Numerous times Jesus insists that while He speaks the truth about the Kingdom of God to the disciples, the Pharisees, or the multitudes, he does not hold them to account based only on His words. This is clearly expressed in these statements:

If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me: but if I do them, though you do not believe Me, believe the works, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I in the Father. Jn. 10:37

The words that I say to you I do not speak on My own initiative, but the Father abiding in Me does His works. Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me; otherwise believe because of the works themselves. Jn. 14: 10, 11

If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin. He who hates Me hates My Father also. If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would not have sin; but now they have both seen and hated Me and My Father as well. Jn. 15:22-24

It’s difficult to avoid His emphasis here on both the word and the works. I believe I’m sound in saying, ‘without works of power there is no Gospel’. They are inseparable. What is the good in news that excites you yet leaves you languishing in pain or brokenness?

Jesus makes the works that display His compassion and confirm His words essential, not optional.