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¹ After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.² Now there is in Jerusalem, by the sheep-gate, a bath, which is called in the Hebrew tongue, Bethesda, having five porticos.³ In these lay a great multitude of diseased, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.⁴ For an angel went down at certain times into the bath, and the water was troubled: and whosoever went in first, after the troubling of the water, was made whole, whatsoever disease he had.⁵ And a certain man was there, who had been diseased eight and thirty years.⁶ Jesus seeing him lie, and knowing that he had now been diseased a long time, saith to him, Desirest thou to be made whole?⁷ The infirm man answered him, Sir, I have no man to put me into the bath, when the water is troubled; and while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.⁸ Jesus saith to him, Rise, take up thy bed and walk.⁹ And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed and walked: and the same day was the sabbath.¹⁰ Then said the Jews to him that was healed, It is the sabbath; it is not lawful for thee to take up the bed.¹¹ He answered, He that made me whole, he said to me, Take up thy bed and walk.¹² Then asked they him, Who is the man that said to thee, Take up thy bed and walk?¹³ And he that was healed knew not who he was; for Jesus had retired, a multitude being in the place.¹⁴ Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said to him, Lo, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come to thee.¹⁵ The man departed and told the Jews, that it was Jesus who had made him whole.¹⁶ And therefore the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill him, because he had done these things on the sabbath.

¹⁷ But Jesus answered them, My father worketh until now, and I work.¹⁸ Therefore 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.¹⁹ Then answered Jesus and said to them, Verily, verily I say unto you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do; but what things soever he doth, these also doth the Son likewise.²⁰ For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doth: and he will shew him greater works than these, so that ye will marvel.²¹ For as the Father raiseth and quickeneth the dead, so the Son also quickeneth whom he will.²² For neither doth the Father judge any one, but hath given all judgment to the Son:²³ That all men may honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son, honoureth not the Father that sent him.²⁴ Verily, verily I say unto you, he that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and cometh not into condemnation, but is passed from death to life.²⁵ 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.²⁶ For as the Father hath life in himself, so hath he given to the Son also to have life in himself,²⁷ And hath given him authority, to execute judgment likewise, because he is the Son of man.²⁸ Marvel not at this: for the time is coming, in which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,²⁹ And shall come forth, they that have done good, to the resurrection of life, and they that have done evil, to the resurrection of damnation.³⁰ I can do nothing of myself: 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.

³¹ If I testify of myself, my testimony is not valid.³² There is another that testifieth of me, and I know that the testimony which he testifieth of me is valid.³³ Ye sent to John, and he bare testimony to the truth.³⁴ But I receive not testimony from man; but these things I say, that ye may be saved.³⁵ He was a burning and a shining light, and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.³⁶ But I have a greater testimony than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to fulfil, the very works which I do, testify of me, that the Father hath sent me.³⁷ And the Father who hath sent me, he hath testified of me: ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form.³⁸ And ye have not his word abiding in you; for whom he hath sent, ye believe not.³⁹ Search the scriptures: in them ye think ye have eternal life: and it is they that testify of me.⁴⁰ Yet ye will not come to me, that ye may have life.⁴¹ I receive not honour from men, But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.⁴² For I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not:⁴³ if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.⁴⁴ How can ye believe, while ye receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that is from God only?⁴⁵ Think not that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you even Moses, in whom ye trust.⁴⁶ For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me; for he wrote of me.⁴⁷ But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?