at first by the Lord, and it was ^(D)attested to us ^(E)by those who heard,

³⁸ how ^(A)God anointed Jesus of Nazareth ^(B)with the Holy Spirit and with ^(C)power. He went about doing good and healing all ^(D)who were oppressed by the devil, ^(E)for God was with him.

The Purpose of This Book

^30 (A)Now Jesus did many other signs ^(B)in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book;

³⁷ Though he had done so many signs before them, they still did not believe in him,