John 5:10-6:14

New King James Version

¹⁰The Jews therefore said to him who was cured, “It is the Sabbath; ^(A)it is not lawful for you to carry your bed.”

¹¹He answered them, “He who made me well said to me, ‘Take up your bed and walk.’ ”

¹²Then they asked him, “Who is the Man who said to you, ‘Take up your bed and walk’?” ¹³But the one who was ^(B)healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, a multitude being in that place. ¹⁴Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, “See, you have been made well. ^(C)Sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon you.”

¹⁵The man departed and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.

Honor the Father and the Son

¹⁶For this reason the Jews ^(D)persecuted Jesus, ^[a]and sought to kill Him, because He had done these things on the Sabbath. ¹⁷But Jesus answered them, ^(E)“My Father has been working until now, and I have been working.”

¹⁸Therefore the Jews ^(F)sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, ^(G)making Himself equal with God. ¹⁹Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, ^(H)the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner. ²⁰For ^(I)the Father loves the Son, and ^(J)shows Him all things that He Himself does; and He will show Him greater works than these, that you may marvel. ²¹For as the Father raises the dead and gives life to them, ^(K)even so the Son gives life to whom He will. ²²For the Father judges no one, but ^(L)has committed all judgment to the Son, ²³that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. ^(M)He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

Life and Judgment Are Through the Son

²⁴“Most assuredly, I say to you, ^(N)he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, ^(O)but has passed from death into life. ²⁵Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when ^(P)the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live. ²⁶For ^(Q)as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have ^(R)life in Himself, ²⁷and ^(S)has given Him authority to execute judgment also, ^(T)because He is the Son of Man. ²⁸Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will ^(U)hear His voice ²⁹^(V)and come forth—^(W)those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation. ³⁰^(X)I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because ^(Y)I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me.

The Fourfold Witness

³¹^(Z)“If I bear witness of Myself, My witness is not ^[b]true. ³²^(AA)There is another who bears witness of Me, and I know that the witness which He witnesses of Me is true. ³³You have sent to John, ^(AB)and he has borne witness to the truth. ³⁴Yet I do not receive testimony from man, but I say these things that you may be saved. ³⁵He was the burning and ^(AC)shining lamp, and ^(AD)you were willing for a time to rejoice in his light. ³⁶But ^(AE)I have a greater witness than John’s; for ^(AF)the works which the Father has given Me to finish—the very ^(AG)works that I do—bear witness of Me, that the Father has sent Me. ³⁷And the Father Himself, who sent Me, ^(AH)has testified of Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time, ^(AI)nor seen His form. ³⁸But you do not have His word abiding in you, because whom He sent, Him you do not believe. ³⁹^(AJ)You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and ^(AK)these are they which testify of Me. ⁴⁰^(AL)But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life.

⁴¹^(AM)“I do not receive honor from men. ⁴²But I know you, that you do not have the love of God in you. ⁴³I have come in My Father’s name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, him you will receive. ⁴⁴^(AN)How can you believe, who receive honor from one another, and do not seek ^(AO)the honor that comes from the only God? ⁴⁵Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father; ^(AP)there is one who accuses you—Moses, in whom you trust. ⁴⁶For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; ^(AQ)for he wrote about Me. ⁴⁷But if you ^(AR)do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?”

Feeding the Five Thousand^(AS)

6 After ^(AT)these things Jesus went over the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of ^(AU)Tiberias. ²Then a great multitude followed Him, because they saw His signs which He performed on those who were ^(AV)diseased.^[c] ³And Jesus went up on the mountain, and there He sat with His disciples.

⁴^(AW)Now the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was near. ⁵^(AX)Then Jesus lifted up His eyes, and seeing a great multitude coming toward Him, He said to ^(AY)Philip, “Where shall we buy bread, that these may eat?” ⁶But this He said to test him, for He Himself knew what He would do.

⁷Philip answered Him, ^(AZ)“Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may have a little.”

⁸One of His disciples, ^(BA)Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to Him, ⁹“There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two small fish, ^(BB)but what are they among so many?”

¹⁰Then Jesus said, “Make the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. ¹¹And Jesus took the loaves, and when He had given thanks He distributed them ^[d]to the disciples, and the disciples to those sitting down; and likewise of the fish, as much as they wanted. ¹²So when they were filled, He said to His disciples, “Gather up the fragments that remain, so that nothing is lost.” ¹³Therefore they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves which were left over by those who had eaten. ¹⁴Then those men, when they had seen the sign that Jesus did, said, “This is truly ^(BC)the Prophet who is to come into the world.”