| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 8 |
Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk. |
| 9 | And immediately the man was made whole,
and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath. |
| 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. |
| 11 | He answered
them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and
walk. |
| 12 | Then asked they
him, What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk? |
| 13 | And he that was healed wist
not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that
place. |
| 14 | 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. |
| 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. |
| 19 | 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. |
| 20 | 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. |
| 21 | For as
the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth
whom he will. |
| 22 | For the
Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: |
| 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. |
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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. |
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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. |
| 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. |
| 28 | Marvel not at
this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall
hear his voice, |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 33 |
Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth. |
| 34 | But I receive not testimony from man:
but these things I say, that ye might be saved. |
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35 | He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were
willing for a season to rejoice in his light. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 40 | 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. |
| 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. |
| 44 |
How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the
honour that cometh from God only? |
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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? |
