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Chapter 5 |
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1 | After this there was a feast of the
Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. |
| 2 | Now there is at Jerusalem by
the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having
five porches. |
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3 | In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of
blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water. |
| 4 | For an
angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water:
whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole
of whatsoever disease he had. |
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5 | And a certain man was there, which had
an infirmity thirty and eight years. |
| 6 | When Jesus saw him lie, and
knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt
thou be made whole? |
| 7 | The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no
man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am
coming, another steppeth down before me. |
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8 | Jesus saith unto him, Rise,
take up thy bed, and walk. |
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9 | And immediately the man was made whole,
and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.
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| 10 | The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day:
it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed. |
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11 | He answered them, He
that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk.
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| 12 | Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy
bed, and walk? |
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13 | And he that was healed wist not who it was: for
Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place. |
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Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art
made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee. |
| 15 | The man
departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole.
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| 16 | And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him,
because he had done these things on the sabbath day. |
| 17 | But Jesus
answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. |
| 18 | Therefore
the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the
sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with
God. |
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Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say
unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do:
for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. |
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For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth:
and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel. |
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For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son
quickeneth whom he will. |
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22 | For the Father judgeth no man, but
hath committed all judgment unto the Son: |
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23 | That all men should honour
the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son
honoureth not the Father which hath sent him. |
| 24 | Verily,
verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent
me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed
from death unto life. |
| 25 | Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is
coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and
they that hear shall live. |
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26 | For as the Father hath life in
himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; |
| 27 | And
hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of
man. |
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Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all
that are in the graves shall hear his voice, |
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29 | And shall come forth;
they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have
done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. |
| 30 | I can of
mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because
I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
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| 31 | If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. |
| 32 | There is
another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he
witnesseth of me is true. |
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33 | Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness
unto the truth. |
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34 | But I receive not testimony from man: but these
things I say, that ye might be saved. |
| 35 | He was a burning and a
shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
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| 36 | But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the
Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me,
that the Father hath sent me. |
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37 | And the Father himself, which hath
sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time,
nor seen his shape. |
| 38 | And ye have not his word abiding in you: for
whom he hath sent, him ye believe not. |
| 39 | Search the scriptures; for in
them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of
me. |
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And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
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| 41 | I receive not honour from men. |
| 42 | But I know you, that ye have
not the love of God in you. |
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43 | I am come in my Father's name, and ye
receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will
receive. |
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| How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another,
and seek not the honour that cometh from God only? |
| 45 | Do not think
that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even
Moses, in whom ye trust. |
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46 | For had ye believed Moses, ye would
have believed me; for he wrote of me. |
| 47 | But if ye believe not his
writings, how shall ye believe my words? |
