The
Healing At The Pool
Some time
later,
Jesus went
up to Jerusalem for a Feast of the Jews.
2 Now
there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool,
Which in
Aramaic is called Bethesda
And which
is surrounded by five covered colonnades.
3 Here a
great number of disabled people used to lie—
4 The
blind, the lame, the paralyzed.
5 One who
was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.
6 When
Jesus saw him lying there
And
learned that he had been in this condition for a long time,
He asked
him, 'Do you want to get well?'
7 'Sir,'
the invalid replied,
'I have no
one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred.
While I am
trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me.'
8 Then
Jesus said to him,
'Get up!
Pick up your mat and walk.'
9 At once
the man was cured;
He picked
up his mat and walked.
The day on
which this took place was a Sabbath,
10 And so
the Jews said to the man who had been healed,
'It is the
Sabbath; the Law forbids you to carry your mat.'
11 But he
replied,
'The man
who made me well said to me,
'Pick up
your mat and walk.'
12 So they
asked him,
'Who is
this fellow who told you to pick it up and walk?'
13 The man
who was healed had no idea who it was,
For Jesus
had slipped away into the crowd that was there.
14 Later
Jesus found him at the Temple and said to him,
'See, you
are well again.
Stop
Sinning or something worse may happen to you.'
15 The man
went away and told the Jews
That it
was Jesus who had made him well.
Life
Through The Son
16 So,
because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath,
The Jews
persecuted Him.
17 Jesus
said to them,
'MY FATHER
IS ALWAYS AT HIS WORK TO THIS VERY DAY
AND I TOO,
AM WORKING.'
18 For
this reason 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.
19 Jesus
gave them this answer:
'I tell
you the truth, the Son can do nothing by Himself;
He can do
only what he sees His Father doing,
Because
what ever the Father does the Son also does.
20 For the
Father loves the Son
AND SHOWS
HIM ALL HE DOES.
Yes, to
your amazement
He will
show Him even greater things than these.
21 FOR
JUST AS THE FATHER RAISES THE DEAD
AND GIVES
THEM LIFE
EVEN SO
THE SON GIVES LIFE
TO WHOM HE
IS PLEASE TO GIVE IT.
22
Moreover, the Father judges no one,
But has
entrusted all Judgment to the Son,
23 That
all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father.
He who
does not honor the Son
Does not
honor the Father, who sent Him.
24 I TELL
YOU THE TRUTH,
WHOEVER
HEARS MY WORD AND BELIEVES HIM WHO SENT ME
HAS
ETERNAL LIFE AND WILL NOT BE CONDEMNED;
HE
HAS CROSSED OVER FROM DEATH TO LIFE.
25 I TELL
YOU THE TRUTH A TIME IS COMING
AND HAS
NOW COME
WHEN THE
DEAD WILL HEAR THE VOICE OF THE SON OF GOD
AND THOSE
WHO HEAR WILL LIVE.
26 For as
the Father has life in Himself,
So He has
granted the Son to have life in Himself.
27 And He
has given Him Authority to Judge
Because He
is the Son of man.
28 Do not
be amazed at this,
For a time
is coming when all who are in their graves
Will hear
His voice and come out--
29 Those
who have done good will rise to live,
And those
who have done Evil will rise to be Condemned.
30 By
Myself I can do nothing;
I Judge
only as I hear, and My Judgment is Just,
For I seek
not to please Myself but Him who sent Me.
Testimonies
About Jesus
31 'If I
testify about Myself, My Testimony is not Valid.
32 There
is another Who Testifies in My Favor,
And I know
that His Testimony about Me is Valid.
33 You
have sent to John and he has Testified to the Truth.
34 Not
that I accept Human Testimony;
But I
mention it that you may be Saved.
35 John
was a Lamp that Burned and gave Light,
And you
chose for a time to enjoy his Light.
36 I have
Testimony Weightier than that of John.
For the
very work that the Father has given Me to Finish,
And
which I am doing,
Testifies
that the Father has sent Me.
37 And the
Father who sent Me has Himself Testified concerning Me.
You have
never heard His Voice nor seen His Form,
38 Nor
does His Word Dwell in you
For you do
not believe the One He sent.
39 YOU
DILIGENTLY STUDY THE SCRIPTURES
BECAUSE
YOU THINK THAT BY THEM YOU POSSESS ETERNAL LIFE.
THESE ARE
THE SCRIPTURES THAT TESTIFY ABOUT ME,
40 YET YOU
REFUSE TO COME TO ME TO HAVE LIFE.
41 I do
not accept praise from men,
42 But I
know you.
I know
that you do not have the love of God in your hearts.
43 I have
come in My Father’s Name, and you do not accept Me;
But if
someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him.
44 How can
you believe if you accept praise from one another,
Yet
make no effort to obtain the praise
That
comes from the only God.
45 But do
not think I will accuse you before the Father.
Your
accuser is Moses, on whom your hopes are set.
46 If you
believed Moses, you would believe Me,
For he
wrote about me.
47 But
since you do not believe what he wrote,
How are
you going to believe what I say?
(John 5)
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