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.
31. If I speak for myself, there is no way to prove I am telling the truth.
32. But there is someone else who speaks for me, and I know what he says is true.
33. You sent messengers to John, and he told them the truth.
34. I don't depend on what people say about me, but I tell you these things so that you may be saved.
35. John was a lamp that gave a lot of light, and you were glad to enjoy his light for a while.
36. But something more important than John speaks for me. I mean the things that the Father has given me to do! All of these speak for me and prove that the Father sent me.
37. The Father who sent me also speaks for me, but you have never heard his voice or seen him face to face.
38. You have not believed his message, because you refused to have faith in the one he sent.
39. You search the Scriptures, because you think you will find eternal life in them. The Scriptures tell about me,