John 5:16-47

English Standard Version

¹⁶And this was why the Jews ^(A)were persecuting Jesus, ^(B)because he was doing these things on the Sabbath. ¹⁷But Jesus answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I am working.”

Jesus Is Equal with God

¹⁸This was why the Jews ^(C)were seeking all the more to kill him, ^(D)because not only was he ^(E)breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God ^(F)his own Father, ^(G)making himself equal with God.

The Authority of the Son

¹⁹So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(H)the Son ^(I)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. ²⁰For ^(J)the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing. And ^(K)greater works than these will he show him, so that ^(L)you may marvel. ²¹For as the Father ^(M)raises the dead and ^(N)gives them life, so ^(O)also the Son gives life ^(P)to whom he will. ²²^(Q)For the Father judges no one, but ^(R)has given all judgment to the Son, ²³that all may honor the Son, just as they ^(S)honor the Father. ^(T)Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him. ²⁴Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(U)whoever hears my word and ^(V)believes him who sent me has eternal life. He ^(W)does not come into judgment, but ^(X)has passed from death to life.

²⁵“Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(Y)an hour is coming, and is now here, when ^(Z)the dead will hear ^(AA)the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear ^(AB)will live. ²⁶^(AC)For as the Father has life in himself, ^(AD)so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. ²⁷And he ^(AE)has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man. ²⁸Do not marvel at this, for ^(AF)an hour is coming when ^(AG)all who are in the tombs will hear his voice ²⁹and come out, ^(AH)those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

Witnesses to Jesus

³⁰^(AI)“I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and ^(AJ)my judgment is just, because ^(AK)I seek not my own will ^(AL)but the will of him who sent me. ³¹^(AM)If I alone bear witness about myself, my testimony is not true. ³²There is ^(AN)another who bears witness about me, and ^(AO)I know that the testimony that he bears about me is true. ³³^(AP)You sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth. ³⁴Not that ^(AQ)the testimony that I receive is from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved. ³⁵He was a burning and ^(AR)shining lamp, and ^(AS)you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light. ³⁶But ^(AT)the testimony that I have is greater than that of John. For ^(AU)the works that the Father has given me ^(AV)to accomplish, the very works that I am doing, ^(AW)bear witness about me that ^(AX)the Father has sent me. ³⁷And the Father who sent me ^(AY)has himself borne witness about me. His voice you have never heard, ^(AZ)his form you have never seen, ³⁸and ^(BA)you do not have his word abiding in you, for you do not believe the one whom he has sent. ³⁹^(BB)You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and ^(BC)it is they that bear witness about me, ⁴⁰yet ^(BD)you refuse to come to me that you may have life. ⁴¹^(BE)I do not receive glory from people. ⁴²But ^(BF)I know that you do not have ^(BG)the love of God within you. ⁴³I have come ^(BH)in my Father's name, and ^(BI)you do not receive me. ^(BJ)If another comes in his own name, you will receive him. ⁴⁴How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and ^(BK)do not seek the glory that comes from ^(BL)the only God? ⁴⁵Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you: Moses, ^(BM)on whom you have set your hope. ⁴⁶For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for ^(BN)he wrote of me. ⁴⁷But ^(BO)if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?”