John 5:16-23 - Honoring The Father And The Son
16 And that was why the Jews began to persecute Jesus--because he did things of this kind on the Sabbath. 17 But Jesus replied: "My Father works to this very hour, and I work also." 18 This made the Jews all the more eager to kill him, because not only was he doing away with the Sabbath, but he actually called God his own Father--putting himself on an equality with God.
19 So Jesus made this further reply: "In truth I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself; he does only what he sees the Father doing; whatever the Father does, the Son does also. 20 For the Father loves his Son, and shows him everything that he is doing; and he will show him still greater things--so that you will be filled with wonder. 21 For, just as the Father raises the dead and gives them Life, so also the Son gives Life to whom he pleases. 22 The Father himself does not judge any man, but has 'entrusted the work of judging entirely to his Son,' 23 So that all men may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son fails to honor the Father who sent him.