John:5
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After this there was a feast of the Jews ;
and Jesus went up to Jerusalem .
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Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool ,
which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda ,
having five porches .
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In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk ,
of blind ,
halt ,
withered ,
waiting for the moving of the water .
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For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool ,
and troubled the water :
whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had .
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And a certain man was there ,
which had an infirmity thirty and eight years .
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When Jesus saw him lie ,
and knew that he had been now a long time in that case ,
he saith unto him ,
Wilt thou be made whole ?
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The impotent 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 steppeth down before me .
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Jesus saith unto him ,
Rise ,
take up thy bed ,
and walk .
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And immediately the man was made whole ,
and took up his bed ,
and walked :
and on the same day was the sabbath .
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The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured ,
It is the sabbath day :
it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed .
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He answered them ,
He that made me whole ,
the same said unto me ,
Take up thy bed ,
and walk .
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Then asked they him ,
What man is that which said unto thee ,
Take up thy bed ,
and walk ?
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And he that was healed wist not who it was :
for Jesus had conveyed himself away ,
a multitude being in that place .
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Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple ,
and said unto him ,
Behold ,
thou art made whole :
sin no more ,
lest a worse thing come unto thee .
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The man departed ,
and told the Jews that it was Jesus ,
which had made him whole .
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And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus ,
and sought to slay him ,
because he had done these things on the sabbath day .
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But Jesus answered them ,
My Father worketh hitherto ,
and I work .
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Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him ,
because he not only had broken the sabbath ,
but said also that God was his Father ,
making himself equal with God .
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Then answered Jesus and said unto them ,
Verily ,
verily ,
I say unto you ,
The Son can do nothing of himself ,
but what he seeth the Father do :
for what things soever he doeth ,
these also doeth the Son likewise .
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For the Father loveth the Son ,
and sheweth him all things that himself doeth :
and he will shew him greater works than these ,
that ye may marvel .
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For as the Father raiseth up the dead ,
and quickeneth them ;
even so the Son quickeneth whom he will .
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For the Father judgeth no man ,
but hath committed all judgment unto the Son :
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That all men should honour the Son ,
even as they honour the Father .
He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him .
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Verily ,
verily ,
I say unto you ,
He that heareth my word ,
and believeth on him that sent me ,
hath everlasting life ,
and shall not come into condemnation ;
but is passed from death unto life .
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Verily ,
verily ,
I say unto you ,
The hour is coming ,
and now is ,
when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God :
and they that hear shall live .
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For as the Father hath life in himself ;
so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself ;
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And hath given him authority to execute judgment also ,
because he is the Son of man .
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Marvel not at this :
for the hour is coming ,
in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice ,
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And shall come forth ;
they that have done good ,
unto the resurrection of life ;
and they that have done evil ,
unto the resurrection of damnation .
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I can of mine own self do nothing :
as I hear ,
I judge :
and my judgment is just ;
because I seek not mine own will ,
but the will of the Father which hath sent me .
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If I bear witness of myself ,
my witness is not true .
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There is another that beareth witness of me ;
and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true .
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Ye sent unto John ,
and he bare witness unto the truth .
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But I receive not testimony from man :
but these things I say ,
that ye might be saved .
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He was a burning and a shining light :
and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light .
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But I have greater witness than that of John :
for the works which the Father hath given me to finish ,
the same works that I do ,
bear witness of me ,
that the Father hath sent me .
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And the Father himself ,
which hath sent me ,
hath borne witness of me .
Ye have neither heard his voice at any time ,
nor seen his shape .
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And ye have not his word abiding in you :
for whom he hath sent ,
him ye believe not .
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Search the scriptures ;
for in them ye think ye have eternal life :
and they are they which testify of me .
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And ye will not come to me ,
that ye might have life .
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I receive not honour from men .
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But I know you ,
that ye have not the love of God in you .
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I am come in my Father '
s name ,
and ye receive me not :
if another shall come in his own name ,
him ye will receive .
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How can ye believe ,
which receive honour one of another ,
and seek not the honour that cometh from God only ?
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Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father :
there is one that accuseth you ,
even Moses ,
in whom ye trust .
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For had ye believed Moses ,
ye would have believed me :
for he wrote of me .
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But if ye believe not his writings ,
how shall ye believe my words ?