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After these things there was a festival of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
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And◦ there is in Jerusalem at the sheep market a pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethesda1, having five porches.
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In these were lying a multitude of many of the··sick, blind, lame, and withered, waiting··for the moving of the water.
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For◦ an angel according··to a certain time stepped··down in the pool and disturbed the water. Therefore the first who stepped··in after the disturbance of the water was··made◦ whole◦ of whatever◦ disease he had.
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And◦ there was a certain man there who had a sickness thirty-eight years.
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Jesus, seeing◦ him◦ lying··down, and knowing that he had already been there for much time◦, says to him, Willest thou to be··made◦ whole◦?
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The sick man answered Him, Lord, I have no man, when the water is disturbed, to put me into the pool; but◦ while I am coming another steps··down before me.
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Jesus says to him, Arise, take up thy cot and walk.
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And straightway the man was··made◦ whole◦, and took··up his cot and walked. And◦ it was a Sabbath on▵ that▵ day.
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The Jews therefore said to him who was cured, It is a Sabbath; it is not permitted▵ for thee to take up the cot.
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He answered them, He who made me well, that Man said to me, Take up thy cot, and walk.
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Then they asked◦ him, Who is the man who said to thee, Take up thy cot, and walk?
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And◦ he who was healed knew◦ not who it was; for◦ Jesus had moved out of2 the crowd that was in the place.
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After these··things Jesus finds him in the temple, and He said◦ to him, See◦, thou art··made◦ whole◦. Sin no··more◦, lest◦ something worse come··upon◦ thee.
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The man went··away◦ and announced to the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.
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And for this the Jews persecuted Jesus and sought to kill Him, because He did these things on a Sabbath.
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But◦ Jesus answered them, My Father works until now, and I work.
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On··account··of this therefore the Jews sought the more◦ to kill Him, for He not only broke3 the Sabbath, but said also that God was His··own Father, making Himself equal to God.
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Then◦ answered Jesus and said◦ to them, Amen, amen, I say to you, The Son can not do anything◦ from Himself, except◦ what He sees▫ the Father doing; for◦ whatever He does, these also the Son does likewise.
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For the Father loves◦ the Son, and shows Him all things that He does; and He will show Him greater works than these, that you may marvel.
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For just··as the Father raises up the dead and makes alive, so the Son makes alive whomever He wills.
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For the Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son,
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that all may honor the Son as they honor the Father. He who honors not the Son, honors not the Father, who sent Him.
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Amen, amen, I say to you, that whoever hears My word, and believes on Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed··on out··of death into life.
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Amen, amen, I say to you, that an hour comes, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and they who hear shall live.
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For just··as the Father has life in Himself, so He has also given to the Son to have life in Himself,
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and has given Him authority to do judgment also because He is the Son of Man.
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Marvel not at this, for an hour comes in which all who are in the sepulchers shall hear His voice,
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and shall come forth; they who have done good things, to the resurrection of life; but◦ they who have committed evil things, to the resurrection of judgment.
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I cannot do anything from Myself; as I hear, I judge; and My judgment is just, because I seek not My own will, but the will of the Father, who sent Me.
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If I bear witness of Myself, My witness is not true.
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There is Another who testifies concerning Me, and I know◦ that the testimony is true which He testifies concerning Me.
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You sent◦ to John, and he testifies to the truth.
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But◦ I receive not witness from man; but these things I say, that you might be saved.
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He was a burning and shining4 lamp, and◦ you willed to leap··for··joy for an hour in his light.
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But◦ I◦ have a greater witness than that of John; for◦ the works which the Father has given Me that◦ I may finish them, the works themselves that I◦ do, bear··witness concerning Me, that the Father has sent◦ Me.
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And the Father Himself who sent Me has testified of Me; you have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen▵ His appearance◦.
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And you have not His word remaining in you, because whom He sent◦, Him you do not believe.
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You search the Scriptures5, for in them you think you have eternal life, and these are they which testify of Me.
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And you are not willing to come to Me, that you may have life.
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I receive not glory from men.
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But I know you, that you have not the love of God in yourselves.
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I come in the name of My Father, and you receive Me not; if another should come in his··own▵ name, him you will receive.
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How can you believe, who receive glory from▵ one··another, and seek not the glory which is from▵ God alone?
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Think not that I will accuse you to the Father; there is one who accuses you, even Moses, in whom you hope.
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For if you had believed Moses, you would have believed Me; for he wrote of Me.
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But◦ if you believe not his writings, how shall you believe My sayings?
1House of Mercy
2literally, “beckoned··out··of”; this has the same root as the words used in Luke 1:22, 62, 5:7; and John 13:24.
3literally, “loosed”
4literally, “appearing”
5or “Search the Scriptures”; either translation is supported by the Greek and the Latin.
