¹⁶ But if I do judge, my decisions are true, because I am not alone. I stand with the Father, who sent me.^(A)

²⁹ The one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone,^(A) for I always do what pleases him.”^(B)

³¹ For he has set a day when he will judge^(A) the world with justice^(B) by the man he has appointed.^(C) He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.”^(D)

³² “A time is coming^(A) and in fact has come when you will be scattered,^(B) each to your own home. You will leave me all alone.^(C) Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me.^(D)

²² Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son,^{(A) 23} that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him.^(B)

²⁴ “Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me^(C) has eternal life^(D) and will not be judged^(E) but has crossed over from death to life.^{(F) 25} Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come^(G) when the dead will hear^(H) the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live. ²⁶ For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life^(I) in himself. ²⁷ And he has given him authority to judge^(J) because he is the Son of Man.

²⁸ “Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming^(K) when all who are in their graves will hear his voice ²⁹ and come out—those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned.^{(L) 30} By myself I can do nothing;^(M) I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just,^(N) for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.^(O)

⁷ But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance,^(A) but the Lord looks at the heart.”^(B)

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¹¹ I saw heaven standing open^(A) and there before me was a white horse, whose rider^(B) is called Faithful and True.^(C) With justice he judges and wages war.^(D)

The Coming of Zion’s King