John:5

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* After these things there was the feast of the Jews , and Jesus went up to Jerusalem . * Now there is at Jerusalem , by the sheep –gate , a pool , which is called in Hebrew Bethzatha , having five porches . * In these were lying a multitude of diseased persons , blind , lame , withered . noyes @John:5:4 " /> * And a certain man was there , who had had his infirmity thirty –eight years . * Jesus saw this man lying there , and knowing that he had been for a long time diseased , saith to him , Dost thou wish to be made well ? * The diseased man answered him , Sir , I have no man , when the water is troubled , to put me into the pool ; but while I am coming , another goeth down before me . * Jesus saith to him , Rise , take up thy bed , and walk . * And immediately the man was made well , and took up his bed , and walked . And that day was the sabbath . * The Jews therefore said to him that was cured , It is the sabbath ; and it is not lawful for thee to take up the bed . * He answered them , He that made me well , the same said to me , Take up thy bed , and walk . T * hey asked him , Who is the man that said to thee , Take up , and walk ? * But the diseased man knew not who it was ; for Jesus had withdrawn himself , there being a crowd in the place . * Afterwards Jesus found him in the temple , and said to him , Behold , thou art made well ; sin no more , lest something worse befall thee . * The man went away , and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well . * And on this account the Jews persecuted Jesus , because he did these things on the sabbath . * But he answered them , My Father is working up to this time , and I work . * On this account the Jews sought the more to kill him , because he not only broke the sabbath , but also said that God was his own Father , making himself equal with God . * Then answered Jesus and said to them , Truly , truly do I say to you , The Son can do nothing of himself , but what he seeth the Father doing ; for whatever He doeth , these things the Son also doeth in like manner ; * for the Father loveth the Son , and showeth him all things which he himself doeth ; and greater works than these will he show him , so that ye will wonder . * For as the Father raiseth up the dead , and giveth them life , so the Son also giveth life to whom he will . * For neither doth the Father judge any one , but hath committed all judgment to the Son ; * that all may honor the Son , as they honor the Father . He that honoreth not the Son , honoreth not the Father , who sent him . * Truly , truly do I say to you , He that heareth my word , and believeth him that sent me , hath everlasting life , and cometh not into condemnation , but hath passed out of death into life . * Truly , truly do I say to you , The hour is coming and now is , when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God ; and they that hear will live . * For as the Father hath life in himself , so did he give to the Son also to have life in himself . * And he gave him authority to execute judgment , because he is a son of man . * Marvel not at this ; for the hour is coming , in which all that are in the tombs will hear his voice , * and will come forth , they that have done good , to a resurrection of life ; they that have done evil , to a resurrection of condemnation . * I can of myself do nothing . As I hear , I judge ; and my judgment is just , because I seek not my own will , but the will of him that sent me . * If I bear witness of myself , my witness is not true . * There is another who beareth witness of me ; and ye know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true . * Ye have sent to John , and he hath borne witness to the truth . * But the testimony which I receive is not from man ; but these things I say , that ye may be saved . * He was the burning and shining lamp : and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light . * But the testimony which I have , is greater than that of John ; for the works which the Father hath given me to perform , the works themselves which I do , bear witness of me , that the Father hath sent me . * And the Father who sent me , he hath borne witness of me . Ye have neither heard his voice at any time , nor seen his form . * And ye have not his word abiding in you ; for whom he sent , him ye believe not . * Ye search the Scriptures , because ye yourselves think that in them ye have everlasting life ; and it is they which testify of me ; * and ye are not willing to come to me , that ye may have life . * I receive not honor from men ; * but I know you , that ye have not the love of God in you . * I have come in my Father ’s name , and ye receive me not ; if another come in his own name , him ye will receive . * How can ye believe while ye receive honor from one another , and seek not the honor that is from him who alone is God ? * Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father ; there is one that accuseth you , even Moses , in whom ye have placed your hope . * For if ye believed Moses , ye would believe me ; for he wrote of me . * But if ye do not believe his writings , how will ye believe my words ?

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