26. Just as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son to have life in himself.
27. He gives the Son authority to judge, because he is the Human One.
28. Don’t be surprised by this, because the time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice.
29. Those who did good things will come out into the resurrection of life, and those who did wicked things into the resurrection of judgment.
30. I can’t do anything by myself. Whatever I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just. I don’t seek my own will but the will of the one who sent me.
31. “If I testify about myself, my testimony isn’t true.
32. There is someone else who testifies about me, and I know his testimony about me is true.
33. You sent a delegation to John, and he testified to the truth.
34. Although I don’t accept human testimony, I say these things so that you can be saved.
35. John was a burning and shining lamp, and, at least for a while, you were willing to celebrate in his light.
36. “I have a witness greater than John’s testimony. The Father has given me works to do so that I might complete them. These works I do testify about me that the Father sent me.
37. And the Father who sent me testifies about me. You have never even heard his voice or seen his form,
38. and you don’t have his word dwelling with you because you don’t believe the one whom he has sent.
39. Examine the scriptures, since you think that in them you have eternal life. They also testify about me,