² He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought.

⁶ And the Lord^(A) said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says.

²² Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son,^{(A) 23} that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him.^(B)

²⁴ “Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me^(C) has eternal life^(D) and will not be judged^(E) but has crossed over from death to life.^{(F) 25} Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come^(G) when the dead will hear^(H) the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live. ²⁶ For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life^(I) in himself. ²⁷ And he has given him authority to judge^(J) because he is the Son of Man.

²⁸ “Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming^(K) when all who are in their graves will hear his voice ²⁹ and come out—those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned.^{(L) 30} By myself I can do nothing;^(M) I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just,^(N) for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.^(O)

⁴² He commanded us to preach to the people^(A) and to testify that he is the one whom God appointed as judge of the living and the dead.^(B)

²³ to the church of the firstborn,^(A) whose names are written in heaven.^(B) You have come to God, the Judge of all,^(C) to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,^(D)