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CHAPTER 5

Some time later

there was

a feast

of the

Jews,

and

Jesus

went up

to

Jerusalem.

Now

there is

in

Jerusalem

near

the

Sheep Gate

a pool

with

five

covered colonnades,

which

in Aramaic

is called

Bethesda.

On

these walkways

lay

a great number

of the

sick,

the blind,

the lame,

and the paralyzed.

For

during

a certain season

an angel

descended

into

the

pool

and

stirred

the

water.

Therefore

he who

first

entered

after

the

stirring

of the

water

was made

well

from whatever

disease

he was held by

at the time.

One

man

there

had been

an invalid

for thirty-eight

years.

When Jesus

saw

him

lying there

and

realized

that

he had spent

a long

time in this condition,

He asked

him,

“Do you want

to get

well?”

“Sir,”

the

invalid

replied,

“I have

no

one

to help

me

into

the

pool

when

the

water

is stirred.

While

I

am on my way,

someone else

goes in

before

me.”

Then

Jesus

told

him,

“Get up,

pick up

your

mat,

and

walk.”

Immediately

the

man

was made

well,

and

he picked up

his

mat

and

began to walk.

Now

this happened

on

the

Sabbath

day,

so

the

Jews

said

to the man

who had been healed,

“This is

the Sabbath!

It is unlawful

for you

to carry

your

mat.”

But

he answered,

“The man who

made

me

well

told

me,

‘Pick up

your

mat

and

walk.’”

“Who

is

this

man

who

told

you

to pick it up

and

walk?”

they asked.

But

the man who

was healed

did not

know

who

it was,

for

Jesus

had slipped away

while the crowd

was

there.

Afterward,

Jesus

found

the man

at

the

temple

and

said

to him,

“See,

you have been

made well.

Stop

sinning,

or

something

worse

may happen

to you."

And the

man

went away

and

told

the

Jews

that

it was

Jesus

who

had made

him

well.

Now

because

Jesus was doing

these things

on

the Sabbath,

the

Jews

began to persecute

Him.

But

Jesus

answered

them,

“To

this very day

My

Father

is at His work,

and I too

am working.”

Because of

this,

the

Jews

tried

all the harder

to kill

Him.

Not

only

was He breaking

the

Sabbath,

but

He was even calling

God

His own

Father,

making

Himself

equal

with

God.

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.

The

Father

loves

the

Son

and

shows

Him

all

He

does.

And

to

your

amazement,

He will show

Him

even greater

works

than these.

For

just as

the

Father

raises

the

dead

and

gives them life,

so

also

the

Son

gives life

to whom

He wishes.

Furthermore,

the

Father

judges

no one,

but

has assigned

all

judgment

to the

Son,

so 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.

Truly,

truly,

I tell

you,

whoever

hears

My

word

and

believes

Him who

sent

Me

has

eternal

life

and

will not

come

under

judgment.

Indeed,

he has crossed over

from

death

to

life.

Truly,

truly,

I tell

you,

the hour

is coming

and

has

now come

when

the

dead

will hear

the

voice

of the

Son

of God,

and

those who

hear

will live.

For

as

the

Father

has

life

in

Himself,

so

also

He has granted

the

Son

to have

life

in

Himself.

And

He has given

Him

authority

to execute

judgment,

because

He is

the Son

of Man.

Do not

be amazed at

this,

for

the hour

is coming

when

all

who are

in

their

graves

will hear

His

voice

and

come out—

those

who

have done

good

to

the resurrection

of life,

and

those

who

have done

evil

to

the resurrection

of judgment.

I

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.

If

I

testify

about

Myself,

My

testimony

is

not

valid.

There is

another

who

testifies

about

Me,

and

I know

that

His

testimony

about

Me

is

valid.

You

have sent

to

John

and

he has testified

to the

truth.

Even though

I

do not

accept

human

testimony,

I say

these things

so that

you

may be saved.

John

was

a

lamp

that

burned

and

gave light,

and

you

were willing

for

a season

to bask

in

his

light.

But

I

have

testimony

more substantial than

that

of John.

For

the

works

that

the

Father

has given

Me

to accomplish—

the

very

works

I am doing—

testify

about

Me

that

the

Father

has sent

Me.

And

the Father

who

sent

Me

has Himself testified

about

Me.

You have never heard

His

voice

nor

seen

His

form,

nor

does

His

word

abide

in

you,

because

you

do not

believe

the One

He

sent.

You pore over

the

Scriptures

because

you

presume that

by

them

you possess

eternal

life.

These

are

the very words that

testify

about

Me,

yet

you refuse

to come

to

Me

to

have

life.

I do not accept

glory

from

men,

but

I know

you,

that

you do not have

the

love

of God

within

you.

I

have come

in

My

Father’s

name,

and

you have not received

Me;

but if

someone else

comes

in

his

own

name,

you will receive

him.

How

can

you

believe

if you accept

glory

from

one another,

yet

do not seek

the

glory

that comes

from

the

only

God?

Do not think

that

I

will accuse

you

before

the

Father.

Your

accuser

is

Moses,

in

whom

you

have put your hope.

If

you had believed

Moses,

you would believe

Me,

because

he

wrote

about

Me.

But

since

you do not believe

what

he

wrote,

how

will you believe

what

I

say?”

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