27. And the Father has given the Son the approval to judge, because he is the Son of Man.
28. Don’t be surprised at this: A time is coming when all who are dead and in their graves will hear his voice.
29. Then they will come out of their graves. Those who did good will rise and have life forever, but those who did evil will rise to be judged guilty.
30. “I can do nothing alone. I judge only the way I am told, so my judgment is fair. I don’t try to please myself, but I try to please the One who sent me.
31. “If only I tell people about myself, what I say is not true.
32. But there is another who tells about me, and I know that the things he says about me are true.
33. “You have sent people to John, and he has told you the truth.
34. It is not that I need what humans say; I tell you this so you can be saved.