< John 5 >

1 After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
After this, there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
2 Now there is in Jerusalem by the place pertaining to sheep, a pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porches.
Near the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem, there is a pool, which is called Bethesda in Hebrew. It’s surrounded by five covered colonnades.
3 In these lay a great multitude of those who are feeble, blind, lame, withered, waiting for the movement of the water.
In these lay a great multitude of sick people, blind, lame, or paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water,
4 For an agent went down at a certain time into the pool, and agitated the water. Therefore the first man who stepped in after the agitation of the water became well from whatever affliction he had.
for an angel went down from time to time into the pool and stirred up the water. Whoever stepped in first, after the stirring of the water, was made well of whatever disease that person had.
5 And a certain man was there who was thirty-eight years in the weakness.
A certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years.
6 When Jesus saw this man lying down, and knew that he fares now a long time, he says to him, Do thou desire to become well?
When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had already been sick for a long time, He asked him, “Do you want to be made well?”
7 The infirmed man answered him, Sir, I have no man so that when the water is agitated he might put me into the pool, but while I am coming another steps down before me.
The sick man answered, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I’m coming, another steps down before me.”
8 Jesus says to him, Arise, take up thy bed and walk.
Jesus told him, “Stand up, pick up your mat, and walk.”
9 And straightaway the man became well, and took up his bed and walked. Now it was sabbath on that day.
Immediately, the man was made well, took up his mat, and walked. That was on the Sabbath day.
10 The Jews therefore said to the man who was cured, It is sabbath. It is not permitted for thee to take up the bed.
Therefore the Jews were telling him who was cured, “It’s the Sabbath, and it isn’t legal for you to carry your mat.”
11 He answered them, The man who made me well, that man said to me, Take up thy bed and walk.
He answered them, “He who made me well told me, ‘Take up your mat and walk.’”
12 Therefore they asked him, Who is the man who said to thee, Take up thy bed and walk?
Then they asked him, “Who told you to ‘Take up your mat and walk’?”
13 But the man who was healed had not known who he is, for Jesus withdrew, a multitude being in the place.
The man who had been healed didn’t know who it was, because Jesus had disappeared into the crowd.
14 After these things Jesus finds him in the temple, and said to him, Behold, thou have become well. Sin no more, lest something worse may happen to thee.
Later, Jesus found him in the temple and told him, “See, you have been made well! Don’t sin any more, so that nothing worse happens to you.”
15 The man departed and reported to the Jews that Jesus is the man who made him well.
The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.
16 And because of this the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill him, because he did these things on a sabbath.
For this reason, the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill Him, because He was doing these things on the Sabbath.
17 But Jesus answered them, My Father works until now and I work.
Jesus answered them, “My Father is still working, so I am working, too.”
18 Because of this therefore the Jews sought even more to kill him, because not only did he relax the sabbath, but also he called God his own Father, making himself equal to God.
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.
19 Jesus therefore answered and said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of himself, except what he sees the Father doing. For whatever he may do, the Son also does these things in like manner.
Then Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, unless He sees the Father do it, for whatever He does, the Son does likewise.
20 For the Father loves the Son, and shows him all things that he himself does. And he will show him works greater than these, so that ye may marvel.
The Father loves the Son, and shows Him everything that He Himself does. He will show Him even greater works than these, that you may marvel.
21 For as the Father raises up the dead and makes alive, so also the Son makes alive whom he will.
As the Father raises the dead and gives life to them, even so the Son gives life to whoever He wishes.
22 For neither does the Father judge any man, but he has given all judgment to the Son,
The Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment to the Son,
23 so that all would honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. The man not honoring the Son, does not honor the Father who sent him.
that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who doesn’t honor the Son doesn’t honor the Father who sent Him.
24 Truly, truly, I say to you, that he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life. And he does not come into condemnation, but has passed from death into life. (aiōnios g166)
“Most assuredly, I tell you, the person who hears my words and believes in Him who sent me has everlasting life, and won’t come into judgment, but has passed from death into life. (aiōnios g166)
25 Truly, truly, I say to you, that an hour comes, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
Most assuredly, I tell you, the time is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of God’s Son, and those who hear will live.
26 For as the Father has life in himself, so also he gave to the Son to have life in himself.
For just as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself,
27 And he also gave him authority to execute judgment because he is a son of man.
and has given Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man.
28 Marvel not at this, because an hour comes in which all those in the sepulchers will hear his voice,
Don’t marvel at this, for the time is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice
29 and will come forth, those who have done right to a resurrection of life, and those who have practiced wrong to a resurrection of judgment.
and come out — those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation.
30 I can from myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge. And my judgment is righteous because I seek not my will, but the will of the Father who sent me.
I can do nothing by myself. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous, because I don’t seek my own will, but the will of the Father who sent me.
31 If I testify about myself, my witness is not valid.
“If I testify about myself, my testimony isn’t valid.
32 There is another who testifies about me, and I know that the testimony that he testifies about me is valid.
There is another who testifies on my behalf, and I know that his testimony about me is valid.
33 Ye have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.
You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.
34 But I do not take the testimony from man. However, I say these things, so that ye may be saved.
Not that I accept human testimony, but I tell you this so that you may be saved.
35 That man was the lamp that burns and shines, and ye were willing to rejoice for an hour in his light.
John was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing for a time to rejoice in his light.
36 But I have testimony greater than of John, for the works that the Father has given me so that I might complete them, the same works that I do, they testify about me that the Father has sent me.
I have a greater testimony than John’s. The works that the Father has given me to finish — the very works that I do — testify about me, that the Father has sent me.
37 And the Father, he who sent me, has testified about me. Ye have neither heard his voice, nor have ever seen his appearance.
The Father Himself, who sent me, has testified about me. You have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His form.
38 And ye have not his word dwelling in you, because ye do not believe that man whom he sent for this.
You don’t have His words dwelling in you, because you don’t believe the One who He sent.
39 Ye search the scriptures, because ye think to have eternal life in them, and those are testifying about me. (aiōnios g166)
You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life, and these testify about me. (aiōnios g166)
40 And ye will not come to me, so that ye may have life.
Yet you refuse to come to me to have life.
41 I do not receive glory from men.
“I don’t accept glory from men,
42 But I know you, that ye have not the love of God within yourselves.
but I know you. I know that you don’t have God’s sincere love in you.
43 I have come in my Father's name, and ye do not accept me. If another man should come in his own name, ye will accept that man.
I have come in my Father’s name, and you don’t accept me, but if someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him.
44 How can ye believe, who receive glory from each other, and seek not the glory from the only God?
How can you believe when you accept glory from one another, and don’t seek the glory that comes from the only God?
45 Think not that I will accuse you to the Father. The man who accuses you is Moses, in whom ye have hoped.
“Don’t think that I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, who you have set your hope on.
46 For if ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me, for that man wrote about me.
If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me.
47 But if ye believe not the writings of that man, how will ye believe my sayings?
If you don’t believe what he wrote, how will you believe what I say?”

< John 5 >