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.