John 5:20

"For the Father loves the Son, and shows him every thing that he himself is doing. And greater deeds than these will he show him, that you may wonder.

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.

In Context

19So Jesus answered them in these words. "In solemn truth I tell that the Son cannot do anything of himself, except what he sees the Father doing; for whatever he does, that the Son does also.

21"For just as the Father raises the dead and makes them alive, even so the Son makes whom he will alive.

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Cross References

Matthew 11:27"Everything has been handed over to me by my Father; neither does any one know the Son, except the Father, nor any one know the Father except the Son, and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.

Luke 10:22"All things have been delivered to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father; and who the Father is except the Son, and he the Son wishes to reveal him."

John 3:35the Father loves the Son and has committed everything into his hands.

John 5:25"Solemnly I tell you that the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear shall live.

John 10:32"I have shown you many good deeds from my Father. For which of these are you going to stone me?"

Matthew Henry on John 5:18-31

Christ's Discourse with the Jews; All Judgment Committed to Christ; The Christian Charter. 17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. 18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God. 19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth… Read the whole commentary →

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