The Healing at Bethesda

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

² Now there is in Jerusalem by ^(B)the sheep gate a pool, which is called ^(C)in ^[a]Hebrew ^[b]Bethesda, having five porticoes. ³ In these lay a multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, and withered, ^[c][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 sickness with which he was afflicted.] ⁵ And a man was there who had been sick for thirty-eight years. ⁶ When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been sick a long time, 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 ^(D)the water is stirred up, but while I am coming, another steps down before me.” ⁸ Jesus *said to him, “^(E)Get up, pick up your mat and walk.” ⁹ And immediately the man became well, and picked up his mat and began to walk.

^(F)Now it was the Sabbath on that day. ¹⁰ So ^(G)the Jews were saying to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath, and ^(H)it is not lawful for you to carry your mat.” ¹¹ But he answered them, “He who made me well was the one who said to me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’” ¹² They asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Pick up your mat 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 ^(I)sin anymore, ^(J)so that nothing worse happens to you.” ¹⁵ The man went away, and disclosed to ^(K)the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well. ¹⁶ And for this reason ^(L)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 the Father

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

¹⁹ Therefore Jesus answered and was saying to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(P)the Son can do nothing from Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever ^[d]the Father does, these things the Son also does in the same manner. ^20 (Q)For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself is doing; and the Father will show Him ^(R)greater works than these, so that you will marvel. ²¹ For just as the Father raises the dead and ^(S)gives them life, even so ^(T)the Son also gives life to whom He wishes. ²² For not even the Father judges anyone, but ^(U)He has given all judgment to the Son, ²³ so that all will honor the Son even as they honor the Father. ^(V)He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

²⁴ “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and ^(W)believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and ^(X)does not come into judgment, but has ^(Y)passed out of death into life.

Two Resurrections

²⁵ Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(Z)an hour is coming and now is, when ^(AA)the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who ^(AB)hear will live. ²⁶ For just as the Father has life in Himself, even so He ^(AC)gave to the Son also to have life in Himself; ²⁷ and He gave Him authority to ^(AD)execute judgment, because He is ^[e]the Son of Man. ²⁸ Do not marvel at this; for ^(AE)an hour is coming, in which ^(AF)all who are in the tombs will hear His voice, ²⁹ and will come forth; ^(AG)those who did the good deeds to a resurrection of life, those who committed the evil deeds to a resurrection of judgment.

³⁰ “^(AH)I can do nothing from Myself. As I hear, I judge; and ^(AI)My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will, but ^(AJ)the will of Him who sent Me.

³¹ “^(AK)If I alone bear witness about Myself, My witness is not ^[f]true. ³² There is ^(AL)another who bears witness about Me, and I know that the witness which He gives about Me is true.

Witnesses to Jesus: The Father and the Scriptures

³³ You have sent to John, and he ^(AM)has borne witness to the truth. ³⁴ But ^(AN)the witness I receive is not from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved. ³⁵ He was ^(AO)the lamp that was burning and shining and you ^(AP)were willing to rejoice for ^[g]a while in his light. ³⁶ But the witness I have is greater than the witness of John; for ^(AQ)the works which the Father has given Me ^(AR)to finish—the very works that I do—bear witness about Me, that the Father ^(AS)has sent Me. ³⁷ And the Father who sent Me, ^(AT)He has borne witness about Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time nor seen His form. ³⁸ And you do not have ^(AU)His word abiding in you, for you do not believe Him whom He ^(AV)sent. ^39 [h](AW)You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is ^(AX)these that bear witness about Me; ⁴⁰ and you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have life. ^41 (AY)I do not receive glory from men; ⁴² but I know you, that you do not have the love of God in yourselves. ⁴³ I have come in My Father’s name, and you do not receive Me; ^(AZ)if another comes in his own name, you will receive him. ⁴⁴ How can you believe, when you ^(BA)receive ^[i]glory from one another and you do not seek ^(BB)the ^[j]glory that is from ^(BC)the only God? ⁴⁵ Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father; the one who accuses you is ^(BD)Moses, in whom you have set your hope. ⁴⁶ For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me, for ^(BE)he wrote about Me. ⁴⁷ But ^(BF)if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?”