¹⁷ But Jesus answered them, ^(A)“My Father has been working until now, and I have been working.”

¹⁸ Therefore the Jews ^(B)sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, ^(C)making Himself equal with God. ¹⁹ Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, ^(D)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. ²⁰ For ^(E)the Father loves the Son, and ^(F)shows Him all things that He Himself does; and He will show Him greater works than these, that you may marvel. ²¹ For as the Father raises the dead and gives life to them, ^(G)even so the Son gives life to whom He will. ²² For the Father judges no one, but ^(H)has committed all judgment to the Son, ²³ that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. ^(I)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, ^(J)he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, ^(K)but has passed from death into life. ²⁵ Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when ^(L)the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live. ²⁶ For ^(M)as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have ^(N)life in Himself, ²⁷ and ^(O)has given Him authority to execute judgment also, ^(P)because He is the Son of Man. ²⁸ Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will ^(Q)hear His voice ^29 (R)and come forth—^(S)those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation. ^30 (T)I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because ^(U)I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me.