So Jesus replied, "Truly, truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing by Himself, unless He sees the Father doing it. For whatever the Father does, the Son also does.
Cross References
Matthew 26:39Going 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 5:30I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
John 6:38For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.
John 8:28So 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 12:49I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it.
John 12:50And I know that His command leads to eternal life. So I speak exactly what the Father has told Me to say."
John 14:10Do 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.
Treasury of Scripture
Then answered Jesus and said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father do: for what things soever he does, these also does the Son likewise.
Verily.
John 5:24,25
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life…
See on ch.
John 3:3
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
The Son.
John 5:30
I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
John 8:28
Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.
John 9:4
I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
for.
John 14:16-23
And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; …
Genesis 1:1,26
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth…
Isaiah 44:24
Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
Compare
John 5:22
For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:
Psalm 50:6
And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.
2 Corinthians 5:10
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
and.
John 5:21,25,26
For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will…
with.
Ephesians 1:18,19
The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, …
