¹⁷ But He answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I Myself am working.”

Jesus’ Equality with the Father

¹⁸ For this reason therefore ^(A)the Jews ^(B)were seeking all the more to kill Him, because He not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God His own Father, ^(C)making Himself equal with God.

¹⁹ Therefore Jesus answered and was saying to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(D)the Son can do nothing from Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever ^[a]the Father does, these things the Son also does in the same manner. ^20 (E)For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself is doing; and the Father will show Him ^(F)greater works than these, so that you will marvel. ²¹ For just as the Father raises the dead and ^(G)gives them life, even so ^(H)the Son also gives life to whom He wishes. ²² For not even the Father judges anyone, but ^(I)He has given all judgment to the Son, ²³ so that all will honor the Son even as they honor the Father. ^(J)He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

²⁴ “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and ^(K)believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and ^(L)does not come into judgment, but has ^(M)passed out of death into life.

Two Resurrections

²⁵ Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(N)an hour is coming and now is, when ^(O)the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who ^(P)hear will live. ²⁶ For just as the Father has life in Himself, even so He ^(Q)gave to the Son also to have life in Himself; ²⁷ and He gave Him authority to ^(R)execute judgment, because He is ^[b]the Son of Man. ²⁸ Do not marvel at this; for ^(S)an hour is coming, in which ^(T)all who are in the tombs will hear His voice, ²⁹ and will come forth; ^(U)those who did the good deeds to a resurrection of life, those who committed the evil deeds to a resurrection of judgment.

³⁰ “^(V)I can do nothing from Myself. As I hear, I judge; and ^(W)My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will, but ^(X)the will of Him who sent Me.

³¹ “^(Y)If I alone bear witness about Myself, My witness is not ^[c]true. ³² There is ^(Z)another who bears witness about Me, and I know that the witness which He gives about Me is true.

Witnesses to Jesus: The Father and the Scriptures

³³ You have sent to John, and he ^(AA)has borne witness to the truth. ³⁴ But ^(AB)the witness I receive is not from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved. ³⁵ He was ^(AC)the lamp that was burning and shining and you ^(AD)were willing to rejoice for ^[d]a while in his light. ³⁶ But the witness I have is greater than the witness of John; for ^(AE)the works which the Father has given Me ^(AF)to finish—the very works that I do—bear witness about Me, that the Father ^(AG)has sent Me. ³⁷ And the Father who sent Me, ^(AH)He has borne witness about Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time nor seen His form. ³⁸ And you do not have ^(AI)His word abiding in you, for you do not believe Him whom He ^(AJ)sent. ^39 [e](AK)You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is ^(AL)these that bear witness about Me; ⁴⁰ and you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have life. ^41 (AM)I do not receive glory from men; ⁴² but I know you, that you do not have the love of God in yourselves. ⁴³ I have come in My Father’s name, and you do not receive Me; ^(AN)if another comes in his own name, you will receive him. ⁴⁴ How can you believe, when you ^(AO)receive ^[f]glory from one another and you do not seek ^(AP)the ^[g]glory that is from ^(AQ)the only God? ⁴⁵ Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father; the one who accuses you is ^(AR)Moses, in whom you have set your hope. ⁴⁶ For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me, for ^(AS)he wrote about Me. ⁴⁷ But ^(AT)if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?”

^30 (A)I and the Father are ^[a]one.”