24. “I assure you: Anyone who hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment but has passed from death to life.
25. “I assure you: An hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
26. For just as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted to the Son to have life in Himself.
27. And He has granted Him the right to pass judgment, because He is the Son of Man.
28. Do not be amazed at this, because a time is coming when all who are in the graves will hear His voice
29. and come out — those who have done good things, to the resurrection of life, but those who have done wicked things, to the resurrection of judgment.
30. “I can do nothing on My own. I judge only as I hear, and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
31. “If I testify about Myself, My testimony is not valid.
32. There is Another who testifies about Me, and I know that the testimony He gives about Me is valid.
33. You have sent messengers to John, and he has testified to the truth.
34. I don’t receive man’s testimony, but I say these things so that you may be saved.
35. John was a burning and shining lamp, and for a time you were willing to enjoy his light.
36. “But I have a greater testimony than John’s because of the works that the Father has given Me to accomplish. These very works I am doing testify about Me that the Father has sent Me.
37. The Father who sent Me has Himself testified about Me. You have not heard His voice at any time, and you haven’t seen His form.
38. You don’t have His word living in you, because you don’t believe the One He sent.