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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>John 5</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/john/5.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmc//john/5-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="/john/">John</a> > John 5</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../john/4.htm" title="John 4">◄</a> John 5 <a href="../john/6.htm" title="John 6">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/john/5.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/john/5.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/john/5.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/john/5.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/john/5.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/john/5.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/john/5.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">The Pool of Bethesda<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/5-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Some time later there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. <A name="3"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/5-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool with five covered colonnades, which in Hebrew<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> is called Bethesda.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <A name=""></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>On these walkways<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> lay a great number of the sick, the blind, the lame, and the paralyzed.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> <A name="5"></a> <A name="6"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>One man there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>When Jesus saw him lying there and realized that he had spent a long time in this condition, He asked him, <span class="red">“Do you want to get well?”</span> <A name="8"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am on my way, someone else goes in before me.” <A name="9"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Then Jesus told him, <span class="red">“Get up, pick up your mat, and walk.”</span> <A name="10"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Immediately the man was made well, and he picked up his mat and began to walk. <p class="reg"> Now this happened on the Sabbath day, <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, “This is the Sabbath! It is unlawful for you to carry your mat.” <A name="12"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>But he answered, “The man who made me well told me, <span class="red">‘Pick up your mat and walk.’</span>” <A name="13"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“Who is this man who told you to pick it up and walk?” they asked. <A name="14"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But the man who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped away while the crowd was there. <A name="15"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Afterward, Jesus found the man at the temple and said to him, <span class="red">“See, you have been made well. Stop sinning, or something worse may happen to you.”</span> <A name="16"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And the man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well. <A name="17"></a><p class="hdg">The Father and the Son<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews began to persecute Him. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>But Jesus answered them, <span class="red">“To this very day My Father is at His work, and I too am working.”</span> <A name="19"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Because of this, 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. <A name="20"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/5-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>So Jesus replied, <span class="red">“Truly, truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing by Himself, unless He sees the Father doing it. For whatever the Father does, the Son also does. <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/5-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>The Father loves the Son and shows Him all He does. And to your amazement, He will show Him even greater works than these. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/5-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes.</span> <A name="23"></a><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/5-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Furthermore, the Father judges no one, but has assigned all judgment to the Son, <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/5-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him. <A name="25"></a><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/5-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life. <A name="26"></a><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/5-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Truly, truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/5-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>For as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted the Son to have life in Himself. <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/5-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And He has given Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man. <A name="29"></a><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/5-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/5-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> <A name="31"></a><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/5-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. <A name="32"></a><p class="hdg">Testimonies about Jesus<p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/5-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>If I testify about Myself, My testimony is not valid. <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/5-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>There is another who testifies about Me, and I know that His testimony about Me is valid. <A name="34"></a><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/5-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth. <A name="35"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/5-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Even though I do not accept human testimony, I say these things so that you may be saved. <A name="36"></a><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/5-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you were willing for a season to bask in his light. <A name="37"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/5-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>But I have testimony more substantial than that of John. For the works that the Father has given Me to accomplish—the very works I am doing—testify about Me that the Father has sent Me. <A name="38"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/5-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>And the Father who sent Me has Himself testified about Me. You have never heard His voice nor seen His form, <A name="39"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/5-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>nor does His word abide in you, because you do not believe the One He sent. <A name="40"></a><p class="hdg">The Witness of Scripture<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../luke/16.htm#19">Luke 16:19–31</a>)</span><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/5-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me, <A name="41"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/5-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>yet you refuse to come to Me to have life. <A name="42"></a><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/5-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>I do not accept glory from men, <A name="43"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/5-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>but I know you, that you do not have the love of God within you. <A name="44"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/5-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>I have come in My Father’s name, and you have not received Me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will receive him. <A name="45"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/5-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>How can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not seek the glory that comes from the only God? <A name="46"></a><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/5-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, in whom you have put your hope. <A name="47"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/5-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>If you had believed Moses, you would believe Me, because he wrote about Me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/5-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>But since you do not believe what he wrote, how will you believe what I say?”</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">2</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>in Aramaic</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">2</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> NA, NE, and WH <i>Bethzatha</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">3</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Literally <i>In these</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">3</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> NE, BYZ, and TR include <i>awaiting the moving of the waters. <span class="fnv">4</span>For from time to time an angel descended into the pool and stirred the water. As soon as it was stirred, the first to enter the pool would be healed of his disease.</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">29</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> See <a href="../daniel/12.htm#2">Daniel 12:2</a>.<br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. Used by Permission. All rights Reserved. Free <a href=http://berean.bible/downloads.htm>downloads</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible/licensing.htm>licensing</a> available. 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