John 5:16-24

The Authority of the Son

16 So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders began to persecute him.
17 In his defense Jesus said to them, “My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I too am working.”
18 For this reason they tried all the more to kill him; not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.
19 Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does.
20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does. Yes, and he will show him even greater works than these, so that you will be amazed.
21 For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son gives life to whom he is pleased to give it.
22 Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son,
23 that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him.
24 “Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life.

Cross References 15

  • 1. Luke 2:49
  • 2. John 9:4; John 14:10
  • 3. S Matthew 12:14; John 7:1
  • 4. John 10:30,33; John 19:7
  • 5. ver 30; S John 14:24; John 8:28
  • 6. John 3:35
  • 7. John 14:12
  • 8. Romans 4:17; Romans 8:11; 2 Corinthians 1:9; Hebrews 11:19
  • 9. John 11:25
  • 10. ver 27; Genesis 18:25; Judges 11:27; John 9:39; S Acts 10:42; Acts 17:31
  • 11. Luke 10:16; S 1 John 2:23
  • 12. S Matthew 10:40; S John 3:15; S John 3:17
  • 13. S Matthew 25:46
  • 14. John 3:18
  • 15. 1 John 3:14
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