John 5:16-23 - Honoring The Father And The Son
16 and on this account the Jews began to persecute Jesus--because He did these things on the Sabbath. 17 His reply to their accusation was, "My Father works unceasingly, and so do I." 18 On this account then the Jews were all the more eager to put Him to death--because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also spoke of God as being in a special sense His Father, thus putting Himself on a level with God.
19 "In most solemn truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "that the Son can do nothing of Himself--He can only do what He sees the Father doing; for whatever He does, that the Son does in like manner. 20 For the Father loves the Son and reveals to Him all that He Himself is doing. And greater deeds than these will He reveal to Him, in order that you may wonder. 21 For just as the Father awakens the dead and gives them life, so the Son also gives life to whom He wills. 22 The Father indeed does not judge any one, but He has entrusted all judgement to the Son, 23 that all may honour the Son even as they honour the Father. The man who withholds honour from the Son withholds honour from the Father who sent Him.