Now, the Jews questioned Him. He said, “Verily, verily…” Listen close now. Give me your attention. “Verily, verily, I say unto you, the Son can do nothing in Himself: but whatsoever things He sees the Father doing; that doeth the Son likewise. For what the Father does, He shows the Son.” Is that right? Saint John 5:19. Something in that manner. I don’t know whether I was word by word, but that was the—the meaning of it, that, “Whatsoever the Father doeth; that doeth the Son likewise.” Now, Jesus plainly stated then that He could do nothing in Himself, but first He saw the Father showed Him what the Father had done. Is that right? And then He went and done what the Father showed Him to do. Is that correct? Did I make that clear?

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