John 5:22-47

New King James Version

²²For the Father judges no one, but ^(A)has committed all judgment to the Son, ²³that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. ^(B)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, ^(C)he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, ^(D)but has passed from death into life. ²⁵Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when ^(E)the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live. ²⁶For ^(F)as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have ^(G)life in Himself, ²⁷and ^(H)has given Him authority to execute judgment also, ^(I)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 ^(J)hear His voice ²⁹^(K)and come forth—^(L)those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation. ³⁰^(M)I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because ^(N)I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me.

The Fourfold Witness

³¹^(O)“If I bear witness of Myself, My witness is not ^[a]true. ³²^(P)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, ^(Q)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 ^(R)shining lamp, and ^(S)you were willing for a time to rejoice in his light. ³⁶But ^(T)I have a greater witness than John’s; for ^(U)the works which the Father has given Me to finish—the very ^(V)works that I do—bear witness of Me, that the Father has sent Me. ³⁷And the Father Himself, who sent Me, ^(W)has testified of Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time, ^(X)nor seen His form. ³⁸But you do not have His word abiding in you, because whom He sent, Him you do not believe. ³⁹^(Y)You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and ^(Z)these are they which testify of Me. ⁴⁰^(AA)But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life.

⁴¹^(AB)“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^(AC)How can you believe, who receive honor from one another, and do not seek ^(AD)the honor that comes from the only God? ⁴⁵Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father; ^(AE)there is one who accuses you—Moses, in whom you trust. ⁴⁶For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; ^(AF)for he wrote about Me. ⁴⁷But if you ^(AG)do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?”