21 For just as the Father gives life to those he resurrects from the dead, in the same way the Son also gives life to those that he wants. 22 The Father judges no one. He has given to the Son all the authority to judge, 23 so that everyone may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Anyone who doesn’t honor the Son doesn’t honor the Father who sent him. 24 I tell you the truth: those who follow* what I say and trust the one who sent me have eternal life. They won’t be condemned, but have gone from death to life.

25 I tell you the truth: The time is coming—in fact it’s here already—when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live! 26 Just as the Father has life-giving power in himself, so has he given the Son the same life-giving power in himself. 27 The Father also granted the authority for judgment to him, for he is the Son of man. 28 Don’t be surprised at this, for the time is coming when all those in the grave will hear his voice 29 and will rise again: those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of condemnation.* 30 I can do nothing by myself. I judge based on what I’m told,* and my decision is right, for I’m not doing my own will but the will of the one who sent me. 31 If I were to make claims about myself, such claims wouldn’t be valid;