John 5
5Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for a feast of the Jews.G3326G5023G2258G1859G2453G2532G2424G305G1519G24142Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades.G1161G2076G1722G2414G1909G4262G2861G3588G1951G1447G964G2192G4002G47453Here a great number of disabled people used to lie--the blind, the lame, the paralyzed.G1722G5025G2621G4183G4128G770G5185G5560G3584G1551G2796G52044From time to time an angel of the Lord would come down and stir up the waters. The first one into the pool after each such disturbance would be cured of whatever disease he had.G1063G32G2597G2596G2540G1722G2861G2532G5015G5204G3767G4413G3326G5016G5204G1684G1096G5199G3739G1221G3553G27225One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.G1161G5100G444G2258G1563G2192G1722G769G5144G3638G20946When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, "Do you want to get well?"G2424G1492G5126G2621G2532G1097G3754G2192G2235G4183G5550G3004G846G2309G1096G51997"Sir," the invalid replied, "I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me."G770G611G846G2962G2192G3756G444G3752G5204G5015G2443G906G3165G1519G2861G1161G1722G3739G1473G2064G243G2597G4253G17008Then Jesus said to him, "Get up! Pick up your mat and walk."G2424G3004G846G1453G142G4675G2895G2532G40439At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked. The day on which this took place was a Sabbath,G2532G2112G444G1096G5199G2532G142G846G2895G2532G4043G1161G1722G1565G2250G2258G452110and so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, "It is the Sabbath; the law forbids you to carry your mat."G2453G3767G3004G2323G2076G4521G1832G3756G1832G4671G142G289511But he replied, "The man who made me well said to me, 'Pick up your mat and walk.'"G611G846G4160G3165G5199G1565G2036G3427G142G4675G2895G2532G404312So they asked him, "Who is this fellow who told you to pick it up and walk?"G3767G2065G846G5101G444G2076G3588G2036G4671G142G4675G2895G2532G404313The man who was healed had no idea who it was, for Jesus had slipped away into the crowd that was there.G1161G2390G1492G3756G5101G2076G1063G2424G1593G3793G5607G1722G511714Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, "See, you are well again. Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you."G3326G5023G2424G2147G846G1722G2411G2532G2036G846G2396G1096G5199G264G3371G3363G5501G5100G1096G467115The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.G444G565G2532G312G2453G3754G2076G2424G3588G4160G846G519916So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews persecuted him.G2532G1223G5124G1377G2453G1377G2424G2532G2212G615G846G3754G4160G5023G1722G452117Jesus said to them, "My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I, too, am working."G1161G2424G611G846G3450G3962G2038G2193G737G2504G203818For this reason the Jews tried all the harder to kill him; not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.G1223G5124G3767G2453G2212G3123G615G846G3754G3089G3756G3440G3089G4521G235G3004G2532G2316G2398G3962G4160G1438G2470G231619Jesus gave them this answer: "I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does.G3767G611G2424G2532G2036G846G281G281G3004G5213G5207G1410G3756G4160G3762G575G1438G3362G5100G991G3962G4160G1063G3739G302G1565G4160G5023G2532G4160G5207G366820For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does. Yes, to your amazement he will show him even greater things than these.G1063G3962G5368G5207G2532G1166G846G3956G3739G846G4160G2532G1166G846G3187G2041G3187G5130G2443G5210G229621For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son gives life to whom he is pleased to give it.G1063G5618G3962G1453G3498G2532G2227G2532G3779G5207G2227G3739G230922Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son,G1063G3761G3962G2919G3762G235G1325G3956G2920G520723that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him.G2443G3956G5091G5207G2531G5091G3962G5091G3361G5207G5091G3756G3962G3588G3992G84624"I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life.G281G281G3004G5213G3754G191G3450G3056G2532G4100G3992G3165G2192G166G2222G2532G2064G3756G2064G1519G2920G235G3327G1537G2288G1519G222225I tell you the truth, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live.G281G281G3004G5213G3754G5610G2064G2532G3568G2076G3753G3498G191G5456G5207G2316G2532G191G219826For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son to have life in himself.G1063G5618G3962G2192G2222G1722G1438G2532G3779G1325G5207G2192G2222G1722G143827And he has given him authority to judge because he is the Son of Man.G2532G1325G846G1849G4160G2920G2532G3754G2076G5207G44428"Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voiceG2296G3361G5124G3754G5610G2064G1722G3739G3956G1722G3419G191G846G545629and come out--those who have done good will rise to live, and those who have done evil will rise to be condemned.G2532G1607G4160G18G1519G386G2222G1161G4238G5337G1519G386G292030By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.G1473G1410G575G1683G4160G3756G3762G2531G191G2919G2532G1699G2920G2076G1342G3754G2212G3756G1699G2307G235G2307G3962G3992G316531"If I testify about myself, my testimony is not valid.G1437G1473G3140G4012G1683G3450G3141G2076G3756G22732There is another who testifies in my favor, and I know that his testimony about me is valid.G2076G243G3140G4012G1700G2532G1492G3754G3141G3739G3140G4012G1700G2076G22733"You have sent to John and he has testified to the truth.G5210G649G4314G2491G2532G3140G22534Not that I accept human testimony; but I mention it that you may be saved.G1161G1473G2983G3756G3141G3844G444G235G5023G3004G2443G5210G498235John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you chose for a time to enjoy his light.G1565G2258G2545G2532G5316G3088G1161G5210G2309G4314G5610G21G1722G846G545736"I have testimony weightier than that of John. For the very work that the Father has given me to finish, and which I am doing, testifies that the Father has sent me.G1161G1473G2192G3187G3141G2491G1063G2041G3739G3962G1325G3427G2443G5048G846G846G2041G3739G1473G4160G3140G4012G1700G3754G3962G649G316537And the Father who sent me has himself testified concerning me. You have never heard his voice nor seen his form,G2532G3962G846G3992G3165G3140G4012G1700G191G3777G191G846G5456G4455G3777G3708G846G149138nor does his word dwell in you, for you do not believe the one he sent.G2532G2192G3756G846G3056G3306G1722G5213G3754G3739G1565G649G5129G5210G4100G375639You diligently study the Scriptures because you think that by them you possess eternal life. These are the Scriptures that testify about me,G2045G1124G3754G1722G846G5210G1380G2192G166G2222G2532G1565G1526G3140G4012G170040yet you refuse to come to me to have life.G2532G2309G3756G2064G4314G3165G2443G2192G222241"I do not accept praise from men,G2983G3756G1391G3844G44442but I know you. I know that you do not have the love of God in your hearts.G235G1097G5209G3754G2192G3756G26G2316G1722G143843I have come in my Father's name, and you do not accept me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him.G1473G2064G1722G3450G3962G3686G2532G2983G3165G3756G1437G243G2064G1722G2398G3686G1565G298344How can you believe if you accept praise from one another, yet make no effort to obtain the praise that comes from the only God?G4459G1410G5210G4100G2983G1391G3844G240G2532G2212G3756G1391G3844G2316G344145"But do not think I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, on whom your hopes are set.G1380G3361G1380G3754G1473G2723G5216G4314G3962G2076G2723G5216G3475G1519G3739G5210G167946If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me.G1063G1487G4100G3475G4100G302G1698G1063G1565G1125G4012G170047But since you do not believe what he wrote, how are you going to believe what I say?"G1161G1487G4100G3756G1565G1121G4459G4100G1699G4487
Columbus, OH
