Jesus Claims Equality with God

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But he answered them, “My Father has been working until now, and I too am working.”

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This answer made the Judeans all the more intent on killing him — not only was he breaking Shabbat; but also, by saying that God was his own Father, he was claiming equality with God.

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Therefore, Yeshua said this to them: “Yes, indeed! I tell you that the Son cannot do anything on his own, but only what he sees the Father doing; whatever the Father does, the Son does too.

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For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything he does; and he will show him even greater things than these, so that you will be amazed.

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Just as the Father raises the dead and makes them alive, so too the Son makes alive anyone he wants.

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The Father does not judge anyone but has entrusted all judgment to the Son,

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so that all may honor the Son as they honor the Father. Whoever fails to honor the Son is not honoring the Father who sent him.

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Yes, indeed! I tell you that whoever hears what I am saying and trusts the One who sent me has eternal life — that is, he will not come up for judgment but has already crossed over from death to life!

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Yes, indeed! I tell you that there is coming a time — in fact, it’s already here — when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who listen will come to life.

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For just as the Father has life in himself, so he has given the Son life to have in himself.

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Also he has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man.

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Don’t be surprised at this; because the time is coming when all who are in the grave will hear his voice

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and come out — those who have done good to a resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to a resurrection of judgment.

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I can’t do a thing on my own. As I hear, I judge; and my judgment is right; because I don’t seek my own desire, but the desire of the one who sent me.

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