John 5:21-29

21In the same way that the Father brings back the dead and gives them life, the Son gives life to anyone he chooses.

22“The Father doesn’t judge anyone. He has entrusted judgment entirely to the Son

23so that everyone will honor the Son as they honor the Father. Whoever doesn’t honor the Son doesn’t honor the Father who sent him.

24I can guarantee this truth: Those who listen to what I say and believe in the one who sent me will have eternal life. They won’t be judged because they have already passed from death to life.

25“I can guarantee this truth: A time is coming (and is now here) when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who respond to it will live.

26The Father is the source of life, and he has enabled the Son to be the source of life too.

27“He has also given the Son authority to pass judgment because he is the Son of Man.

28Don’t be surprised at what I’ve just said. A time is coming when all the dead will hear his voice,

29and they will come out of their tombs. Those who have done good will come back to life and live. But those who have done evil will come back to life and will be judged.