John 5:16–23

16 And on account of this the Jews began to persecute* Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath. 17 But he answeredf them, “My Father is working until now, and I am working.” 18 So on account of this the Jews were seeking even more to kill him, because he not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God his own Father, thus* making himself equal with God.

The Authority of the Son

19 So Jesus answered and said to them, “Truly, truly I say to you, the Son can do nothing from himself except what he sees the Father doing. For whatever that one does, these things also the Son does likewise. 20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything that he himself is doing. And greater works than these he will show him, so that you will be astonished. 21 For just as the Father raises the dead and makes them* alive, thus also the Son makes alive whomever he wishes. 22 For the Father does not judge anyone, but he has given all judgment to the Son, 23 in order that all people* will honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

*	The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to persecute”)
f	Some manuscripts have “Jesus answered”
*	Here “thus” is supplied as a component of the participle (“making”) which is understood as result
*	Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
*	The word “people” is not in the Greek text but is implied