The Holy Bible: King James Version. 2000.
The Gospel according toSt. John
St. John 5
The Healing at the Pool | |
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After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. |
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¶ Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethes’da, having five porches. |
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In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water. |
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For 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. |
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And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years. |
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When 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? |
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The 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. |
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Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk. |
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And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath. |
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¶ The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed. Neh. 13.19 · Jer. 17.21 |
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He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk. |
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Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk? |
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And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place. |
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Afterward 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. |
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The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole. |
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And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day. |
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But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. |
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Therefore 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 Authority of the Son | |
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¶ Then 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. |
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For the Father loveth the Son, and showeth him all things that himself doeth: and he will show him greater works than these, that ye may marvel. |
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For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will. |
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For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: |
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that all men should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that honoreth not the Son honoreth not the Father which hath sent him. |
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Verily, 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. |
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¶ Verily, 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. |
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For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; |
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and hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man. |
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Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, |
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and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. Dan. 12.2 |
Witnesses to Jesus | |
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¶ I 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. |
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If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. |
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There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true. |
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Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth. Joh. 1.19-27 ; 3.27-30 |
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But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved. |
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He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light. |
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But 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. |
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And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Mt. 3.17 · Mk. 1.11 · Lk. 3.22 Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape. |
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And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not. |
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Search the Scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. |
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And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life. |
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I receive not honor from men. |
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But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you. |
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I am come in my Father’s name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. |
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How can ye believe, which receive honor one of another, and seek not the honor that cometh from God only? |
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Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust. |
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For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me. |
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But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words? |
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