John 5

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The cure at the pool of Bethesda

After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. After these things, there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
Now in Jerusalem near the sheep-market there is a public bath which in Hebrew is named Beth-zatha. It has five doorways. Now in Jerusalem by the sheep gate, there is a pool, which is called in Hebrew, “Bethesda,” having five porches.
In these doorways there were a great number of people with different diseases: some unable to see, some without the power of walking, some with wasted bodies. In these lay a great multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, or paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water;
[] for an angel went down at certain times into the pool, and stirred up the water. Whoever stepped in first after the stirring of the water was made whole of whatever disease he had.
One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. A certain man was there, who had been sick for thirty-eight years.
When Jesus saw him there on the floor it was clear to him that he had been now a long time in that condition, and so he said to the man, Is it your desire to get well? When Jesus 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?”
The ill man said in answer, Sir, I have nobody to put me into the bath when the water is moving; and while I am on the way down some other person gets in before me. 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’m coming, another steps down before me.”
Jesus said to him, Get up, take your bed and go. Jesus said to him, “Arise, take up your mat, and walk.”
And the man became well straight away, and took up his bed and went. Now that day was the Sabbath. Immediately, the man was made well, and took up his mat and walked. Now it was the Sabbath on that day.

The Jews' wrath

So the Jews said to the man who had been made well, It is the Sabbath; and it is against the law for you to take up your bed. So the Jews said to him who was cured, “It is the Sabbath. It is not lawful for you to carry the mat.”
He said to them, But he who made me well, said to me, Take up your bed and go. He answered them, “He who made me well, the same said to me, ‘Take up your mat, and walk.’”
Then they put to him the question: Who is the man who said to you, Take it up and go? Then they asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Take up your mat, and walk’?”
Now he who had been made well had no knowledge who it was, Jesus having gone away because of the number of people who were in that place. But he who was healed didn’t know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, a crowd being in the place.
After a time Jesus came across him in the Temple and said to him, See, you are well and strong; do no more sin for fear a worse thing comes to you. Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, “Behold, you are made well. Sin no more, so that nothing worse happens to you.”
The man went away and said to the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well. The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.
And for this reason the Jews were turned against Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath. For this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill him, because he did these things on the Sabbath.

Christ speaks sharp words to the Jews

But his answer was: My Father is still working even now, and so I am working. But Jesus answered them, “My Father is still working, so I am working, too.”
For this cause the Jews had an even greater desire to put Jesus to death, because not only did he not keep the Sabbath but he said God was his Father, so making himself equal with God. For this cause therefore the Jews 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.
So Jesus made answer and said, Truly I say to you, The Son is not able to do anything himself; he is able to do only what he sees the Father doing; whatever the Father does the Son does it in the same way. Jesus therefore answered them, “Most certainly, 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.
For the Father has love for the Son and lets him see everything which he does: and he will let him see greater works than these so that you may be full of wonder. For the Father has affection for the Son, and shows him all things that he himself does. He will show him greater works than these, that you may marvel.
In the same way, as the Father gives life to the dead, even so the Son gives life to those to whom he is pleased to give it. For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom he desires.
The Father is not the judge of men, but he has given all decisions into the hands of the Son; For the Father judges no one, but he has given all judgment to the Son,
So that all men may give honour to the Son even as they give honour to the Father. He who gives no honour to the Son gives no honour to the Father who sent him. that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who doesn’t honor the Son doesn’t honor the Father who sent him.

Christ's talk

Truly I say to you, The man whose ears are open to my word and who has faith in him who sent me, has eternal life; he will not be judged, but has come from death into life. “Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and doesn’t come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
Truly I say to you, The time is coming, it has even now come, when the voice of the Son of God will come to the ears of the dead, and those hearing it will have life. Most certainly, 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.
For even as the Father has life in himself, so he has given to the Son to have life in himself. For as the Father has life in himself, even so he gave to the Son also to have life in himself.
And he has given him authority to be judge because he is the Son of man. He also gave him authority to execute judgment, because he is a son of man.
Do not be surprised at this: for the time is coming when his voice will come to all who are in the place of the dead, Don’t marvel at this, for the hour comes, in which all that are in the tombs will hear his voice,
And they will come out; those who have done good, into the new life; and those who have done evil, to be judged. 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.
Of myself I am unable to do anything: as the voice comes to me so I give a decision: and my decision is right because I have no desire to do what is pleasing to myself, but only what is pleasing to him who sent me. I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I don’t seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.
If I gave witness about myself, my witness would not be true. “If I testify about myself, my witness is not valid.
There is another who gives witness about me and I am certain that the witness he gives about me is true. It is another who testifies about me. I know that the testimony which he testifies about me is true.
You sent to John and he gave true witness. You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.
But I have no need of a man's witness: I only say these things so that you may have salvation. But the testimony which I receive is not from man. However, I say these things that you may be saved.
He was a burning and shining light, and for a time you were ready to be happy in his light. He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.
But the witness which I have is greater than that of John: the work which the Father has given me to do, the very work which I am now doing, is a witness that the Father has sent me. But the testimony which I have is greater than that of John, 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.
And the Father himself who sent me has given witness about me. Not one of you has ever given ear to his voice; his form you have not seen. The Father himself, who sent me, has testified about me. You have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form.
And you have not kept his word in your hearts, because you have not faith in him whom he has sent. You don’t have his word living in you; because you don’t believe him whom he sent.
You make search in the holy Writings, in the belief that through them you get eternal life; and it is those Writings which give witness about me. “You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me.
And still you have no desire to come to me so that you may have life. Yet you will not come to me, that you may have life.
I do not take honour from men; I don’t receive glory from men.
But I have knowledge of you that you have no love for God in your hearts. But I know you, that you don’t have God’s love in yourselves.
I have come in my Father's name, and your hearts are not open to me. If another comes with no other authority but himself, you will give him your approval. I have come in my Father’s name, and you don’t receive me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him.
How is it possible for you to have faith while you take honour one from another and have no desire for the honour which comes from the only God? How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and you don’t seek the glory that comes from the only God?
Put out of your minds the thought that I will say things against you to the Father: the one who says things against you is Moses, on whom you put your hopes. “Don’t think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you, even Moses, on whom you have set your hope.
If you had belief in Moses you would have belief in me; for his writings are about me. For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote about me.
If you have no belief in his writings, how will you have belief in my words? But if you don’t believe his writings, how will you believe my words?”
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