45 – The Equality of the Father and the Son, John 5:16-47

John 5:16 For this reason the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because He was doing these things on the Sabbath. 17 But He answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I Myself am working.”

18 For this reason therefore the Jews were seeking all the more to kill Him, because He not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.

19 Therefore Jesus answered and was saying to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever [a]the Father does, these things the Son also does in like manner. 20 For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself is doing; and the Father will show Him greater works than these, so that you will marvel. 21 For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom He wishes. 22 For not even the Father judges anyone, but He has given all judgment to the Son, 23 so that all will honor the Son even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

24 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.

25 Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming and now is, 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, even so He gave to the Son also to have life in Himself; 27 and He gave Him authority to execute judgment, because He is [b]the Son of Man. 28 Do not marvel at this; for an hour is coming, in which all who are in the tombs will hear His voice, 29 and will come forth; those who did the good deeds to a resurrection of life, those who committed the evil deeds to a resurrection of judgment.

30 “I can do nothing on My own initiative. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

31 “If I alone testify about Myself, My testimony is not [c]true. 32 There is another who testifies of Me, and I know that the testimony which He gives about Me is true.

33 You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth. 34 But the testimony which I receive is not from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved. 35 He was the lamp that was burning and was shining and you were willing to rejoice for [d]a while in his light.

36 But the testimony which I have is greater than the testimony of John; for the works which the Father has given Me to accomplish—the very works that I do—testify about Me, that the Father has sent Me.

37 And the Father who sent Me, He has testified of Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time nor seen His form. 38 You do not have His word abiding in you, for you do not believe Him whom He sent.

39 [e]You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me; 40 and you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have life. 41 I do not receive glory from men; 42 but I know you, that you do not have the love of God in yourselves. 43 I have come in My Father’s name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, you will receive him. 44 How can you believe, when you receive [f]glory from one another and you do not seek the [g]glory that is from the one and only God? 45 Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father; the one who accuses you is Moses, in whom you have set your hope. 46 For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me, for he wrote about Me. 47 But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?”

Footnotes

a. John 5:19 Lit that One

b. John 5:27 Or a son of man

c. John 5:31 I.e. admissible as legal evidence

d. John 5:35 Lit an hour

e. John 5:39 Or (a command) Search the Scriptures!

f. John 5:44 Or honor or fame

g. John 5:44 Or honor or fame

Commentary

Verse 16 opens with the phrase “for this reason”, so for a quick reminder, the previous passage is an account of Jesus healing the lame man at the pool of Bethesda. The Pharisees were dismayed, not only because Jesus was healing on the Sabbath, but also because He was telling others to break Sabbath laws (i.e. telling the lame man to carry his mat). Verse 16 reiterates this point and further states that the Pharisees began to persecute Jesus from this point. The original term translated here as persecute indicated an ongoing pursuit, intended to drive Jesus away (https://biblehub.com/lexicon/john/5-16.htm), to the extent in verse 18 that they wanted to kill Him.

Jesus’s statement in verse 17 about the Father continuing to work [implication: on the Sabbath] may seem strange; after all, the Father is the one who observed and designated the Sabbath in the first place. However, from the time of creation, God carried on the work of maintenance and provision for His existing creation every moment, and as Jesus points out in Luke 13:10-17 and 14:1-6, it was common practice for men to care for their families and livestock, even on the day of rest. If Jesus has dominion over all people, they are His to provide for, no matter the day or the hour, and He must act in the same way the Father has done, since the Father is passing all responsibility to Him.

As the Father elevates the Son to His rightful position, the Son will do greater works than the healing of the lame man; He will raise the dead and pronounce judgment. In verses 21 and 22, “the raising of the dead and the judgment are closely related eschatological matters. One day all the dead will be raised to stand before Christ in judgment (the saved through the rapture to the Bema Judgment, and the unsaved through the final resurrection to the Great White Throne Judgment, Rom 14:10; Rev 20:11-15)…” When Christ refers to raising the dead in this passage, it “refers both to a physical and spiritual accomplishment. The former occurs through resurrection and the latter through regeneration” (Nelson KJV Bible Commentary pg. 1306).

Verses 24-30 are reminiscent of the conversation Jesus had with Nicodemus (see John 3:16-20 in the scripture reference section below), but it occurred to me that John 3:17 says “God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world”, so why does our passage in verse 5 say God gave Jesus the responsibility of judgment? If you look at verses 3:18 and 5:30, it becomes a little clearer. Even though Jesus came to save those who believe, those who don’t believe have been judged already. Jesus’s presence is judgment in itself, so that when people believe or don’t believe, they have committed themselves to their fate.

What follows is a central passage to the arguments we can make for Jesus’s credibility as the Messiah. He cites several proofs, including the testimony of John the Baptist (verses 31-35), the works He has done, which can only be by the power of God (verse 36), the testimony of the Father (verses 37-38), and the Messianic prophecy scriptures, with which all His audience are familiar (verses 39-47). In fact, knowing those scriptures, they were all waiting for the Messiah to arrive and take His throne. If they were waiting for a Messiah, did they not expect that person to announce Himself? Why then did they create a rule against the type of statements Jesus made? They are holding Jesus to this standard they have created, wherein it is illegal to claim equality with God, but their own law is keeping them from believing in Jesus’s statements, the same way other aspects of their man-made laws are keeping them from faith and true worship. Meanwhile, another of their man-made laws, the Jewish law requiring two witnesses for proof, is fulfilled by the corroborating witness of John the Baptist, but they conveniently ignore this observation by Jesus. Further, their persistent pursuit of eternal life through study of the scriptures is a lost cause because they can’t bring themselves to truly believe what the scriptures are telling them.

In particular, they hold reverence for the scriptures written by Moses. “They claimed to be Moses’ disciples (9:28), and yet they did not accept what Moses has said (Deut 18:15-18)” (Nelson KJV Bible Commentary pg. 1307). Since they hold Moses in such high esteem, Jesus says Moses will be the one to accuse them in the end because they betray him by failing to believe his messianic prophecy when they see it fulfilled in Jesus.

Jesus predicts that the Jews will instead accept men who come in their own name, and this was later fulfilled through their belief in “false messiahs such as Theudas and Judas of Galilee (Acts 5:36-37). They will also accept antichrist (2 Thess 2:8-10)” (Nelson KJV Bible Commentary pg. 1307). They had every proof they needed to acknowledge Jesus as the Christ, but they couldn’t overcome their personal bias. However, they will ironically be drawn in by men whose intent is malicious. This is because they have committed the scriptures to their minds, but not their hearts, and they are unable to weigh the claims of men against the truth of the Word of God.

See the next post here https://onthepath.online/2020/01/10/the-disciples-pick-grain-on-the-sabbath/

Scripture References

Verse 16

John 1:19 And this was John’s testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, “Who are you?”

John 5:10 so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, “This is the Sabbath! It is unlawful for you to carry your mat.”

John 5:15 And the man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.

John 7:21 Jesus answered them, “I did one miracle, and you are all astonished.

Verse 17

John 10:36 then what about the One whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world? How then can you accuse Me of blasphemy for stating that I am the Son of God?

1 Thessalonians 2:13 And we continually thank God that in receiving the word of God from us, you did not accept it as the word of men, but as the true word of God–the word now at work in you who believe.

Verse 18

John 1:19 And this was John’s testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, “Who are you?”

John 5:15 And the man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.

John 7:1 After this, Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He did not want to travel in Judea, because the Jews there were trying to kill Him.

John 10:33 “We are not stoning You for any good work,” said the Jews, “but for blasphemy, because You, who are a man, declare Yourself to be God.”

John 19:7 “We have a law,” answered the Jews, “and according to that law He must die, because He declared Himself to be the Son of God.”

Philippians 2:6 Who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,

Verse 19

Matthew 26:39 Going a little farther, He fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.”

John 6:38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.

John 8:28 So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing on My own, but speak exactly what the Father has taught Me.

John 12:49 I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it.

John 12:50 And I know that His command leads to eternal life. So I speak exactly what the Father has told Me to say.”

John 14:10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me? The words I say to you, I do not speak on My own. Instead, it is the Father dwelling in Me, performing His works.

Verse 20

Matthew 3:17 And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!”

Matthew 4:8 Again, the devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.

John 3:35 The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.

John 14:12 Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever believes in Me will also do the works that I am doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.

2 Peter 1:17 For He received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to Him from the Majestic Glory, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”

Verse 21

John 6:63 The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.

John 11:25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me will live, even though he dies.

Romans 4:17 As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not yet exist.

Romans 8:11 And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you.

1 Corinthians 15:45 So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being;” the last Adam a life-giving spirit.

Verse 22

John 9:39 Then Jesus declared, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind may see and those who see may become blind.”

Acts 10:42 And He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that He is the One appointed by God to judge the living and the dead.

Acts 17:31 For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to all men by raising Him from the dead.”

Verse 23

Matthew 15:8 These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.

Luke 10:16 Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”

1 John 2:23 Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father; whoever confesses the Son has the Father as well.

Verse 24

Matthew 25:46 And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

John 3:18 Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.

John 4:36 Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.

John 6:47 Truly, truly, I tell you, he who believes has eternal life.

John 6:50 This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die.

John 6:51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is My flesh.”

John 6:58 This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your forefathers, who ate the manna and died, the one who eats this bread will live forever.”

John 12:44 Then Jesus cried out, “Whoever believes in Me does not believe in Me alone, but in the One who sent Me.

John 20:31 But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name.

1 John 3:14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death.

1 John 5:13 I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.

Verse 25

Luke 15:24 For this son of mine was dead and is alive again! He was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.

John 4:21 “Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

John 4:23 But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him.

John 6:60 On hearing it, many of His disciples said, “This is a difficult teaching. Who can accept it?”

John 8:43 Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you are unable to accept My message.

John 8:47 Whoever belongs to God hears the words of God. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.”

John 9:27 He replied, “I already told you and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become His disciples?”

Verse 26

John 1:4 In Him was life, and that life was the light of men.

John 6:57 Just as the living Father sent Me and I live because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on Me will live because of Me.

John 10:18 No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of My own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from My Father.”

John 11:25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me will live, even though he dies.

Hebrews 1:2 But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe.

Verse 27

Matthew 9:6 But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins…” Then He said to the paralytic, “Get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”

John 5:22 Furthermore, the Father judges no one, but has assigned all judgment to the Son,

John 9:39 Then Jesus declared, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind may see and those who see may become blind.”

Acts 10:42 And He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that He is the One appointed by God to judge the living and the dead.

Acts 17:31 For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to all men by raising Him from the dead.”

Hebrews 1:2 But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe.

Verse 28

Daniel 12:2 And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.

John 4:21 “Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

John 4:23 But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him.

John 11:24 Martha replied, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”

Acts 24:15 and I have the same hope in God that they themselves cherish, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.

1 Corinthians 15:52 in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.

Verse 29

Jeremiah 32:19 the One great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are on all the ways of the sons of men, to reward each one according to his ways and the fruit of his deeds.

Daniel 12:2 And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.

Matthew 25:46 And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

Luke 14:14 and you will be blessed. Since they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”

Acts 24:15 and I have the same hope in God that they themselves cherish, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.

Hebrews 10:27 but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries.

Verse 30

Isaiah 28:6 a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and a strength to those who repel the onslaught at the gate.

Zephaniah 3:15 The LORD has taken away your punishment; He has turned back your enemy. Israel’s king, the LORD, is among you; no longer will you fear any harm.

John 4:34 Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

John 6:38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.

John 8:16 But even if I do judge, My judgment is true, because I am not alone when I judge; I am with the Father, who sent Me.

Verse 31

John 8:13 So the Pharisees said to Him, “You are testifying about Yourself; Your testimony is not valid.”

John 8:14 Jesus replied, “Even if I testify about Myself, My testimony is valid, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you do not know where I came from or where I am going.

Verse 32

1 John 5:9 Even if we accept human testimony, the testimony of God is greater. For this is the testimony that God has given about His Son.

Verse 33

John 1:7 He came as a witness to testify about the Light, so that through him everyone might believe.

John 1:15 John testified concerning Him. He cried out, saying, “This is He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.'”

John 3:26 So John’s disciples came to him and said, “Look, Rabbi, the One who was with you beyond the Jordan, the One you testified about–He is baptizing, and everyone is going to Him.”

Verse 34

1 John 5:9 Even if we accept human testimony, the testimony of God is greater. For this is the testimony that God has given about His Son.

Verse 35

2 Samuel 21:17 But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to his aid, struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then David’s men swore to him, “You must never again go out with us to battle, so that the lamp of Israel may not be extinguished.”

Daniel 12:3 Then the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.

Mark 1:5 People went out to him from all of Jerusalem and the countryside of Judea. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.

2 Peter 1:19 We also have the word of the prophets as confirmed beyond doubt. And you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

Verse 36

Matthew 11:4 Jesus replied, “Go back and report to John what you hear and see:

Luke 2:49 “Why were you looking for Me?” He asked. “Did you not know that I had to be in My Father’s house?”

John 2:23 While He was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many people saw the signs He was doing and believed in His name.

John 3:17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

John 4:34 Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

John 10:25 “I already told you,” Jesus replied, “but you did not believe. The works I do in My Father’s name testify on My behalf.

John 10:38 But if I am doing them, even though you do not believe Me, believe the works themselves, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I am in the Father.”

John 14:11 Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me–or at least believe on account of the works themselves.

John 15:24 If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have seen and hated both Me and My Father.

Verse 37

Isaiah 26:10 Though grace is shown to the wicked man, he does not learn righteousness. In the land of righteousness he acts unjustly and fails to see the majesty of the LORD.

Matthew 3:17 And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!”

Mark 1:11 And a voice came from heaven: “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.”

Luke 3:22 and the Holy Spirit descended on Him in a bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.”

Luke 24:27 And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them what was written in all the Scriptures about Himself.

John 8:18 I am One who testifies about Myself, and the Father, who sent Me, also testifies about Me.”

1 John 5:9 Even if we accept human testimony, the testimony of God is greater. For this is the testimony that God has given about His Son.

Verse 38

Isaiah 26:10 Though grace is shown to the wicked man, he does not learn righteousness. In the land of righteousness he acts unjustly and fails to see the majesty of the LORD.

John 3:17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

1 John 2:14 I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

Verse 39

Deuteronomy 29:29 The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, so that we may follow all the words of this law.

Luke 24:25 Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, how slow are your hearts to believe all that the prophets have spoken.

Luke 24:27 And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them what was written in all the Scriptures about Himself.

John 7:52 “Aren’t you also from Galilee?” they replied. “Look into it, and you will see that no prophet comes out of Galilee.”

Acts 13:27 The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning Him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath.

Romans 2:17 Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the Law and boast in God;

Verse 40

John 10:10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.

Verse 41

John 7:18 He who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory, but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is a man of truth; in Him there is no falsehood.

John 8:50 I do not seek My own glory. There is One who seeks it, and He is the Judge.

John 12:43 For they loved praise from men more than praise from God.

1 Thessalonians 2:6 Nor did we seek praise from you or from anyone else, although as apostles of Christ we had authority to demand it.

Verse 43

Matthew 24:5 For many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.

Verse 44

1 Samuel 15:30 “I have sinned,” Saul replied. “Please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel. Come back with me, so that I may worship the LORD your God.”

John 12:43 For they loved praise from men more than praise from God.

John 17:3 Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.

Romans 2:29 No, a man is a Jew because he is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a man’s praise does not come from men, but from God.

1 Thessalonians 2:6 Nor did we seek praise from you or from anyone else, although as apostles of Christ we had authority to demand it.

1 Timothy 1:17 Now to the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

Jude 1:25 to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all time, and now, and for all eternity. Amen.

Verse 45

Luke 16:29 But Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; let your brothers listen to them.’

John 9:28 Then they heaped insults on him and said, “You are His disciple; we are disciples of Moses.

John 12:48 There is a judge for the one who rejects Me and does not receive My words: The word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.

Romans 2:17 Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the Law and boast in God;

Romans 2:23 You who boast in the Law, do you dishonor God by breaking the Law?

Verse 46

Luke 24:27 And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them what was written in all the Scriptures about Himself.

Verse 47

Luke 16:29 But Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; let your brothers listen to them.’

Luke 16:31 Then Abraham said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.'”

2 Timothy 3:15 From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

Commentary

Luke 13:10 And He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. 11 And there was a woman who for eighteen years had had a sickness caused by a spirit; and she was bent double, and could not straighten up at all. 12 When Jesus saw her, He called her over and said to her, “Woman, you are freed from your sickness.” 13 And He laid His hands on her; and immediately she was made erect again and began glorifying God. 14 But the synagogue official, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, began saying to the crowd in response, “There are six days in which work should be done; so come during them and get healed, and not on the Sabbath day.” 15 But the Lord answered him and said, “You hypocrites, does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the stall and lead him away to water him? 16 And this woman, a daughter of Abraham as she is, whom Satan has bound for eighteen long years, should she not have been released from this bond on the Sabbath day?” 17 As He said this, all His opponents were being humiliated; and the entire crowd was rejoicing over all the glorious things being done by Him.

Luke 14:1 It happened that when He went into the house of one of the leaders of the Pharisees on the Sabbath to eat bread, they were watching Him closely. 2 And there in front of Him was a man suffering from dropsy. 3 And Jesus answered and spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?” 4 But they kept silent. And He took hold of him and healed him, and sent him away. 5 And He said to them, “Which one of you will have a son or an ox fall into a well, and will not immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?” 6 And they could make no reply to this.

Rom 14:10 But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you regard your brother with contempt? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God.

Rev 20:11 Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat upon it, from whose presence earth and heaven fled away, and no place was found for them. 12 And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged from the things which were written in the books, according to their deeds. 13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them; and they were judged, every one of them according to their deeds. 14 Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. 15 And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His]only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. 18 He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

Acts 5:36 For some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and a group of about four hundred men joined up with him. But he was killed, and all who followed him were dispersed and came to nothing. 37 After this man, Judas of Galilee rose up in the days of the census and drew away some people after him; he too perished, and all those who followed him were scattered.

2 Thess 2:8 Then that lawless one will be revealed whom the Lord will slay with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the appearance of His coming; 9 that is, the one whose coming is in accord with the activity of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders, 10 and with all the deception of wickedness for those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth so as to be saved.

John 9:28 They reviled him and said, “You are His disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.

Deut 18:15 The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your countrymen, you shall listen to him. 16 This is according to all that you asked of the Lord your God in Horeb on the day of the assembly, saying, ‘Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God, let me not see this great fire anymore, or I will die.’ 17 The Lord said to me, ‘They have spoken well. 18 I will raise up a prophet from among their countrymen like you, and I will put My words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him.