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But Jesus answered them , "
My Father is still working ,
so I am working ,
too ."
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For this cause therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill him ,
because he not only broke the Sabbath ,
but also called God his own Father ,
making himself equal with God .
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Jesus therefore answered them , "
Most certainly ,
I tell you ,
the Son can do nothing of himself ,
but what he sees the Father doing .
For whatever things he does ,
these the Son also does likewise .
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For the Father has affection for the Son ,
and shows him all things that he himself does .
He will show him greater works than these ,
that you may marvel .
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For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life ,
even so the Son also gives life to whom he desires .
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For the Father judges no one ,
but he 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 doesn '
t honor the Son doesn '
t honor the Father who sent him .
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Most certainly I tell you ,
he who hears my word ,
and believes him who sent me ,
has eternal life ,
and doesn '
t come into judgment ,
but has passed out of death into life .
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Most certainly ,
I tell you ,
the hour comes ,
and now is ,
when the dead will hear the Son of God '
s voice ;
and those who hear will live .
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For as the Father has life in himself ,
even so he gave to the Son also to have life in himself .
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He also gave him authority to execute judgment ,
because he is a son of man .
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Don '
t marvel at this ,
for the hour comes ,
in which all that are in the tombs will hear his voice ,
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and will come out ;
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 of myself do nothing .
As I hear ,
I judge ,
and my judgment is righteous ;
because I don '
t seek my own will ,
but the will of my Father who sent me .
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If I testify about myself ,
my witness is not valid .
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It is another who testifies about me .
I know that the testimony which he testifies about me is true .
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You have sent to John ,
and he has testified to the truth .
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But the testimony which I receive is not from man .
However ,
I say these things that you may be saved .
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He was the 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 gave me to accomplish ,
the very works that I do ,
testify about me ,
that the Father has sent me .
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The Father himself ,
who sent me ,
has testified about me .
You have neither heard his voice at any time ,
nor seen his form .
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You don '
t have his word living in you ;
because you don '
t believe him whom he sent .
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You search the Scriptures ,
because you think that in them you have eternal life ;
and these are they which testify about me .
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Yet you will not come to me ,
that you may have life .
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I don '
t receive glory from men .
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But I know you ,
that you don '
t have God '
s love in yourselves .
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I have come in my Father '
s name ,
and you don '
t receive me .
If another comes in his own name ,
you will receive him .
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How can you believe ,
who receive glory from one another ,
and you don '
t seek the glory that comes from the only God ?
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Don '
t think that I will accuse you to the Father .
There is one who accuses you ,
even Moses ,
on whom you have set your hope .
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For if you believed Moses ,
you would believe me ;
for he wrote about me .
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But if you don '
t believe his writings ,
how will you believe my words ?"