15. The man went away. He told the Jews it was Jesus who had made him well.
16. Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath day. So the Jews began to oppose him.
17. Jesus said to them, "My Father is always doing his work. He is working right up to this very day. I am working too."
18. For this reason the Jews tried even harder to kill him. Jesus was not only breaking the Sabbath. He was even calling God his own Father. He was making himself equal with God.
19. Jesus answered, "What I'm about to tell you is true. The Son can do nothing by himself. He can do only what he sees his Father doing. What the Father does, the Son also does.
20. This is because the Father loves the Son. He shows him everything he does. Yes, you will be amazed! The Father will show him even greater things than these.
21. "The Father raises the dead and gives them life. In the same way, the Son gives life to anyone he wants to.
22. "Also, the Father does not judge anyone. He has given the Son the task of judging.
23. Then all people will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Those who do not honor the Son do not honor the Father, who sent him.
24. "What I'm about to tell you is true. Anyone who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He will not be found guilty. He has crossed over from death to life.
25. "What I'm about to tell you is true. A time is coming for me to give life. In fact, it has already begun. The dead will hear the voice of the Son of God. Those who hear it will live.
26. "The Father has life in himself. He has also allowed the Son to have life in himself.
27. And the Father has given him the authority to judge. This is because he is the Son of Man.