John 5

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The Pool of Bethesda

¹Some time later there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

¹After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

²Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool with five covered colonnades, which in Hebrew^a is called Bethesda.^b

²Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Hebrew called Bethesda, having five porches.

³On these walkways^a lay a great number of the sick, the blind, the lame, and the paralyzed.^b

³In these were lying a multitude of those ailing, blind, lame, and withered.

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⁵One man there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.

⁵And a certain man was there, being thirty and eight years in his ailment.

⁶When 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?”

⁶Jesus, having seen this one lying and having known that he has been a long time already, says to him, “Do you want to become well?”

⁷“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.”

⁷The one ailing answered Him, “Sir, I do not have a man, that when the water might be stirred, he might put me into the pool; and while I am going, another goes down before me.”

⁸Then Jesus told him, “Get up, pick up your mat, and walk.”

⁸Jesus says to him, “Arise, take up your mat, and walk.”

⁹Immediately the man was made well, and he picked up his mat and began to walk.

Now this happened on the Sabbath day,

⁹And immediately the man became well, and he took up his mat and was walking. And it was the Sabbath on that day.

¹⁰so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, “This is the Sabbath! It is unlawful for you to carry your mat.”

¹⁰Therefore the Jews were saying to the one having been healed, “It is the Sabbath, and it is not lawful for you to take up your mat.”

¹¹But he answered, “The man who made me well told me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’”

¹¹But he answered them, “The One having made me well, that One said to me, ‘Take up your mat and walk.’”

¹²“Who is this man who told you to pick it up and walk?” they asked.

¹²Therefore they asked him, “Who is the man having said to you, ‘Take it up and walk’?”

¹³But the man who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped away while the crowd was there.

¹³But the one having been healed did not know who it is, for Jesus moved away, a crowd being in the place.

¹⁴Afterward, 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.”

¹⁴After these things Jesus finds him in the temple and said to him, “Behold, you have become well. Sin no more, so that something worse might not happen to you.”

¹⁵And the man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.

¹⁵The man went away and declared to the Jews that Jesus is the One having made him well.

The Father and the Son

¹⁶Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews began to persecute Him.

¹⁶And because of this, the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because He was doing these things on the Sabbath.

¹⁷But Jesus answered them, “To this very day My Father is at His work, and I too am working.”

¹⁷But Jesus answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I am working.”

¹⁸Because 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.

¹⁸Therefore because of this, the Jews were seeking more to kill Him, because not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was also calling God His own Father, making Himself equal to God.

¹⁹So 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.

¹⁹Therefore Jesus answered and was saying to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son is able to do nothing from Himself, if not anything He may see the Father doing; for whatever He may do, these things the Son also does likewise.

²⁰The Father loves the Son and shows Him all He does. And to your amazement, He will show Him even greater works than these.

²⁰For the Father loves the Son and shows Him all things that He Himself does. And He will show Him greater works than these, so that you may marvel.

²¹For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes.

²¹For just as the Father raises the dead and makes alive, thus also the Son makes alive whom He wills.

²²Furthermore, the Father judges no one, but has assigned all judgment to the Son,

²²For the Father judges no one, but He has given all judgment to the Son,

²³so 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.

²³so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. The one not honoring the Son does not honor the Father, the One having sent Him.

²⁴Truly, 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.

²⁴Truly, truly, I say to you that the one hearing My word and believing the One having sent Me has eternal life and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.

²⁵Truly, 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.

²⁵Truly, truly, I say to you that an hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those having heard will live.

²⁶For as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted the Son to have life in Himself.

²⁶For just as the Father has life in Himself, so also He gave to the Son to have life in Himself.

²⁷And He has given Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man.

²⁷And He gave Him authority to do judgment, because He is the Son of Man.

²⁸Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice

²⁸Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming in which all those in the tombs will hear His voice,

²⁹and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.^a

²⁹and they will come out—those having done good to the resurrection of life, and those having practiced evil to the resurrection of judgment.

³⁰I 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.

³⁰I am able to do nothing from Myself. Just as I hear, I judge; and My judgment is just, because I do not seek My will, but the will of the One having sent Me.

Testimonies about Jesus

³¹If I testify about Myself, My testimony is not valid.

³¹If I testify concerning Myself, My testimony is not true.

³²There is another who testifies about Me, and I know that His testimony about Me is valid.

³²It is another testifying concerning Me, and I know that the testimony that He testifies concerning Me is true.

³³You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.

³⁴Even though I do not accept human testimony, I say these things so that you may be saved.

³⁴Now I do not receive testimony from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved.

³⁵John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you were willing for a season to bask in his light.

³⁵He was the lamp burning and shining, and you were willing to exult for an hour in his light.

³⁶But 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.

³⁶But I have testimony greater than that of John. For the works that the Father has given to Me so that I should complete them, the same works that I do, testify concerning Me that the Father has sent Me.

³⁷And the Father who sent Me has Himself testified about Me. You have never heard His voice nor seen His form,

³⁷And the One having sent Me, the Father Himself, has testified concerning Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time, nor have you seen His form.

³⁸nor does His word abide in you, because you do not believe the One He sent.

³⁸And you do not have His word remaining in you, for you do not believe Him whom He sent.

The Witness of Scripture

³⁹You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,

³⁹You search the Scriptures because you think to have eternal life in them, and these are they testifying concerning Me;

⁴⁰yet you refuse to come to Me to have life.

⁴⁰and you are not willing to come to Me so that you may have life.

⁴¹I do not accept glory from men,

⁴¹I do not receive glory from men,

⁴²but I know you, that you do not have the love of God within you.

⁴²but I have known you, that you do not have the love of God in yourselves.

⁴³I 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.

⁴³I have come in the name of My Father, and you do not receive Me; if another should come in his own name, you will receive him.

⁴⁴How can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?

⁴⁴How are you able to believe, receiving glory from one another, and you do not seek the glory that is from the only God?

⁴⁵Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, in whom you have put your hope.

⁴⁵Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is the one accusing you: Moses, in whom you have hoped.

⁴⁶If you had believed Moses, you would believe Me, because he wrote about Me.

⁴⁶For if you were believing Moses, you would have been believing Me; for he wrote concerning Me.

⁴⁷But since you do not believe what he wrote, how will you believe what I say?”

⁴⁷But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?”