John 5:17-33

English Standard Version Anglicised

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)The Father judges no one, but ^(P)has given all judgement to the Son, ²³ that all may honour the Son, just as they ^(Q)honour the Father. ^(R)Whoever does not honour the Son does not honour 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 judgement, 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 judgement, 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 judgement.

Witnesses to Jesus

^30 (AG)“I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and ^(AH)my judgement 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 deemed 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.