17. But Jesus said, “My Father has never stopped working, and that is why I keep on working.”
18. Now the leaders wanted to kill Jesus for two reasons. First, he had broken the law of the Sabbath. But even worse, he had said that God was his Father, which made him equal with God.
19. Jesus told the people:I tell you for certain that the Son cannot do anything on his own. He can do only what he sees the Father doing, and he does exactly what he sees the Father do.
20. The Father loves the Son and has shown him everything he does. The Father will show him even greater things, and you will be amazed.
21. Just as the Father raises the dead and gives life, so the Son gives life to anyone he wants to.
22. The Father doesn't judge anyone, but he has made his Son the judge of everyone.
23. The Father wants all people to honour the Son as much as they honour him. When anyone refuses to honour the Son, that is the same as refusing to honour the Father who sent him.
24. I tell you for certain that everyone who hears my message and has faith in the one who sent me has eternal life and will never be condemned. They have already gone from death to life.
25. I tell you for certain that the time will come, and it is already here, when all the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God. And those who listen to it will live!
26. The Father has the power to give life, and he has given that same power to the Son.
27. And he has given his Son the right to judge everyone, because he is the Son of Man.
28. Don't be surprised! The time will come when all the dead will hear the voice of the Son of Man,
29. and they will come out of their graves. Everyone who has done good things will rise to life, but everyone who has done evil things will rise and be condemned.
30. I cannot do anything on my own. The Father sent me, and he is the one who told me how to judge. I judge with fairness, because I obey him, and I don't just try to please myself.