John 5:16 So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders began to persecute him. [SUP]17 [/SUP]In his defense Jesus said to them, “My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I too am working.” [SUP]18 [/SUP]For this reason they tried all the more to kill him; not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.
[SUP]19 [/SUP]Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. [SUP]20 [/SUP]For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does. Yes, and he will show him even greater works than these, so that you will be amazed. [SUP]21 [/SUP]For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son gives life to whom he is pleased to give it. [SUP]22 [/SUP]Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son, [SUP]23 [/SUP]that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him.
[SUP]24 [/SUP]“Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life. [SUP]25 [/SUP]Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live. [SUP]26 [/SUP]For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. [SUP]27 [/SUP]And he has given him authority to judge because he is the Son of Man.
[SUP]28 [/SUP]“Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice [SUP]29 [/SUP]and come out—those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned. [SUP]30 [/SUP]By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.
[SUP]31 [/SUP]“If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true. [SUP]32 [/SUP]There is another who testifies in my favor, and I know that his testimony about me is true.
[SUP]33 [/SUP]“You have sent to John and he has testified to the truth. [SUP]34 [/SUP]Not that I accept human testimony; but I mention it that you may be saved. [SUP]35 [/SUP]John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you chose for a time to enjoy his light.
[SUP]36 [/SUP]“I have testimony weightier than that of John. For the works that the Father has given me to finish—the very works that I am doing—testify that the Father has sent me. [SUP]37 [/SUP]And the Father who sent me has himself testified concerning me. You have never heard his voice nor seen his form, [SUP]38 [/SUP]nor does his word dwell in you, for you do not believe the one he sent. [SUP]39 [/SUP]You study[SUP] [/SUP]the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me, [SUP]40 [/SUP]yet you refuse to come to me to have life.
[SUP]41 [/SUP]“I do not accept glory from human beings, [SUP]42 [/SUP]but I know you. I know that you do not have the love of God in your hearts. [SUP]43 [/SUP]I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not accept me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him. [SUP]44 [/SUP]How can you believe since you accept glory from one another but do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?
[SUP]45 [/SUP]“But do not think I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, on whom your hopes are set. [SUP]46 [/SUP]If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me. [SUP]47 [/SUP]But since you do not believe what he wrote, how are you going to believe what I say?