John 5
1 Some time later there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
After this was the feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
2 Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool with five covered colonnades, which in Hebrew is called Bethesda.
Now there is in Jerusalem, near the sheep-gate, a pool, called, in the Hebrew tongue, Bethesda, with five porches.
3 On these walkways lay a great number of the sick, the blind, the lame, and the paralyzed.
In these lay a great multitude of sick persons, blind, lame, withered, who waited for the moving of the water.
For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and stirred the water. Then he who entered first after the motion of the water, was cured of whatever disease he had.
5 One man there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.
And a certain man was there, who had been sick thirty-eight years.
6 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?”
When Jesus saw him lying, and knew that he had been already a long time in that condition, he said to him: Do you wish to be restored to health?
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.”
The sick man answered him: Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred; but while I am coming, another goes down before me.
8 Then Jesus told him, “Get up, pick up your mat, and walk.”
Jesus said to him: Arise, take up your bed and walk.
9 Immediately the man was made well, and he picked up his mat and began to walk. Now this happened on the Sabbath day,
And the man was immediately restored to health; and he took up his bed and walked. And that day was the sabbath.
10 so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, “This is the Sabbath! It is unlawful for you to carry your mat.”
The Jews, therefore, said to him that was cured: It is the sabbath; it is not lawful for you to carry your bed.
11 But he answered, “The man who made me well told me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’”
He answered them: He that restored me to health said to me, Take up your bed and walk.
12 “Who is this man who told you to pick it up and walk?” they asked.
Then they asked him: Who is he that said to you, Take up your bed and walk?
13 But the man who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped away while the crowd was there.
But he that had been restored to health knew not who he was; for Jesus had withdrawn himself, because a multitude was in the place.
14 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.”
After this Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him: Behold, you have been restored to health; sin no more, lest some worse thing befall you.
15 And the man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.
The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus that had restored him to health.
16 Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews began to persecute Him.
And for this reason did the Jews persecute Jesus, and seek to kill him, because he had done these things on the sabbath.
17 But Jesus answered them, “To this very day My Father is at His work, and I too am working.”
But Jesus answered them: My Father works till now, and I also work.
18 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.
For this reason, therefore, the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he had not only broken the sabbath, but also said that God was his own father, making himself equal with God.
19 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.
Then Jesus answered and said to them: Verily, verily I say to you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father do; for whatever things he does, these also the Son does in like manner.
20 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 the Father loves the Son, and shows him all things that he himself does; and he will show him greater works than these, that you may be astonished.
21 For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes.
For as the Father raises the dead, and makes them alive, so also the Son makes alive whom he will.
22 Furthermore, the Father judges no one, but has assigned all judgment to the Son,
For the Father judges no one, but has given all judicial authority to the Son;
23 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.
that all may honor the Son, as they honor the Father. He that honors not the Son, honors not the Father who sent him.
24 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. (aiōnios g166)
Verily, verily I say to you, He that hears my word, and believes on him that sent me, has eternal life, and comes not into condemnation, but has passed from death into life. (aiōnios g166)
25 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.
Verily, verily I say to you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear, shall live.
26 For as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted the Son to have life in Himself.
For as the Father has life in himself, so has he given to the Son also to have life in himself;
27 And He has given Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man.
and he has given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.
28 Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice
Be not astonished at this; for the hour is coming in which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
29 and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.
and shall come forth; those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation.
30 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.
I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will, but the will of him that sent me.
31 If I testify about Myself, My testimony is not valid.
If I testify concerning myself, my testimony is not worthy of credit.
32 There is another who testifies about Me, and I know that His testimony about Me is valid.
There is another that testifies concerning me, and I know that the testimony which he testifies concerning me is worthy of credit.
33 You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.
You sent to John, and he bore testimony to the truth.
34 Even though I do not accept human testimony, I say these things so that you may be saved.
But I receive not testimony from man; yet I say these things that you may be saved.
35 John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you were willing for a season to bask in his light.
He was the burning and shining lamp; and you were willing, for a time, to rejoice in his light.
36 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.
But I have testimony greater than that of John; for the works which the Father has given me to finish, these very works which I do, testify concerning me, that the Father has sent me.
37 And the Father who sent Me has Himself testified about Me. You have never heard His voice nor seen His form,
And the Father, who sent me, has testified concerning me. You have, neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.
38 nor does His word abide in you, because you do not believe the One He sent.
And his word you have not remaining in you; for whom he has sent, him you believe not.
39 You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me, (aiōnios g166)
You search the scriptures, because in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify concerning me: (aiōnios g166)
40 yet you refuse to come to Me to have life.
and yet you refuse to come to me, that you may have life.
41 I do not accept glory from men,
I receive not honor from men.
42 but I know you, that you do not have the love of God within you.
But I know you, that you have not the love of God in you.
43 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.
I have come in my Father’s name, and you receive me not; if another should come in his own name, him you would receive.
44 How can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?
How can you believe who receive honor one from another, and seek not the honor that comes from God alone?
45 Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, in whom you have put your hope.
Think not that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuses you, Moses, in whom you trust.
46 If you had believed Moses, you would believe Me, because he wrote about Me.
For if you had believed Moses, you would have believed me; for he wrote of me.
47 But since you do not believe what he wrote, how will you believe what I say?”
But if you believe not his writings, how shall you believe my words?
