16. Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath day. So the Jews began to oppose him.
17. Jesus said to them, "My Father is always doing his work. He is working right up to this very day. I am working too."
18. For this reason the Jews tried even harder to kill him. Jesus was not only breaking the Sabbath. He was even calling God his own Father. He was making himself equal with God.
19. Jesus answered, "What I'm about to tell you is true. The Son can do nothing by himself. He can do only what he sees his Father doing. What the Father does, the Son also does.
20. This is because the Father loves the Son. He shows him everything he does. Yes, you will be amazed! The Father will show him even greater things than these.
21. "The Father raises the dead and gives them life. In the same way, the Son gives life to anyone he wants to.
22. "Also, the Father does not judge anyone. He has given the Son the task of judging.