John 5: 17 - 30
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But Jesus answered them, "My Father is working still, and I am working."
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| 18
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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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| 19
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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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| 20
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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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| 21
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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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| 22
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The Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son,
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| 23
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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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| 24
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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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| 25
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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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| 26
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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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| 27
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and has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of man.
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| 28
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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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| 29
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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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| 30
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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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