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¹ After this there was a feast of the Iewes, and Iesus went vp to Hierusalem. ² Now there is at Hierusalem by the sheepe market, a poole, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, hauing fiue porches. ³ In these lay a great multitude of impotent folke, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the mouing of the water. ⁴ For an Angel went downe at a certaine season into the poole, and troubled the water: whosoeuer then first after the troubling of the water stepped in, was made whole of whatsoeuer disease he had. ⁵ And a certaine man was there, which had an infirmitie thirtie and eight yeeres. ⁶ When Iesus saw him lie, & knew that hee had beene now a long time in that case, he sayth vnto him, Wilt thou be made whole? ⁷ The impotent man answered him, Sir, I haue no man when the water is troubled, to put mee into the poole: but while I am comming, another steppeth downe before me. ⁸ Iesus sayth vnto him, Rise, take vp thy bed, and walke. ⁹ And immediatly the man was made whole, and tooke vp his bed, and walked: And on the same day was the Sabbath. ¹⁰ The Iewes therefore said vnto him that was cured, It is the Sabbath day, it is not lawfull for thee to cary thy bed. ¹¹ He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said vnto me, Take vp thy bed, and walke. ¹² Then asked they him, What man is that which said vnto thee, Take vp thy bed, and walke? ¹³ And he that was healed, wist not who it was: for Iesus had conueyed himselfe away, a multitude being in that place. ¹⁴ Afterward Iesus findeth him in the Temple, & said vnto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sinne no more, lest a worse thing come vnto thee. ¹⁵ The man departed, and tolde the Iewes that it was Iesus which had made him whole. ¹⁶ And therefore did the Iewes persecute Iesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the Sabbath day.

¹⁷ But Iesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, & I worke. ¹⁸ Therefore the Iewes sought the more to kill him, not onely because hee had broken the Sabbath, but said also, that God was his father, making himselfe equall with God. ¹⁹ Then answered Iesus, and saide vnto them, Uerily, verily I say vnto you, The sonne can doe nothing of himselfe, but what he seeth the Father doe: for what things soeuer he doeth, these also doth the sonne likewise. ²⁰ For the father loueth the sonne, and sheweth him all things that himselfe doth: & he will shew him greater works then these, that ye may marueile. ²¹ For as the Father raiseth vp the dead, and quickeneth them: euen so the Sonne quickeneth whom he will. ²² For the Father iudgeth no man: but hath committed all iudgement vnto the Sonne: ²³ That all men should honour the Son, euen as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not ye Sonne, honoreth not ye Father which hath sent him. ²⁴ Uerily, verily I say vnto you, Hee that heareth my word, & beleeueth on him that sent mee, hath euerlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation: but is passed from death vnto life. ²⁵ Uerily, verily I say vnto you, The houre is comming, & now is, when the dead shall heare the voice of the Sonne of God: and they that heare, shall liue. ²⁶ For as the Father hath life in himselfe: so hath he giuen to the Sonne to haue life in himselfe: ²⁷ And hath giuen him authority to execute iudgement also, because he is the Sonne of man. ²⁸ Marueile not at this: for the houre is comming, in the which all that are in the graues shall heare his voice, ²⁹ And shall come foorth, they that haue done good, vnto the resurrection of life, and they that haue done euill, vnto the resurrection of damnation. ³⁰ I can of mine owne selfe doe nothing: as I heare, I iudge: and my iudgement is iust, because I seeke not mine owne will, but the will of the Father, which hath sent me.

³¹ If I beare witnesse of my selfe, my witnesse is not true. ³² There is another that beareth witnesse of me, & I know that the witnesse which he witnesseth of me, is true. ³³ Ye sent vnto Iohn, and he bare witnesse vnto the trueth. ³⁴ But I receiue not testimonie from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saued. ³⁵ He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to reioyce in his light. ³⁶ But I haue greater witnesse then that of Iohn: for the workes which the Father hath giuen me to finish, the same workes that I doe, beare witnesse of mee, that the Father hath sent me. ³⁷ And the Father himselfe which hath sent me, hath borne witnesse of me. Ye haue neither heard his voyce at any time, nor seene his shape. ³⁸ And ye haue not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye beleeue not. ³⁹ Search the Scriptures, for in them ye thinke ye haue eternall life, and they are they which testifie of me. ⁴⁰ And ye will not come to me, that ye might haue life. ⁴¹ I receiue not honour from men. ⁴² But I know you, that ye haue not the loue of God in you. ⁴³ I am come in my Fathers name, and ye receiue me not: if another shall come in his owne Name, him ye will receiue. ⁴⁴ How can ye beleeue, which receiue honour one of another, & seeke not the honour that commeth from God onely? ⁴⁵ Doe not thinke that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, euen Moses, in whom ye trust? ⁴⁶ For had ye beleeued Moses, ye would haue beleeued me: for he wrote of me. ⁴⁷ But if ye beleeue not his writings, how shall ye beleeue my words?