John 5

• 1 ¶ After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

• 2 Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.

• 3 In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.

• 4 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.

• 5 And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.

• 6 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?

• 7 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.

• 8 Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.

• 9 And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.

• 10 The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.

• 11 He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk.

• 12 Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?

• 13 And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place.

• 14 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.

• 15 The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole.

• 16 And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.

• 17 ¶ But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.

• 18 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.

• 19 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.

• 20 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.

• 21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.

• 22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:

• 23 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.

• 24 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.

• 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 to have life in himself;

• 27 And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.

• 28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,

• 29 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.

• 30 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.

• 31 ¶ If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.

• 32 There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.

• 33 Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.

• 34 But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might 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 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.

• 37 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.

• 38 And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.

• 39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

• 40 And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.

• 41 I receive not honour from men.

• 42 But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.

• 43 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.

• 44 How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?

• 45 Do not think 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?

External Links

• John 5:3-4 The Troubling of the Water Article by Will Kinney