John:5

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* After this there was a feast of the Jews , and Jesus went up to Jerusalem . * Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool , which is called in Hebrew , Bethesda , having five porches . * In these lay a great multitude of sick people , blind , lame , paralyzed , waiting for the moving of the water . * For 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 . * Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years . * When 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 ?" * The 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 ." * Jesus said to him , "Rise , take up your bed and walk ." * And immediately the man was made well , took up his bed , and walked . And that day was the Sabbath . * The Jews therefore said to him who was cured , "It is the Sabbath ; it is not lawful for you to carry your bed ." * He answered them , "He who made me well said to me , "Take up your bed and walk ."' * Then they asked him , "Who is the Man who said to you , "Take up your bed and walk '?" * But the one who was healed did not know who it was , for Jesus had withdrawn , a multitude being in that place . * Afterward 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 ." * The man departed and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well . * For this reason the Jews persecuted Jesus , and sought to kill Him , because He had done these things on the Sabbath . * But Jesus answered them , "My Father has been working until now , and I have been working ." * Therefore 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 . * Then 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 . * For 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 . * For as the Father raises the dead and gives life to them , even so the Son gives life to whom He will . * For the Father judges no one , but has committed all judgment to the Son , * that 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 . * "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 . * Most 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 . * For as the Father has life in Himself , so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself , * and has given Him authority to execute judgment also , because He is the Son of Man . * Do not marvel at this ; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice * and come forth--those who have done good , to the resurrection of life , and those who have done evil , to the resurrection of condemnation . * 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 Father who sent Me . * "If I bear witness of Myself , My witness is not true . * There is another who bears witness of Me , and I know that the witness which He witnesses of Me is true . * You have sent to John , and he has borne witness to the truth . * Yet I do not receive testimony from man , but I say these things that you may be saved . * He was the burning and shining lamp , and you were willing for a time to rejoice in his light . * But 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 . * And the Father Himself , who sent Me , has testified of Me . You have neither heard His voice at any time , nor seen His form . * But you do not have His word abiding in you , because whom He sent , Him you do not believe . * You search the Scriptures , for in them you think you have eternal life ; and these are they which testify of Me . * But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life . * "I do not receive honor from men . * But I know you , that you do not have the love of God in you . * I have come in My Father 's name , and you do not receive Me ; if another comes in his own name , him you will receive . * How can you believe , who receive honor from one another , and do not seek the honor that comes from the only God ? * Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father ; there is one who accuses you--Moses , in whom you trust . * For if you believed Moses , you would believe Me ; for he wrote about Me . * But if you do not believe his writings , how will you believe My words ?"

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