Joh 5:16-47 | ESV | STEP | And this was why the Jews were persecuting Jesus , because he was doing these things on the Sabbath .

16 And this was why the Jews ^awere persecuting Jesus, ^bbecause he was doing these things on the Sabbath. 17 But Jesus answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I am working.”

Jesus Is Equal with God

18 This was why the Jews ^cwere seeking all the more to kill him, ^dbecause not only was he ^ebreaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God ^fhis own Father, ^gmaking himself equal with God.

The Authority of the Son

19 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, ^hthe Son ⁱcan do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father ^{▼▼Greek he} does, that the Son does likewise. 20 For ^kthe Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing. And ^lgreater works than these will he show him, so that ^myou may marvel. 21 For as the Father ⁿraises the dead and ^ogives them life, so ^palso the Son gives life ^qto whom he will. 22 ^rFor the Father judges no one, but ^shas given all judgment to the Son, 23 that all may honor the Son, just as they ^thonor the Father. ^uWhoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him. 24 Truly, truly, I say to you, ^vwhoever hears my word and ^wbelieves him who sent me has eternal life. He ^xdoes not come into judgment, but ^yhas passed from death to life.

25 “Truly, truly, I say to you, ^zan hour is coming, and is now here, when ^aathe dead will hear ^abthe voice of the Son of God, and those who hear ^acwill live. 26 ^adFor as the Father has life in himself, ^aeso he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. 27 And he ^afhas given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man. 28 Do not marvel at this, for ^agan hour is coming when ^ahall who are in the tombs will hear his voice 29 and come out, ^aithose who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

Witnesses to Jesus

30 ^aj“I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and ^akmy judgment is just, because ^alI seek not my own will ^ambut the will of him who sent me. 31 ^anIf I alone bear witness about myself, my testimony is not true. 32 There is ^aoanother who bears witness about me, and ^apI know that the testimony that he bears about me is true. 33 ^aqYou sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth. 34 Not that ^arthe testimony that I receive is from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved. 35 He was a burning and ^asshining lamp, and ^atyou were willing to rejoice for a while in his light. 36 But ^authe testimony that I have is greater than that of John. For ^avthe works that the Father has given me ^awto accomplish, the very works that I am doing, ^axbear witness about me that ^aythe Father has sent me. 37 And the Father who sent me ^azhas himself borne witness about me. His voice you have never heard, ^bahis form you have never seen, 38 and ^bbyou do not have his word abiding in you, for you do not believe the one whom he has sent. 39 ^bcYou search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and ^bdit is they that bear witness about me, 40 yet ^beyou refuse to come to me that you may have life. 41 ^bfI do not receive glory from people. 42 But ^bgI know that you do not have ^bhthe love of God within you. 43 I have come ^biin my Father’s name, and ^bjyou do not receive me. ^bkIf another comes in his own name, you will receive him. 44 How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and ^bldo not seek the glory that comes from ^bmthe only God? 45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you: Moses, ^bnon whom you have set your hope. 46 For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for ^bohe wrote of me. 47 But ^bpif you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?”