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1After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

1After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

2Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches.

2Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Aramaic called Bethesda, which has five roofed colonnades.

3In these lay a great multitude of sick people, blind, lame, paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water.

3In these lay a multitude of invalids—blind, lame, and paralyzed.

4For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred up the water; then whoever stepped in first, after the stirring of the water, was made well of whatever disease he had.

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5Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years.

5One man was there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.

6When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, “Do you want to be made well?”

6When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been there a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to be healed?”

7The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before me.”

7The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, and while I am going another steps down before me.”

8Jesus said to him, “Rise, take up your bed and walk.”

8Jesus said to him, “Get up, take up your bed, and walk.”

9And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked. And that day was the Sabbath.

9And at once the man was healed, and he took up his bed and walked. Now that day was the Sabbath.

10The Jews therefore said to him who was cured, “It is the Sabbath; it is not lawful for you to carry your bed.”

10So the Jews said to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath, and it is not lawful for you to take up your bed.”

11He answered them, “He who made me well said to me, ‘Take up your bed and walk.’ ”

11But he answered them, “The man who healed me, that man said to me, ‘Take up your bed, and walk.’”

12Then they asked him, “Who is the Man who said to you, ‘Take up your bed and walk’?”

12They asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Take up your bed and walk’?”

13But the one who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, a multitude being in that place.

13Now the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, as there was a crowd in the place.

14Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon you.”

14Afterward Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, “See, you are well! Sin no more, that nothing worse may happen to you.”

15The man departed and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.

15The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had healed him.

16For this reason the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill Him, because He had done these things on the Sabbath.

16And this was why the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath.

17But Jesus answered them, “My Father has been working until now, and I have been working.”

17But Jesus answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I am working.”

18Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God.

18This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.

19Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner.

19So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise.

20For 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 marvel.

20For the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing. And greater works than these will he show him, so that you may marvel.

21For as the Father raises the dead and gives life to them, even so the Son gives life to whom He will.

21For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he will.

22For the Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment to the Son,

22For the Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son,

23that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

23that 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.

24“Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.

24Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.

25Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live.

25“Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.

26For as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself,

26For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself.

27and has given Him authority to execute judgment also, because He is the Son of Man.

27And he has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man.

28Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice

28Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice

29and come forth— those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation.

29and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

30I 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 Father who sent Me.

30“I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.

31“If I bear witness of Myself, My witness is not true.

31If I alone bear witness about myself, my testimony is not true.

32There is another who bears witness of Me, and I know that the witness which He witnesses of Me is true.

32There is another who bears witness about me, and I know that the testimony that he bears about me is true.

33You have sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth.

33You sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth.

34Yet I do not receive testimony from man, but I say these things that you may be saved.

34Not that the testimony that I receive is from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved.

35He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing for a time to rejoice in his light.

35He was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.

36But I have a greater witness than John’s; for the works which the Father has given Me to finish—the very works that I do—bear witness of Me, that the Father has sent Me.

36But the testimony that I have is greater than that of John. For the works that the Father has given me to accomplish, the very works that I am doing, bear witness about me that the Father has sent me.

37And the Father Himself, who sent Me, has testified of Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His form.

37And the Father who sent me has himself borne witness about me. His voice you have never heard, his form you have never seen,

38But you do not have His word abiding in you, because whom He sent, Him you do not believe.

38and you do not have his word abiding in you, for you do not believe the one whom he has sent.

39You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me.

39You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me,

40But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life.

40yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life.

41“I do not receive honor from men.

41I do not receive glory from people.

42But I know you, that you do not have the love of God in you.

42But I know that you do not have the love of God within you.

43I have come in My Father’s name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, him you will receive.

43I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not receive me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him.

44How can you believe, who receive honor from one another, and do not seek the honor that comes from the only God?

44How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?

45Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father; there is one who accuses you—Moses, in whom you trust.

45Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you: Moses, on whom you have set your hope.

46For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for he wrote about Me.

46For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote of me.

47But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?”

47But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?”

The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.

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