John 4:43-5:18

New American Standard Bible 1995

⁴³ After ^(A)the two days He went forth from there into Galilee. ⁴⁴ For Jesus Himself testified that ^(B)a prophet has no honor in his own country. ⁴⁵ So when He came to Galilee, the Galileans received Him, ^(C)having seen all the things that He did in Jerusalem at the feast; for they themselves also went to the feast.

Healing a Nobleman’s Son

⁴⁶ Therefore He came again to ^(D)Cana of Galilee ^(E)where He had made the water wine. And there was a royal official whose son was sick at ^(F)Capernaum. ⁴⁷ When he heard that Jesus had come ^(G)out of Judea into Galilee, he went to Him and was imploring Him to come down and heal his son; for he was at the point of death. ⁴⁸ So Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see ^[a](H)signs and ^(I)wonders, you simply will not believe.” ⁴⁹ The royal official *said to Him, “^[b]Sir, come down before my child dies.” ⁵⁰ Jesus *said to him, “^(J)Go; your son lives.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and started off. ⁵¹ As he was now going down, his slaves met him, saying that his ^[c]son was living. ⁵² So he inquired of them the hour when he began to get better. Then they said to him, “Yesterday at the ^[d]seventh hour the fever left him.” ⁵³ So the father knew that it was at that hour in which Jesus said to him, “Your son lives”; and he himself believed and ^(K)his whole household. ⁵⁴ This is again a ^(L)second ^[e]sign that Jesus performed when He had ^(M)come out of Judea into Galilee.

The Healing at Bethesda

5 After these things there was ^(N)a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

² Now there is in Jerusalem by ^(O)the sheep gate a pool, which is called ^(P)in ^[f]Hebrew ^[g]Bethesda, having five porticoes. ³ In these lay a multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, and withered, [^[h]waiting for the moving of the waters; ⁴ for an angel of the Lord went down at certain seasons into the pool and stirred up the water; whoever then first, after the stirring up of the water, stepped in was made well from whatever disease with which he was afflicted.] ⁵ A man was there who had been ^[i]ill for thirty-eight years. ⁶ When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had already been a long time in that condition, He *said to him, “Do you wish to get well?” ⁷ The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when ^(Q)the water is stirred up, but while I am coming, another steps down before me.” ⁸ Jesus *said to him, “^(R)Get up, pick up your pallet and walk.” ⁹ Immediately the man became well, and picked up his pallet and began to walk.

^(S)Now it was the Sabbath on that day. ¹⁰ So ^(T)the Jews were saying to the man who was cured, “It is the Sabbath, and ^(U)it is not permissible for you to carry your pallet.” ¹¹ But he answered them, “He who made me well was the one who said to me, ‘Pick up your pallet and walk.’” ¹² They asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Pick up your pallet and walk’?” ¹³ But the man who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped away while there was a crowd in that place. ¹⁴ Afterward Jesus *found him in the temple and said to him, “Behold, you have become well; do not ^(V)sin anymore, ^(W)so that nothing worse happens to you.” ¹⁵ The man went away, and told ^(X)the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well. ¹⁶ For this reason ^(Y)the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because He was doing these things on the Sabbath. ¹⁷ But He answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I Myself am working.”

Jesus’ Equality with God

¹⁸ For this reason therefore ^(Z)the Jews ^(AA)were seeking all the more to kill Him, because He not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God His own Father, ^(AB)making Himself equal with God.