John 5-6 (English Standard Version)

John 5

The Healing at the Pool on the Sabbath

 ¹After this there was a^(A) feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

 ²Now there is in Jerusalem by^(B) the Sheep Gate a pool, in Aramaic^[a] called Bethesda,^[b] which has five roofed colonnades. ³In these lay a multitude of invalids—blind, lame, and^(C) paralyzed.^{[c] 5}One man was there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. ⁶When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been there a long time, he said to him, "Do you want to be healed?" ⁷The sick man answered him, "Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, and while I am going another steps down before me." ⁸Jesus said to him, ^(D) "Get up, take up your bed, and walk." ^9(E) And at once the man was healed, and he took up his bed and walked.

   

   ^(F) Now that day was the Sabbath. ¹⁰So the Jews said to the man who had been healed, "It is the Sabbath, and^(G) it is not lawful for you to take up your bed." ¹¹But he answered them, "The man who healed me, that man said to me, 'Take up your bed, and walk.'" ¹²They asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, 'Take up your bed and walk'?" ¹³Now the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for^(H) Jesus had withdrawn, as there was a crowd in the place. ¹⁴Afterward Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, "See, you are well!^(I) Sin no more,^(J) that nothing worse may happen to you." ¹⁵The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had healed him. ¹⁶And this was why the Jews^(K) were persecuting Jesus,^(L) because he was doing these things on the Sabbath. ¹⁷But Jesus answered them, "My Father is working until now, and I am working."

Jesus Is Equal with God

 ¹⁸This was why the Jews^(M) were seeking all the more to kill him,^(N) because not only was he^(O) breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God^(P) his own Father,^(Q) making himself equal with God.

The Authority of the Son

 ¹⁹So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you,^(R) the Son^(S) can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father^[d] does, that the Son does likewise. ²⁰For^(T) the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing. And^(U) greater works than these will he show him, so that^(V) you may marvel. ²¹For as the Father^(W) raises the dead and^(X) gives them life, so^(Y) also the Son gives life^(Z) to whom he will. ^22(AA) The Father judges no one, but^(AB) has given all judgment to the Son, ²³that all may honor the Son, just as they^(AC) honor the Father.^(AD) Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him. ²⁴Truly, truly, I say to you,^(AE) whoever hears my word and^(AF) believes him who sent me has eternal life. He^(AG) does not come into judgment, but^(AH) has passed from death to life.

 ²⁵"Truly, truly, I say to you,^(AI) an hour is coming, and is now here, when^(AJ) the dead will hear^(AK) the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. ^26(AL) For as the Father has life in himself,^(AM) so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. ²⁷And he^(AN) has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man. ²⁸Do not marvel at this, for^(AO) an hour is coming when^(AP) all who are in the tombs will hear his voice ²⁹and come out,^(AQ) those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

Witnesses to Jesus

 ^30(AR) "I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and^(AS) my judgment is just, because^(AT) I seek not my own will^(AU) but the will of him who sent me. ^31(AV) If I alone bear witness about myself, my testimony is not deemed true. ³²There is^(AW) another who bears witness about me, and^(AX) I know that the testimony that he bears about me is true. ^33(AY) You sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth. ³⁴Not that^(AZ) the testimony that I receive is from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved. ³⁵He was a burning and^(BA) shining lamp, and^(BB) you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light. ³⁶But^(BC) the testimony that I have is greater than that of John. For^(BD) the works that the Father has given me^(BE) to accomplish, the very works that I am doing,^(BF) bear witness about me that^(BG) the Father has sent me. ³⁷And the Father who sent me^(BH) has himself borne witness about me. His voice you have never heard,^(BI) his form you have never seen, ³⁸and^(BJ) you do not have his word abiding in you, for you do not believe the one whom he has sent. ^39(BK) You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and^(BL) it is they that bear witness about me, ⁴⁰yet^(BM) you refuse to come to me that you may have life. ^41(BN) I do not receive glory from people. ⁴²But^(BO) I know that you do not have^(BP) the love of God within you. ⁴³I have come^(BQ) in my Father’s name, and^(BR) you do not receive me.^(BS) If another comes in his own name, you will receive him. ⁴⁴How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and^(BT) do not seek the glory that comes from^(BU) the only God? ⁴⁵Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you: Moses,^(BV) on whom you have set your hope. ⁴⁶For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for^(BW) he wrote of me. ⁴⁷But^(BX) if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?"

John 6

Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand

 ¹After this^(BY) Jesus went away to the other side of^(BZ) the Sea of Galilee, which is^(CA) the Sea of Tiberias. ²And a large crowd was following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing on the sick. ³Jesus went up on^(CB) the mountain, and there he sat down with his disciples. ⁴Now^(CC) the Passover, the^(CD) feast of the Jews, was at hand. ^5(CE) Lifting up his eyes, then, and seeing that a large crowd was coming toward him, Jesus said to^(CF) Philip, "Where are we to buy bread, so that these people may eat?" ⁶He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he would do. ^7(CG) Philip answered him, "Two hundred denarii^[e] would not buy enough bread for each of them to get a little." ⁸One of his disciples,^(CH) Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him, ⁹"There is a boy here who has five^(CI) barley loaves and two fish, but what are they for so many?" ¹⁰Jesus said, "Have the people sit down."^(CJ) Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, about five thousand in number. ¹¹Jesus then took the loaves, and^(CK) when he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated. So also the fish, as much as they wanted. ¹²And when they had eaten their fill, he told his disciples, "Gather up the leftover fragments, that nothing may be lost." ¹³So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves left by those who had eaten. ¹⁴When the people saw the sign that he had done, they said,^(CL) "This is indeed^(CM) the Prophet^(CN) who is to come into the world!"

 ^15(CO) Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus^(CP) withdrew again to^(CQ) the mountain by himself.

Jesus Walks on Water

 ¹⁶When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea, ¹⁷got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them. ¹⁸The sea became rough because a strong wind was blowing. ¹⁹When they had rowed about three or four miles,^[f] they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near the boat, and they were frightened. ^20(CR) But he said to them, "It is I; do not be afraid." ²¹Then they were glad to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land to which they were going.

I Am the Bread of Life

 ²²On the next day the crowd that remained on the other side of the sea saw that there had been only^(CS) one boat there, and that Jesus had not entered the boat with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone. ²³Other boats from Tiberias came near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord^(CT) had given thanks. ^24(CU) So when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats and^(CV) went to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.

 ²⁵When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him,^(CW) "Rabbi, when did you come here?" ²⁶Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly, I say to you,^(CX) you are seeking me, not because you saw^(CY) signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves. ^27(CZ) Do not labor for the food that perishes, but for^(DA) the food that endures to eternal life, which^(DB) the Son of Man will give to you. For on^(DC) him God the Father has^(DD) set his seal." ²⁸Then they said to him, "What must we do, to be doing^(DE) the works of God?" ²⁹Jesus answered them, "This is the work of God,^(DF) that you believe in him whom^(DG) he has sent." ³⁰So they said to him,^(DH) "Then what sign do you do, that we may see and believe you? What work do you perform? ^31(DI) Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written,^(DJ) 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'" ³²Jesus then said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. ³³For the bread of God is^(DK) he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world." ³⁴They said to him,^(DL) "Sir, give us this bread always."

 ³⁵Jesus said to them, ^(DM) "I am the bread of life;^(DN) whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. ³⁶But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. ^37(DO) All that^(DP) the Father gives me will come to me, and^(DQ) whoever comes to me I will never cast out. ³⁸For^(DR) I have come down from heaven, not to do^(DS) my own will but^(DT) the will of him who sent me. ³⁹And^(DU) this is the will of him who sent me,^(DV) that I should lose nothing of^(DW) all that he has given me, but^(DX) raise it up on the last day. ⁴⁰For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who^(DY) looks on the Son and^(DZ) believes in him^(EA) should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day."

 ⁴¹So the Jews grumbled about him, because he said, ^(EB) "I am the bread that came down from heaven." ⁴²They said,^(EC) "Is not this Jesus,^(ED) the son of Joseph, whose father and mother^(EE) we know? How does he now say, 'I have come down from heaven'?" ⁴³Jesus answered them, "Do not grumble among yourselves. ⁴⁴No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me^(EF) draws him. And^(EG) I will raise him up on the last day. ⁴⁵It is written in the Prophets,^(EH) 'And they will all be^(EI) taught by God.'^(EJ) Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me— ^46(EK) not that anyone has seen the Father except^(EL) he who is from God; he^(EM) has seen the Father. ⁴⁷Truly, truly, I say to you,^(EN) whoever believes has eternal life. ^48(EO) I am the bread of life. ^49(EP) Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and^(EQ) they died. ^50(ER) This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it^(ES) and not die. ⁵¹I am the living bread^(ET) that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give^(EU) for the life of the world is^(EV) my flesh."

 ⁵²The Jews then^(EW) disputed among themselves, saying,^(EX) "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" ⁵³So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of^(EY) the Son of Man and drink his blood, you^(EZ) have no life in you. ⁵⁴Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood^(FA) has eternal life, and^(FB) I will raise him up on the last day. ⁵⁵For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. ⁵⁶Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood^(FC) abides in me, and I in him. ⁵⁷As^(FD) the living Father^(FE) sent me, and^(FF) I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me. ^58(FG) This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like the bread^[g] the fathers ate and died. Whoever feeds on this bread will live forever." ⁵⁹Jesus^[h] said these things in the synagogue, as he taught^(FH) at Capernaum.

The Words of Eternal Life

 ^60(FI) When many of his disciples heard it, they said, "This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?" ⁶¹But Jesus,^(FJ) knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, "Do you take offense at this? ⁶²Then what if you were to see^(FK) the Son of Man^(FL) ascending to^(FM) where he was before? ^63(FN) It is the Spirit who gives life;^(FO) the flesh is no help at all.^(FP) The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. ⁶⁴But^(FQ) there are some of you who do not believe." (For Jesus^(FR) knew from the beginning who those were who did not believe, and^(FS) who it was who would betray him.) ⁶⁵And he said, "This is why I told you^(FT) that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father."

 ^66(FU) After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him. ⁶⁷So Jesus said to^(FV) the Twelve, "Do you want to go away as well?" ⁶⁸Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have^(FW) the words of eternal life, ⁶⁹and^(FX) we have believed, and have come to know, that^(FY) you are^(FZ) the Holy One of God." ⁷⁰Jesus answered them, ^(GA) "Did I not choose you,^(GB) the Twelve? And yet one of you is^(GC) a devil." ⁷¹He spoke of Judas^(GD) the son of Simon Iscariot, for^(GE) he, one of the Twelve, was going to betray him.