John 5
A Man Healed at the Pool of Bethesda
After athis there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus bwent up to Jerusalem. 2 Now there is in Jerusalem aby the Sheep Gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches. 3 In these lay a great multitude of sick people, blind, lame, paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water. 4 For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred up the water; then whoever stepped in first, after the stirring of the water, was made well of whatever disease he had. 5 Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, “Do you want to be made well?”
7 The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before me.”
8 Jesus said to him, a“Rise, take up your bed and walk.” 9 And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked.
And athat day was the Sabbath. 10 The Jews therefore said to him who was cured, “It is the Sabbath; ait is not lawful for you to carry your bed.”
11 He answered them, “He who made me well said to me, ‘Take up your bed and walk.’ ”
12 Then they asked him, “Who is the Man who said to you, ‘Take up your bed and walk’?” 13 But the one who was ahealed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, a multitude being in that place. 14 Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, “See, you have been made well. aSin no more, lest a worse thing come upon you.”
15 The man departed and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.
Honor the Father and the Son
16 For this reason the Jews apersecuted Jesus, and sought to kill Him, because He had done these things on the Sabbath. 17 But Jesus answered them, a“My Father has been working until now, and I have been working.”
18 Therefore the Jews asought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, bmaking Himself equal with God. 19 Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, athe Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner. 20 For athe Father loves the Son, and bshows Him all things that He Himself does; and He will show Him greater works than these, that you may marvel. 21 For as the Father raises the dead and gives life to them, aeven so the Son gives life to whom He will. 22 For the Father judges no one, but ahas committed all judgment to the Son, 23 that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. aHe who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.
Life and Judgment Are Through the Son
24 “Most assuredly, I say to you, ahe who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, bbut has passed from death into life. 25 Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when athe dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live. 26 For aas the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have blife in Himself, 27 and ahas given Him authority to execute judgment also, bbecause He is the Son of Man. 28 Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will ahear His voice 29 aand come forth—bthose who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation. 30 aI can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because bI do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me.
The Fourfold Witness
31 a“If I bear witness of Myself, My witness is not true. 32 aThere is another who bears witness of Me, and I know that the witness which He witnesses of Me is true. 33 You have sent to John, aand he has borne witness to the truth. 34 Yet I do not receive testimony from man, but I say these things that you may be saved. 35 He was the burning and ashining lamp, and byou were willing for a time to rejoice in his light. 36 But aI have a greater witness than John’s; for bthe works which the Father has given Me to finish—the very cworks that I do—bear witness of Me, that the Father has sent Me. 37 And the Father Himself, who sent Me, ahas testified of Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time, bnor seen His form. 38 But you do not have His word abiding in you, because whom He sent, Him you do not believe. 39 aYou search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and bthese are they which testify of Me. 40 aBut you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life.
41 a“I do not receive honor from men. 42 But I know you, that you do not have the love of God in you. 43 I have come in My Father’s name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, him you will receive. 44 aHow can you believe, who receive honor from one another, and do not seek bthe honor that comes from the only God? 45 Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father; athere is one who accuses you—Moses, in whom you trust. 46 For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; afor he wrote about Me. 47 But if you ado not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?”
The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson.
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