John 5:16–30

¹⁶For this reason the Jews ⁱpersecuted Jesus, ⁴and sought to kill Him, because He had done these things on the Sabbath.

Equality with God in Nature

¹⁷But Jesus answered them, ^j“My Father has been working until now, and I have been working.”

¹⁸Therefore the Jews ^ksought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, ^lmaking Himself equal with God.

Equality with God in Power

¹⁹Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, ^mthe Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner. ²⁰For ⁿthe Father loves the Son, and ^oshows Him all things that He Himself does; and He will show Him greater works than these, that you may marvel. ²¹For as the Father raises the dead and gives life to them, ^peven so the Son gives life to whom He will.

Equality with God in Authority

²²For the Father judges no one, but ^qhas committed all judgment to the Son, ²³that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. ^rHe who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

²⁴“Most assuredly, I say to you, ^she who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, ^tbut has passed from death into life. ²⁵Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when ^uthe dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live. ²⁶For ^vas the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have ^wlife in Himself, ²⁷and ^xhas given Him authority to execute judgment also, ^ybecause 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 ^zhear His voice ^29aand come forth—^bthose who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation. ^30cI can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because ^dI do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me.