John 5:16-24

Christian Standard Bible

¹⁶ Therefore, the Jews began persecuting^(A) Jesus^[a] because he was doing these things on the Sabbath.^(B)

Honoring the Father and the Son

¹⁷ Jesus responded to them, “My Father^(C) is still working, and I am working also.” ¹⁸ This is why the Jews began trying 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 to God.

¹⁹ Jesus replied, “Truly I tell you, the Son is not able to do anything on his own, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father^[b] does, the Son likewise does these things.^{(E) 20} For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything he is doing, and he will show him greater works^(F) than these so that you will be amazed. ²¹ And just as the Father raises^(G) the dead and gives them life, so the Son also gives life to whom he wants.^{(H) 22} The Father,^(I) in fact, judges no one but has given all judgment to the Son, ²³ so that all people may honor the Son just as they honor the Father.^(J) Anyone who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.^(K)

Life and Judgment

²⁴ “Truly I tell you, anyone who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life^(L) and will not come under judgment but has passed from death to life.