John 5:17-30

¹⁷This was why the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the sabbath but also called God his Father, making himself equal with God. ¹⁸Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing; for whatever he does, that the Son does likewise.

¹⁹For the Father loves the Son, and shows him all that he himself is doing; and greater works than these will he show him, that you may marvel. ²⁰For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he will. ²¹The Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son, ²²that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him. ²³Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears my word and believes him who sent me, has eternal life; he does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life. ²⁴"Truly, truly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. ²⁵For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself, ²⁶and has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of man. ²⁷Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice ²⁸and come forth, those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment. ²⁹"I can do nothing on my own authority; as I hear, I judge; and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.

³⁰If I bear witness to myself, my testimony is not true;