John 5

New King James Version

A Man Healed at the Pool of Bethesda

5 After ^(A)this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus ^(B)went up to Jerusalem. ²Now there is in Jerusalem ^(C)by the Sheep Gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew, ^[a]Bethesda, having five porches. ³In these lay a great multitude of sick people, blind, lame, ^[b]paralyzed, ^[c]waiting for the moving of the water. ⁴For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred up the water; then whoever stepped in first, after the stirring of the water, was made well of whatever disease he had. ⁵Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years. ⁶When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, “Do you want to be made well?”

⁷The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before me.”

⁸Jesus said to him, ^(D)“Rise, take up your bed and walk.” ⁹And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked.

And ^(E)that day was the Sabbath. ¹⁰The Jews therefore said to him who was cured, “It is the Sabbath; ^(F)it is not lawful for you to carry your bed.”

¹¹He answered them, “He who made me well said to me, ‘Take up your bed and walk.’ ”

¹²Then they asked him, “Who is the Man who said to you, ‘Take up your bed and walk’?” ¹³But the one who was ^(G)healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, a multitude being in that place. ¹⁴Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, “See, you have been made well. ^(H)Sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon you.”

¹⁵The man departed and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.

Honor the Father and the Son

¹⁶For this reason the Jews ^(I)persecuted Jesus, ^[d]and sought to kill Him, because He had done these things on the Sabbath. ¹⁷But Jesus answered them, ^(J)“My Father has been working until now, and I have been working.”

¹⁸Therefore the Jews ^(K)sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, ^(L)making Himself equal with God. ¹⁹Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, ^(M)the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner. ²⁰For ^(N)the Father loves the Son, and ^(O)shows Him all things that He Himself does; and He will show Him greater works than these, that you may marvel. ²¹For as the Father raises the dead and gives life to them, ^(P)even so the Son gives life to whom He will. ²²For the Father judges no one, but ^(Q)has committed all judgment to the Son, ²³that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. ^(R)He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

Life and Judgment Are Through the Son

²⁴“Most assuredly, I say to you, ^(S)he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, ^(T)but has passed from death into life. ²⁵Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when ^(U)the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live. ²⁶For ^(V)as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have ^(W)life in Himself, ²⁷and ^(X)has given Him authority to execute judgment also, ^(Y)because He is the Son of Man. ²⁸Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will ^(Z)hear His voice ²⁹^(AA)and come forth—^(AB)those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation. ³⁰^(AC)I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because ^(AD)I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me.

The Fourfold Witness

³¹^(AE)“If I bear witness of Myself, My witness is not ^[e]true. ³²^(AF)There is another who bears witness of Me, and I know that the witness which He witnesses of Me is true. ³³You have sent to John, ^(AG)and he has borne witness to the truth. ³⁴Yet I do not receive testimony from man, but I say these things that you may be saved. ³⁵He was the burning and ^(AH)shining lamp, and ^(AI)you were willing for a time to rejoice in his light. ³⁶But ^(AJ)I have a greater witness than John’s; for ^(AK)the works which the Father has given Me to finish—the very ^(AL)works that I do—bear witness of Me, that the Father has sent Me. ³⁷And the Father Himself, who sent Me, ^(AM)has testified of Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time, ^(AN)nor seen His form. ³⁸But you do not have His word abiding in you, because whom He sent, Him you do not believe. ³⁹^(AO)You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and ^(AP)these are they which testify of Me. ⁴⁰^(AQ)But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life.

⁴¹^(AR)“I do not receive honor from men. ⁴²But I know you, that you do not have the love of God in you. ⁴³I have come in My Father’s name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, him you will receive. ⁴⁴^(AS)How can you believe, who receive honor from one another, and do not seek ^(AT)the honor that comes from the only God? ⁴⁵Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father; ^(AU)there is one who accuses you—Moses, in whom you trust. ⁴⁶For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; ^(AV)for he wrote about Me. ⁴⁷But if you ^(AW)do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?”