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Pagkatapos ng mga bagay na ito'y nagkaroon ng pista ang mga Judio; at umahon si Jesus sa Jerusalem.

Sa Jerusalem nga'y may isang tangke sa tabi ng pintuan ng mga tupa, na sa wikang Hebreo ay tinatawag na Betesda, na may limang portiko.

Na sa mga ito ay nangaghandusay ang marami sa kanilang mga maysakit, mga bulag, mga pilay, mga natutuyo.

Sapagka't lumulusong ang isang anghel ng Panginoon sa mga tanging panahon sa tangke at kinakalawkaw ang tubig: at ang unang manaog sa tangke, pagkatapos na makalawkaw ang tubig ay gumagaling sa anomang sakit na dinaramdam.

At naroon ang isang lalake, na may tatlongpu't walong taon nang maysakit.

Nang makita ni Jesus na siya'y nakahandusay, at mapagkilalang siya'y malaon nang panahong maysakit, ay sinabi niya sa kaniya, Ibig mo bagang gumaling?

Sumagot sa kaniya ang lalaking maysakit, Ginoo, wala ng taong maglusong sa akin sa tangke, pagkalawkaw sa tubig: datapuwa't samantalang ako'y naparoroon, ay nakalusong na muna ang iba bago ako.

Sinabi sa kaniya ni Jesus, Magtindig ka, buhatin mo ang iyong higaan, at lumakad ka.

At pagdaka'y gumaling ang lalake, at binuhat ang kaniyang higaan at lumakad. Noon nga'y araw ng sabbath.

10 Kaya sinabi ng mga Judio sa kaniya na pinagaling, Ito'y araw ng sabbath, at hindi matuwid na buhatin mo ang iyong higaan.

11 Nguni't sila'y sinagot niya, Ang nagpagaling sa akin, ang siya ring sa akin ay nagsabi, Buhatin mo ang iyong higaan, at lumakad ka.

12 Tinanong nila siya, Sino ang taong sa iyo'y nagsabi, Buhatin mo ang iyong higaan, at lumakad ka?

13 Nguni't hindi nakikilala ng pinagaling kung sino siya; sapagka't si Jesus ay humiwalay, palibhasa'y may isang karamihan sa dakong yaon.

14 Pagkatapos ay nasumpungan siya ni Jesus sa templo, at sa kaniya'y sinabi, Narito, ikaw ay gumaling na: huwag ka nang magkasala, baka mangyari pa sa iyo ang lalong masama.

15 Umalis ang tao, at sinaysay sa mga Judio na si Jesus ang sa kaniya'y nagpagaling.

16 At dahil dito'y pinagusig ng mga Judio si Jesus, sapagka't ginagawa niya ang mga bagay na ito sa araw ng sabbath.

17 Datapuwa't sinagot sila ni Jesus, Hanggang ngayo'y gumagawa ang aking Ama, at ako'y gumagawa.

18 Dahil dito nga'y lalo nang pinagsikapan ng mga Judio na siya'y patayin, sapagka't hindi lamang sinira ang araw ng sabbath, kundi tinatawag din naman na kaniyang sariling Ama ang Dios, na siya'y nakikipantay sa Dios.

19 Sumagot nga si Jesus at sinabi sa kanila, Katotohanan, katotohanang sinasabi ko sa inyo, Hindi makagagawa ang Anak ng anoman sa kaniyang sarili kundi ang makita niyang gawin ng Ama; sapagka't ang lahat ng mga bagay na kaniyang ginagawa, ay ang mga ito rin naman ang ginagawa ng Anak sa gayon ding paraan.

20 Sapagka't sinisinta ng Ama ang Anak, at sa kaniya'y ipinakikita ang lahat ng mga bagay na kaniyang ginagawa: at lalong dakilang mga gawa kay sa mga ito ang sa kaniya'y ipakikita niya, upang kayo'y magsipanggilalas.

21 Sapagka't kung paanong ibinabangon ng Ama ang mga patay at sila'y binubuhay, gayon din naman binubuhay ng Anak ang kaniyang mga ibigin.

22 Sapagka't ang Ama'y hindi humahatol sa kanino mang tao, kundi ipinagkaloob niya sa Anak ang buong paghatol;

23 Upang papurihan ng lahat ang Anak, na gaya rin ng kanilang pagpapapuri sa Ama. Ang hindi nagpapapuri sa Anak ay hindi nagpapapuri sa Ama na sa kaniya'y nagsugo.

24 Katotohanan, katotohanang sinasabi ko sa inyo, Ang dumirinig ng aking salita, at sumasampalataya sa kaniya na nagsugo sa akin, ay may buhay na walang hanggan, at hindi mapapasok sa paghatol, kundi lumipat na sa kabuhayan mula sa kamatayan.

25 Katotohanan, katotohanang sinasabi ko sa inyo, Dumarating ang panahon, at ngayon nga, na maririnig ng mga patay ang tinig ng Anak ng Dios; at ang mangakarinig ay mangabubuhay.

26 Sapagka't kung paanong ang Ama ay may buhay sa kaniyang sarili, ay gayon din namang pinagkalooban niya ang Anak na magkaroon ng buhay sa kaniyang sarili:

27 At binigyan niya siya ng kapamahalaang makahatol, sapagka't siya'y anak ng tao.

28 Huwag ninyong ipanggilalas ito: sapagka't dumarating ang oras, na ang lahat ng nangasa libingan ay makaririnig ng kaniyang tinig,

29 At magsisilabas; ang mga nagsigawa ng mabuti, ay sa pagkabuhay na maguli sa buhay; at ang mga nagsigawa ng masama, ay sa pagkabuhay na maguli sa paghatol.

30 Hindi ako makagagawa ng anoman sa aking sarili: humahatol ako ayon sa aking naririnig: at ang paghatol ko'y matuwid; sapagka't hindi ko pinaghahanap ang aking sariling kalooban, kundi ang kalooban niyaong nagsugo sa akin.

31 Kung ako'y nagpapatotoo sa aking sarili, ang patotoo ko ay hindi katotohanan.

32 Iba ang nagpapatotoo sa akin; at talastas ko na ang patotoong isinasaksi niya sa akin ay totoo.

33 Kayo'y nangagsugo kay Juan, at siya'y nagpatotoo sa katotohanan.

34 Datapuwa't ang patotoo ay hindi mula sa tao: gayon ma'y sinasabi ko ang mga bagay na ito, upang kayo'y mangaligtas.

35 Siya ang ilawang nagniningas at lumiliwanag; at inibig ninyong kayo'y mangagkatuwang sumandali sa kaniyang liwanag.

36 Datapuwa't ang aking pagpapatotoo ay lalong dakila kay sa kay Juan; sapagka't ang mga gawang ibinigay sa akin ng aking Ama upang ganapin, ang gayon ding mga gawa na aking ginagawa, ay nagpapatotoo tungkol sa akin, na ako'y sinugo ng Ama.

37 At ang Ama na nagsugo sa akin, ay siyang nagpatotoo tungkol sa akin. Kailan ma'y hindi ninyo narinig ang kaniyang tinig, ni hindi man ninyo nakita ang kaniyang anyo.

38 At kayo'y walang salita niya na nananatili sa inyo: sapagka't hindi kayo nagsisisampalataya sa kaniyang sinugo.

39 Saliksikin ninyo ang mga kasulatan, sapagka't iniisip ninyo na sa mga yaon ay mayroon kayong buhay na walang hanggan; at ang mga ito'y siyang nangagpapatotoo tungkol sa akin.

40 At ayaw kayong magsilapit sa akin, upang kayo'y magkaroon ng buhay.

41 Hindi ako tumatanggap ng kaluwalhatiang mula sa mga tao.

42 Datapuwa't nakikilala ko kayo, na kayo'y walang pagibig ng Dios sa inyong sarili.

43 Naparito ako sa pangalan ng aking Ama, at ayaw ninyo akong tanggapin: kung iba ang pumarito sa kaniyang sariling pangalan, ay siya ninyong tatanggapin.

44 Paanong kayo'y makapananampalataya, kayong nangagtatanggapan sa isa't isa ng kaluwalhatian at hindi ninyo pinaghahanap ang kaluwalhatiang nanggagaling sa tanging Dios?

45 Huwag ninyong isiping ako ang sa inyo'y magsusumbong sa Ama: may isang magsusumbong sa inyo, sa makatuwid baga'y si Moises, yaong pinaglagakan ninyo ng inyong pagasa.

46 Sapagka't kung kayo'y nagsisisampalataya kay Moises, ay magsisisampalataya kayo sa akin; sapagka't tungkol sa akin siya'y sumulat.

47 Nguni't kung hindi kayo nagsisipaniwala sa kaniyang mga sulat, ay paanong magsisisampalataya kayo sa aking mga salita?

The Healing at the Pool

Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish festivals. Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate(A) a pool, which in Aramaic(B) is called Bethesda[a] and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. [4] [b] One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to get well?”

“Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me.”

Then Jesus said to him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.”(C) At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked.

The day on which this took place was a Sabbath,(D) 10 and so the Jewish leaders(E) said to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath; the law forbids you to carry your mat.”(F)

11 But he replied, “The man who made me well said to me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’

12 So they asked him, “Who is this fellow who told you to pick it up and walk?”

13 The man who was healed had no idea who it was, for Jesus had slipped away into the crowd that was there.

14 Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, “See, you are well again. Stop sinning(G) or something worse may happen to you.” 15 The man went away and told the Jewish leaders(H) that it was Jesus who had made him well.

The Authority of the Son

16 So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders began to persecute him. 17 In his defense Jesus said to them, “My Father(I) is always at his work(J) to this very day, and I too am working.” 18 For this reason they tried all the more to kill him;(K) not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.(L)

19 Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself;(M) he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. 20 For the Father loves the Son(N) and shows him all he does. Yes, and he will show him even greater works than these,(O) so that you will be amazed. 21 For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life,(P) even so the Son gives life(Q) to whom he is pleased to give it. 22 Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son,(R) 23 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.(S)

24 “Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me(T) has eternal life(U) and will not be judged(V) but has crossed over from death to life.(W) 25 Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come(X) when the dead will hear(Y) the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live. 26 For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life(Z) in himself. 27 And he has given him authority to judge(AA) because he is the Son of Man.

28 “Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming(AB) when all who are in their graves will hear his voice 29 and come out—those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned.(AC) 30 By myself I can do nothing;(AD) I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just,(AE) for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.(AF)

Testimonies About Jesus

31 “If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true.(AG) 32 There is another who testifies in my favor,(AH) and I know that his testimony about me is true.

33 “You have sent to John and he has testified(AI) to the truth. 34 Not that I accept human testimony;(AJ) but I mention it that you may be saved.(AK) 35 John was a lamp that burned and gave light,(AL) and you chose for a time to enjoy his light.

36 “I have testimony weightier than that of John.(AM) For the works that the Father has given me to finish—the very works that I am doing(AN)—testify that the Father has sent me.(AO) 37 And the Father who sent me has himself testified concerning me.(AP) You have never heard his voice nor seen his form,(AQ) 38 nor does his word dwell in you,(AR) for you do not believe(AS) the one he sent.(AT) 39 You study[c] the Scriptures(AU) diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life.(AV) These are the very Scriptures that testify about me,(AW) 40 yet you refuse to come to me(AX) to have life.

41 “I do not accept glory from human beings,(AY) 42 but I know you. I know that you do not have the love of God in your hearts. 43 I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not accept me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him. 44 How can you believe since you accept glory from one another but do not seek the glory that comes from the only God[d]?(AZ)

45 “But do not think I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses,(BA) on whom your hopes are set.(BB) 46 If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me.(BC) 47 But since you do not believe what he wrote, how are you going to believe what I say?”(BD)

Footnotes

  1. John 5:2 Some manuscripts Bethzatha; other manuscripts Bethsaida
  2. John 5:4 Some manuscripts include here, wholly or in part, paralyzed—and they waited for the moving of the waters. From time to time an angel of the Lord would come down and stir up the waters. The first one into the pool after each such disturbance would be cured of whatever disease they had.
  3. John 5:39 Or 39 Study
  4. John 5:44 Some early manuscripts the Only One

After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.

In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.

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.

And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.

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?

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.

Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.

And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.

10 The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.

11 He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk.

12 Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?

13 And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place.

14 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.

15 The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole.

16 And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.

17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.

18 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.

19 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.

20 For 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.

21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.

22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:

23 That 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.

24 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.

25 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.

26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;

27 And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.

28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,

29 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.

30 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.

31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.

32 There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.

33 Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.

34 But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved.

35 He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.

36 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.

37 And 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.

38 And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.

39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

40 And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.

41 I receive not honour from men.

42 But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.

43 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.

44 How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?

45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.

46 For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me; for he wrote of me.

47 But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?