Joh 5:19 | HCSB | STEP | Then Jesus replied , “ I assure you : The Son is not able to do anything on His own , but only what He sees the Father doing . For whatever the Father does , the Son also does these things in the same way .

c Jn 3:35; 6:38; 7:16,28; 8:26-42; 10:18,30,36-38; 12:49-50; 14:9,24,31; 15:9-10; 16:15; 17:9-10

John 5:19

19 Then Jesus replied, “ ^{▼▼I assure you: This is a phrase used only by Jesus to testify to the certainty and importance of His words; in Mt, Mk and Lk it is literally Amen, I say to you, and in Jn it is literally Amen, amen, I say to you.}I assure you: The Son is not able to do anything on His own, but only what He sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father ^{▼▼Lit whatever that One} does, the Son also does these things in the same way. ^c