John 5:20-21

The Authority of the Son

²⁰ For _g the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing. And _h greater works than these will he show him, so that _i you may marvel. ²¹ For as the Father _j raises the dead and _k gives them life, so _l also the Son gives life _m to whom he will.

1. Cross References
   John 3:35
   The Father loves the Son and has given all things into his hand.
   John 10:17
   For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again.
   John 15:9 - 10
   As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love.
   John 17:23 - 26
   I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me.
   Matthew 3:17
   And behold, a voice from heaven said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.
   
2. Cross References
   John 14:12
   Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father.
   
3. Cross References
   John 7:21
   Jesus answered them, "I did one work, and you all marvel at it.
   
4. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 32:39
   'See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god beside me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.
   2 Corinthians 1:9
   Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead.
   
5. Cross References
   Romans 4:17
   As it is written, "I have made you the father of many nations" - in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.
   Romans 8:11
   If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
   
6. Cross References
   John 6:33
   For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.
   John 11:25
   Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live.
   1 Corinthians 15:45
   Thus it is written, "The first man Adam became a living being"; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
   
7. Cross References
   Romans 9:18
   So then he has mercy on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills.