1After these things there was a feast of the Jews ; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem . 2Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep gate a pool , which is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porches . 3In these lay a multitude of them that were sick , blind , halt , withered . 45And a certain man was there , who had been thirty and eight years in his infirmity. 6When Jesus saw him lying , and knew that he had been now a long time in that case , he saith unto him , Wouldest thou be made whole ? 7The sick 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 . 8Jesus saith unto him , Arise , take up thy bed , and walk . 9And straightway the man was made whole , and took up his bed and walked . Now it was the sabbath on that day .
The Controversy Over the Sabbath
10So the Jews said unto him that was cured , It is the sabbath , and it is not lawful for thee to take up thy bed . 11But he answered them , He that made me whole , the same said unto me , Take up thy bed , and walk . 12They asked him , Who is the man that said unto thee, Take up thy bed , and walk ? 13But he that was healed knew not who it was ; for Jesus had conveyed himself away , a multitude being in the place . 14Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple , and said unto him , Behold , thou art made whole : sin no more , lest a worse thing befall thee. 15The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him whole . 16And for this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus , because he did these things on the sabbath . 17But Jesus answered them , My Father worketh even until now , and I work . 18For this cause therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him , because he not only brake the sabbath , but also called God his own Father , making himself equal with God .
The Witness of Jesus
19Jesus therefore answered and said unto them , Verily , verily , I say unto you , The Son can do nothing of himself , but what he seeth the Father doing : for what things soever he doeth , these the Son also doeth in like manner . 20For the Father loveth the Son , and showeth him all things that himself doeth : and greater works than these will he show him , that ye may marvel . 21For as the Father raiseth the dead and giveth them life , even so the Son also giveth life to whom he will . 22For neither doth the Father judge any man , but he hath given all judgment unto the Son ; 23that all may honor the Son , even as they honor the Father . He that honoreth not the Son honoreth not the Father that sent him . 24Verily , verily , I say unto you , He that heareth my word , and believeth him that sent me , hath eternal life , and cometh not into judgment , but hath passed out of death into life . 25Verily , verily , I say unto you , The hour cometh , and now is , when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God ; and they that hear shall live . 26For as the Father hath life in himself , even so gave he to the Son also to have life in himself : 27and he gave him authority to execute judgment , because he is a son of man . 28Marvel not at this : for the hour cometh , in which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice , 29and shall come forth ; they that have done good , unto the resurrection of life ; and they that have done evil , unto the resurrection of judgment . 30I can of myself do nothing : as I hear, I judge : and my judgment is righteous ; because I seek not mine own will , but the will of him that sent me . 31If I bear witness of myself , my witness is not true . 32It is another that beareth witness of me ; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true . 33Ye have sent unto John , and he hath borne witness unto the truth. 34But the witness which I receive is not from man : howbeit I say these things , that ye may be saved . 35He was the lamp that burneth and shineth ; and ye were willing to rejoice for a season in his light . 36But the witness which I have is greater than that of John ; for the works which the Father hath given me to accomplish , the very works that I do , bear witness of me , that the Father hath sent me . 37And the Father that sent me , he hath borne witness of me . Ye have neither heard his voice at any time , nor seen his form . 38And ye have not his word abiding in you : for whom he sent , him ye believe not . 39Ye search the scriptures , because ye think that in them ye have eternal life ; and these are they which bear witness of me ; 40and ye will not come to me , that ye may have life . 41I receive not glory from men. 42But I know you , that ye have not the love of God in yourselves . 43I am come in my Father ’s name , and ye receive me not : if another shall come in his own name , him ye will receive . 44How can ye believe , who receive glory one of another , and the glory that cometh from the only God ye seek not ? 45Think not that I will accuse you to the Father : there is one that accuseth you , even Moses , on whom ye have set your hope . 46For if ye believed Moses , ye would believe me ; for he wrote of me . 47But if ye believe not his writings , how shall ye believe my words ?