22. Also, the Father judges no one. But the Father has given the Son power to do all the judging.
23. God did this so that all people will respect the Son the same way they respect the Father. He who does not respect the Son does not respect the Father. The Father is the One who sent the Son.
24. “I tell you the truth. Whoever hears what I say and believes in the One who sent me has eternal life. He will not be judged guilty. He has already left death and has entered into life.
25. I tell you the truth. The time is coming and is already here when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God. And those who hear will have life.
26. Life comes from the Father himself. So the Father has allowed the Son to give life.
27. And the Father has given the Son the approval to judge because he is the Son of Man.
28. Don’t be surprised at this. A time is coming when all who are dead and in their graves will hear his voice.
29. Then they will come out of their graves. Those who did good will rise and have life forever. But those who did evil will rise to be judged guilty.
30. “I can do nothing alone. I judge only the way I am told, so my judgment is right. I don’t try to please myself. I try to please the One who sent me.
31. “If I tell people about myself, then they will not accept what I say about myself.
32. But there is another who tells about me. And I know that the things he says about me are true.
33. “You have sent men to John. And he has told you about the truth.
34. But I don’t need a man to tell about me. I tell you this so that you can be saved.
35. John was like a burning and shining lamp. And you were happy to enjoy his light for a while.
36. “But I have a proof about myself that is greater than that of John. The things I do are my proof. These are the things my Father gave me to do. They show that the Father sent me.
37. And the Father who sent me has given proof about me himself. You have never heard his voice. You have never seen what he looks like.
38. His teaching does not live in you because you don’t believe in the One that the Father sent.