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for an angel of the Lord went down at certain seasons into the pool and stirred up the water; whoever then first, after the stirring up of the water, stepped in was made well from whatever disease with which he was afflicted.]

A man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years.

So the Jews were saying to the man who was cured, "It is the Sabbath, and it is not permissible for you to carry your pallet."

But the man who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped away while there was a crowd in that place.

For this reason the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because He was doing these things on the Sabbath.

For this reason therefore the Jews were seeking all the more to kill Him, because He not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.

Therefore Jesus answered and was saying to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, these things the Son also does in like manner.

"For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself is doing; and the Father will show Him greater works than these, so that you will marvel.

"For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom He wishes.

"For not even the Father judges anyone, but He has given all judgment to the Son,

"For just as the Father has life in Himself, even so He gave to the Son also to have life in Himself;

"Do not marvel at this; for an hour is coming, in which all who are in the tombs will hear His voice,

"He was the lamp that was burning and was shining and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.

"But the testimony which I have is greater than the testimony of John; for the works which the Father has given Me to accomplish—the very works that I do—testify about Me, that the Father has sent Me.

"You do not have His word abiding in you, for you do not believe Him whom He sent.

"For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me, for he wrote about Me.

This He was saying to test him, for He Himself knew what He was intending to do.

Philip answered Him, "Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, for everyone to receive a little."

"There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are these for so many people?"

"Do not work for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you, for on Him the Father, God, has set His seal."