John 5:18-47

New King James Version

¹⁸Therefore the Jews ^(A)sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, ^(B)making Himself equal with God. ¹⁹Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, ^(C)the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner. ²⁰For ^(D)the Father loves the Son, and ^(E)shows Him all things that He Himself does; and He will show Him greater works than these, that you may marvel. ²¹For as the Father raises the dead and gives life to them, ^(F)even so the Son gives life to whom He will. ²²For the Father judges no one, but ^(G)has committed all judgment to the Son, ²³that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. ^(H)He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

Life and Judgment Are Through the Son

²⁴“Most assuredly, I say to you, ^(I)he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, ^(J)but has passed from death into life. ²⁵Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when ^(K)the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live. ²⁶For ^(L)as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have ^(M)life in Himself, ²⁷and ^(N)has given Him authority to execute judgment also, ^(O)because He is the Son of Man. ²⁸Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will ^(P)hear His voice ²⁹^(Q)and come forth—^(R)those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation. ³⁰^(S)I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because ^(T)I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me.

The Fourfold Witness

³¹^(U)“If I bear witness of Myself, My witness is not ^[a]true. ³²^(V)There is another who bears witness of Me, and I know that the witness which He witnesses of Me is true. ³³You have sent to John, ^(W)and he has borne witness to the truth. ³⁴Yet I do not receive testimony from man, but I say these things that you may be saved. ³⁵He was the burning and ^(X)shining lamp, and ^(Y)you were willing for a time to rejoice in his light. ³⁶But ^(Z)I have a greater witness than John’s; for ^(AA)the works which the Father has given Me to finish—the very ^(AB)works that I do—bear witness of Me, that the Father has sent Me. ³⁷And the Father Himself, who sent Me, ^(AC)has testified of Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time, ^(AD)nor seen His form. ³⁸But you do not have His word abiding in you, because whom He sent, Him you do not believe. ³⁹^(AE)You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and ^(AF)these are they which testify of Me. ⁴⁰^(AG)But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life.

⁴¹^(AH)“I do not receive honor from men. ⁴²But I know you, that you do not have the love of God in you. ⁴³I have come in My Father’s name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, him you will receive. ⁴⁴^(AI)How can you believe, who receive honor from one another, and do not seek ^(AJ)the honor that comes from the only God? ⁴⁵Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father; ^(AK)there is one who accuses you—Moses, in whom you trust. ⁴⁶For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; ^(AL)for he wrote about Me. ⁴⁷But if you ^(AM)do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?”