5After this, Jesus went to Jerusalem for a religious festival.G3326G5023G2258G1859G2453G2532G2424G305G1519G2414 2Near the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem there is a pool with five porches; in Hebrew it is called Bethzatha.G1161G2076G1722G2414G1909G4262G2861G3588G1951G1447G964G2192G4002G4745 3A large crowd of sick people were lying on the porches - -the blind, the lame, and the paralyzed.G1722G5025G2621G4183G4128G770G5185G5560G3584G1551G2796G5204 4OMITTED TEXTG1063G32G2597G2596G2540G1722G2861G2532G5015G5204G3767G4413G3326G5016G5204G1684G1096G5199G3739G1221G3553G2722 5A man was there who had been sick for thirty-eight years.G1161G5100G444G2258G1563G2192G1722G769G5144G3638G2094 6Jesus saw him lying there, and he knew that the man had been sick for such a long time; so he asked him, "Do you want to get well?"G2424G1492G5126G2621G2532G1097G3754G2192G2235G4183G5550G3004G846G2309G1096G5199 7The sick man answered, "Sir, I don't have anyone here to put me in the pool when the water is stirred up; while I am trying to get in, somebody else gets there first."G770G611G846G2962G2192G3756G444G3752G5204G5015G2443G906G3165G1519G2861G1161G1722G3739G1473G2064G243G2597G4253G1700 8Jesus said to him, "Get up, pick up your mat, and walk."G2424G3004G846G1453G142G4675G2895G2532G4043 9Immediately the man got well; he picked up his mat and started walking. The day this happened was a Sabbath,G2532G2112G444G1096G5199G2532G142G846G2895G2532G4043G1161G1722G1565G2250G2258G4521 10so the Jewish authorities told the man who had been healed, "This is a Sabbath, and it is against our Law for you to carry your mat."G2453G3767G3004G2323G2076G4521G1832G3756G1832G4671G142G2895 11He answered, "The man who made me well told me to pick up my mat and walk."G611G846G4160G3165G5199G1565G2036G3427G142G4675G2895G2532G4043 12They asked him, "Who is the man who told you to do this?"G3767G2065G846G5101G444G2076G3588G2036G4671G142G4675G2895G2532G4043 13But the man who had been healed did not know who Jesus was, for there was a crowd in that place, and Jesus had slipped away.G1161G2390G1492G3756G5101G2076G1063G2424G1593G3793G5607G1722G5117 14Afterward, Jesus found him in the Temple and said, "Listen, you are well now; so stop sinning or something worse may happen to you."G3326G5023G2424G2147G846G1722G2411G2532G2036G846G2396G1096G5199G264G3371G3363G5501G5100G1096G4671 15Then the man left and told the Jewish authorities that it was Jesus who had healed him.G444G565G2532G312G2453G3754G2076G2424G3588G4160G846G5199 16So they began to persecute Jesus, because he had done this healing on a Sabbath.G2532G1223G5124G1377G2453G1377G2424G2532G2212G615G846G3754G4160G5023G1722G4521 17Jesus answered them, "My Father is always working, and I too must work."G1161G2424G611G846G3450G3962G2038G2193G737G2504G2038 18This saying made the Jewish authorities all the more determined to kill him; not only had he broken the Sabbath law, but he had said that God was his own Father and in this way had made himself equal with God.G1223G5124G3767G2453G2212G3123G615G846G3754G3089G3756G3440G3089G4521G235G3004G2532G2316G2398G3962G4160G1438G2470G2316 19So Jesus answered them, "I tell you the truth: the Son can do nothing on his own; he does only what he sees his Father doing. What the Father does, the Son also does.G3767G611G2424G2532G2036G846G281G281G3004G5213G5207G1410G3756G4160G3762G575G1438G3362G5100G991G3962G4160G1063G3739G302G1565G4160G5023G2532G4160G5207G3668 20For the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing. He will show him even greater things to do than this, and you will all be amazed.G1063G3962G5368G5207G2532G1166G846G3956G3739G846G4160G2532G1166G846G3187G2041G3187G5130G2443G5210G2296 21Just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, in the same way the Son gives life to those he wants to.G1063G5618G3962G1453G3498G2532G2227G2532G3779G5207G2227G3739G2309 22Nor does the Father himself judge anyone. He has given his Son the full right to judge,G1063G3761G3962G2919G3762G235G1325G3956G2920G5207 23so that all will honor the Son in the same way as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.G2443G3956G5091G5207G2531G5091G3962G5091G3361G5207G5091G3756G3962G3588G3992G846 24"I am telling you the truth: those who hear my words and believe in him who sent me have eternal life. They will not be judged, but have already passed from death to life.G281G281G3004G5213G3754G191G3450G3056G2532G4100G3992G3165G2192G166G2222G2532G2064G3756G2064G1519G2920G235G3327G1537G2288G1519G2222 25I am telling you the truth: the time is coming - -the time has already come - -when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear it will come to life.G281G281G3004G5213G3754G5610G2064G2532G3568G2076G3753G3498G191G5456G5207G2316G2532G191G2198 26Just as the Father is himself the source of life, in the same way he has made his Son to be the source of life.G1063G5618G3962G2192G2222G1722G1438G2532G3779G1325G5207G2192G2222G1722G1438 27And he has given the Son the right to judge, because he is the Son of Man.G2532G1325G846G1849G4160G2920G2532G3754G2076G5207G444 28Do not be surprised at this; the time is coming when all the dead will hear his voiceG2296G3361G5124G3754G5610G2064G1722G3739G3956G1722G3419G191G846G5456 29and come out of their graves: those who have done good will rise and live, and those who have done evil will rise and be condemned.G2532G1607G4160G18G1519G386G2222G1161G4238G5337G1519G386G2920 30"I can do nothing on my own authority; I judge only as God tells me, so my judgment is right, because I am not trying to do what I want, but only what he who sent me wants.G1473G1410G575G1683G4160G3756G3762G2531G191G2919G2532G1699G2920G2076G1342G3754G2212G3756G1699G2307G235G2307G3962G3992G3165 31"If I testify on my own behalf, what I say is not to be accepted as real proof.G1437G1473G3140G4012G1683G3450G3141G2076G3756G227 32But there is someone else who testifies on my behalf, and I know that what he says about me is true.G2076G243G3140G4012G1700G2532G1492G3754G3141G3739G3140G4012G1700G2076G227 33John is the one to whom you sent your messengers, and he spoke on behalf of the truth.G5210G649G4314G2491G2532G3140G225 34It is not that I must have a human witness; I say this only in order that you may be saved.G1161G1473G2983G3756G3141G3844G444G235G5023G3004G2443G5210G4982 35John was like a lamp, burning and shining, and you were willing for a while to enjoy his light.G1565G2258G2545G2532G5316G3088G1161G5210G2309G4314G5610G21G1722G846G5457 36But I have a witness on my behalf which is even greater than the witness that John gave: what I do, that is, the deeds my Father gave me to do, these speak on my behalf and show that the Father has sent me.G1161G1473G2192G3187G3141G2491G1063G2041G3739G3962G1325G3427G2443G5048G846G846G2041G3739G1473G4160G3140G4012G1700G3754G3962G649G3165 37And the Father, who sent me, also testifies on my behalf. You have never heard his voice or seen his face,G2532G3962G846G3992G3165G3140G4012G1700G191G3777G191G846G5456G4455G3777G3708G846G1491 38and you do not keep his message in your hearts, for you do not believe in the one whom he sent.G2532G2192G3756G846G3056G3306G1722G5213G3754G3739G1565G649G5129G5210G4100G3756 39You study the Scriptures, because you think that in them you will find eternal life. And these very Scriptures speak about me!G2045G1124G3754G1722G846G5210G1380G2192G166G2222G2532G1565G1526G3140G4012G1700 40Yet you are not willing to come to me in order to have life.G2532G2309G3756G2064G4314G3165G2443G2192G2222 41"I am not looking for human praise.G2983G3756G1391G3844G444 42But I know what kind of people you are, and I know that you have no love for God in your hearts.G235G1097G5209G3754G2192G3756G26G2316G1722G1438 43I have come with my Father's authority, but you have not received me; when, however, someone comes with his own authority, you will receive him.G1473G2064G1722G3450G3962G3686G2532G2983G3165G3756G1437G243G2064G1722G2398G3686G1565G2983 44You like to receive praise from one another, but you do not try to win praise from the one who alone is God; how, then, can you believe me?G4459G1410G5210G4100G2983G1391G3844G240G2532G2212G3756G1391G3844G2316G3441 45Do not think, however, that I am the one who will accuse you to my Father. Moses, in whom you have put your hope, is the very one who will accuse you.G1380G3361G1380G3754G1473G2723G5216G4314G3962G2076G2723G5216G3475G1519G3739G5210G1679 46If you had really believed Moses, you would have believed me, because he wrote about me.G1063G1487G4100G3475G4100G302G1698G1063G1565G1125G4012G1700 47But since you do not believe what he wrote, how can you believe what I say?"G1161G1487G4100G3756G1565G1121G4459G4100G1699G4487
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