1After this there was a feast of the Jews ; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem . 2Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool , which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda , having five porches . 3In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk , of blind , halt , withered , waiting for the moving of the water . 4For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool , and troubled the water : whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had . 5And a certain man was there , which had an infirmity thirty and eight years . 6When Jesus saw him lie , and knew that he had been now a long time in that case , he saith unto him , Wilt thou be made whole ? 7The impotent 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 , Rise , take up thy bed , and walk . 9And immediately the man was made whole , and took up his bed , and walked : and on the same day was the sabbath .
The Controversy Over the Sabbath
10The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured , It is the sabbath day : it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed . 11He answered them , He that made me whole , the same said unto me , Take up thy bed , and walk . 12Then asked they him , What man is that which said unto thee , Take up thy bed , and walk ? 13And he that was healed wist not who it was : for Jesus had conveyed himself away , a multitude being in that place . 14Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple , and said unto him , Behold , thou art made whole : sin no more , lest a worse thing come unto thee . 15The man departed , and told the Jews that it was Jesus , which had made him whole . 16And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus , and sought to slay him , because he had done these things on the sabbath day . 17But Jesus answered them , My Father worketh hitherto , and I work . 18Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him , because he not only had broken the sabbath , but said also that God was his Father , making himself equal with God .
The Witness of Jesus
19Then answered Jesus and said unto them , Verily , verily , I say unto you , The Son can do nothing of himself , but what he seeth the Father do : for what things soever he doeth , these also doeth the Son likewise . 20For the Father loveth the Son , and sheweth him all things that himself doeth : and he will shew him greater works than these , that ye may marvel . 21For as the Father raiseth up the dead , and quickeneth them ; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will . 22For the Father judgeth no man , but hath committed all judgment unto the Son : 23That all men should honour the Son , even as they honour the Father . He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him . 24Verily , verily , I say unto you , He that heareth my word , and believeth on him that sent me , hath everlasting life , and shall not come into condemnation ; but is passed from death unto life . 25Verily , verily , I say unto you , The hour is coming , 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 ; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself ; 27And hath given him authority to execute judgment also , because he is the Son of man . 28Marvel not at this : for the hour is coming , in the which all that are in the graves 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 damnation . 30I can of mine own self do nothing : as I hear , I judge : and my judgment is just ; because I seek not mine own will , but the will of the Father which hath sent me . 31If I bear witness of myself , my witness is not true . 32There is another that beareth witness of me ; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true . 33Ye sent unto John , and he bare witness unto the truth . 34But I receive not testimony from man : but these things I say , that ye might be saved . 35He was a burning and a shining light : and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light . 36But I have greater witness than that of John : for the works which the Father hath given me to finish , the same works that I do , bear witness of me , that the Father hath sent me . 37And the Father himself , which hath sent me , hath borne witness of me . Ye have neither heard his voice at any time , nor seen his shape . 38And ye have not his word abiding in you : for whom he hath sent , him ye believe not . 39Search the scriptures ; for in them ye think ye have eternal life : and they are they which testify of me . 40And ye will not come to me , that ye might have life . 41I receive not honour from men . 42But I know you , that ye have not the love of God in you . 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 , which receive honour one of another , and seek not the honour that cometh from God only ? 45Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father : there is one that accuseth you , even Moses , in whom ye trust . 46For had ye believed Moses , ye would have believed me : for he wrote of me . 47But if ye believe not his writings , how shall ye believe my words ?