< John 5 >

1 After these things, there was a Jewish festival, and Yeshua went up to Urishlim.
Sometime after this there was a Jewish Festival; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
2 Now in Urishlim by the sheep area there is a pool, which is called in Hebrew, "Beth-Khesda," having five porches.
There is in Jerusalem, near the sheep-gate, a bath with five colonnades round it. It is called in Hebrew “Bethesda.”
3 In these lay a multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, or paralyzed.
In these colonnades a large number of sick people were lying – blind, lame, and crippled.
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5 A certain man was there, who had been sick for thirty-eight years.
One man who was there had been crippled for thirty-eight years.
6 When Yeshua saw him lying there, and knew that he had been sick for a long time, he asked him, "Do you want to be made well?"
Jesus saw the man lying there, and, finding that he had been in this state a long time, said to him, ‘Do you wish to be cured?’
7 The sick man answered him, "Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I am on my way, someone else steps down ahead of me."
‘I have no one, Sir,’ the sick man answered, ‘to put me into the bath when there is a troubling of the water, and, while I am getting to it, someone else steps down before me.’
8 Yeshua said to him, "Arise, take up your mat, and walk."
‘Stand up,’ said Jesus, ‘take up your mat, and walk.’
9 Immediately, the man was made well, and took up his mat and walked. Now it was the Sabbath on that day.
The man was cured immediately, and took up his mat and began walking.
10 So the Jewish leaders said to him who was cured, "It is the Sabbath. It is not lawful for you to carry the mat."
Now it was the Sabbath. So the religious authorities said to the man who had been cured, ‘This is the Sabbath; you must not carry your mat.’
11 But he answered them, "The one who made me well, that one said to me, 'Take up your mat, and walk.'"
‘The man who cured me,’ he answered, ‘said to me “Take up your mat and walk.”’
12 Then they asked him, "Who is the man who said to you to pick it up and walk?"
‘Who was it,’ they asked, ‘that said to you “Take up your mat and walk”?’
13 But the one who was healed did not know who it was, for Yeshua had withdrawn, a crowd being in the place.
But the man who had been restored did not know who it was; for Jesus had moved away, because there was a crowd there.
14 Afterward Yeshua found him in the temple, and said to him, "See, you are made well. Sin no more, so that nothing worse happens to you."
Afterwards Jesus found the man in the Temple Courts, and said to him, ‘You are cured now; do not sin again, or something worse may happen to you.’
15 The man went away, and told the Jewish leaders that it was Yeshua who had made him well.
The man went away, and told the authorities that it was Jesus who had cured him.
16 For this cause the Jewish leaders persecuted Yeshua, because he did these things on the Sabbath.
And that was why they began to persecute Jesus – because he did things of this kind on the Sabbath.
17 But he answered them, "My Father is still working, so I am working, too."
But Jesus replied, ‘My Father works to this very hour, and I work also.’
18 For this cause therefore the Jewish leaders sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.
This made the authorities all the more eager to kill him, because not only was he doing away with the Sabbath, but he actually called God his own Father – putting himself on an equality with God.
19 Yeshua therefore answered them, "Truly, truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father doing. For whatever things he does, these the Son also does likewise.
So Jesus made this further reply, ‘In truth I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself; he does only what he sees the Father doing; whatever the Father does, the Son does also.
20 For the Father loves the Son, and shows him all things that he himself does. He will show him greater works than these, so that you may marvel.
For the Father loves his Son, and shows him everything that he is doing; and he will show him still greater things – so that you will be filled with wonder.
21 For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom he desires.
For, just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he pleases.
22 For the Father judges no one, but he has given all judgment to the Son,
The Father himself does not judge any one, but has entrusted the work of judging entirely to his Son,
23 that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.
so that everyone may honour the Son, just as they honour the Father. The person who does not honour the Son fails to honour the Father who sent him.
24 "Truly, truly, I tell you, he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has everlasting life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life. (aiōnios g166)
In truth I tell you that the person who listens to my message and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and does not come under condemnation, but has already passed out of death into life. (aiōnios g166)
25 Truly, truly, I tell you, the hour comes, and now is, when the dead will hear the Son of God's voice; and those who hear will live.
In truth I tell you that a time is coming, indeed it is already here, when the dead will listen to the voice of the Son of God, and when those who listen will live.
26 For as the Father has life in himself, even so he gave to the Son also to have life in himself.
For, just as the Father has inherent life within him, so also he has granted to the Son to have inherent life within him;
27 He also gave him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man.
and, because he is Son of Man, he has also given him authority to act as judge.
28 Do not be amazed at this, for the hour comes, in which all that are in the tombs will hear his voice,
Do not wonder at this; for the time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice,
29 and will come out; those who have done good, to the resurrection of life; and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment.
and will come out – those who have done good rising to life, and those who have lived evil lives rising for condemnation.
30 I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I do not seek my own will, but the will of the One who sent me.
I can do nothing of myself; I judge as I am taught; and the judgment that I give is just, because my aim is not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.
31 "If I testify about myself, my witness is not valid.
‘If I bear testimony to myself, my testimony is not trustworthy;
32 It is another who testifies about me. I know that the testimony which he testifies about me is true.
it is another who bears testimony to me, and I know that the testimony which he bears to me is trustworthy.
33 You have sent to Yukhanan, and he has testified to the truth.
You have yourselves sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.
34 But the testimony which I receive is not from man. However, I say these things that you may be saved.
But the testimony which I receive is not from people; I am saying this for your salvation.
35 He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.
He was the Lamp that was burning and shining, and you were ready to rejoice, for a time, in his light.
36 But the testimony which I have is greater than that of Yukhanan, for the works which the Father gave me to accomplish, the very works that I do, testify about me, that the Father has sent me.
But the testimony which I have is of greater weight than John’s; for the work that the Father has given me to carry out – the work that I am doing – is in itself proof that the Father has sent me as his messenger.
37 The Father himself, who sent me, has testified about me. You have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form.
The Father who has sent me has himself borne testimony to me. You have neither listened to his voice, not seen his form;
38 You do not have his word living in you; because you do not believe him whom he sent.
and you have not taken his message home to your hearts, because you do not believe him whom he sent as his messenger.
39 You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have everlasting life; and these are they which testify about me. (aiōnios g166)
You search the scriptures, because you think that you find in them immortal life; and, though it is those scriptures that bear testimony to me, (aiōnios g166)
40 But you are unwilling to come to me so that you may have life.
you refuse to come to me to have life.
41 I do not receive glory from people.
‘I do not receive honour from people,
42 But I know you, that you do not have God's love in yourselves.
but I know this of you, that you have not the love of God in your hearts.
43 I have come in my Father's name, and you do not receive me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him.
I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not receive me; if another comes in his own name, you will receive him.
44 How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and you do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?
How can you believe in me, when you receive honour from one another and do not desire the honour which comes from the only God?
45 "Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you, even Mushe, on whom you have set your hope.
Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father; your accuser is Moses, on whom you have been resting your hopes.
46 For if you believed Mushe, you would believe me; for he wrote about me.
For, had you believed Moses, you would have believed me, for it was of me that Moses wrote;
47 But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?"
but, if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my teaching?’

< John 5 >