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This was why the Jews sought all the more to kill him ,
because he not only broke the sabbath but also called God his Father ,
making himself equal with God .
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Jesus said to them , "
Truly ,
truly ,
I say to you ,
the Son can do nothing of his own accord ,
but only what he sees the Father doing ;
for whatever he does ,
that the Son does likewise .
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For the Father loves the Son ,
and shows him all that he himself is doing ;
and greater works than these will he show him ,
that you may marvel .
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For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life ,
so also the Son gives life to whom he will .
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The Father judges no one ,
but has given all judgment to the Son ,
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that all may honor the Son ,
even as they honor the Father .
He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him .
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Truly ,
truly ,
I say to you ,
he who hears my word and believes him who sent me ,
has eternal life ;
he does not come into judgment ,
but has passed from death to life .
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Truly ,
truly ,
I say to you ,
the hour is coming ,
and now is ,
when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God ,
and those who hear will live .
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For as the Father has life in himself ,
so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself ,
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and has given him authority to execute judgment ,
because he is the Son of man .
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Do not marvel at this ;
for the hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice
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and come forth ,
those who have done good ,
to the resurrection of life ,
and those who have done evil ,
to the resurrection of judgment .
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I can do nothing on my own authority ;
as I hear ,
I judge ;
and my judgment is just ,
because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me .
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If I bear witness to myself ,
my testimony is not true ;
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there is another who bears witness to me ,
and I know that the testimony which he bears to me is true .
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You sent to John ,
and he has borne witness to the truth .
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Not that the testimony which I receive is from man ;
but I say this that you may be saved .
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He was a burning and shining lamp ,
and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light .
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But the testimony which I have is greater than that of John ;
for the works which the Father has granted me to accomplish ,
these very works which I am doing ,
bear me witness that the Father has sent me .
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And the Father who sent me has himself borne witness to me .
His voice you have never heard ,
his form you have never seen ;
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and you do not have his word abiding in you ,
for you do not believe him whom he has sent .
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You search the scriptures ,
because you think that in them you have eternal life ;
and it is they that bear witness to me ;
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yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life .
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I do not receive glory from men .
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But I know that you have not the love of God within you .
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I have come in my Father '
s name ,
and you do not receive me ;
if another comes in his own name ,
him you will receive .
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How can you believe ,
who receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God ?
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Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father ;
it is Moses who accuses you ,
on whom you set your hope .
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If you believed Moses ,
you would believe me ,
for he wrote of me .
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But if you do not believe his writings ,
how will you believe my words ?"