The Healing at Bethesda

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

² Now in Jerusalem, by ^(B)the Sheep Gate, there is a pool which ^(C)in ^[a]Hebrew is called ^[b]Bethesda, having five ^[c]porticoes. ³ In these porticoes lay a multitude of those who were sick, blind, limping, or ^[d]paralyzed.^{[e] 5} Now a man was there who had been ^[f]ill for thirty-eight years. ⁶ Jesus, upon seeing this man lying there and knowing that he had already been in that condition for a long time, *said to him, “Do you want to get well?” ⁷ The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I am coming, another steps down before me.” ⁸ Jesus *said to him, “^(D)Get up, pick up your pallet and walk.” ⁹ Immediately the man became well, and picked up his pallet and began to walk.

^(E)Now it was a Sabbath on that day. ¹⁰ So ^(F)the Jews were saying to the man who was cured, “It is a Sabbath, and ^(G)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 it up 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 ^(H)sin anymore, ^(I)so that nothing worse happens to you.” ¹⁵ The man went away, and informed ^(J)the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well. ¹⁶ For this reason ^(K)the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because He was doing these things on a Sabbath. ¹⁷ But He answered them, “My Father ^[g]is working until now, and I Myself am working.”

Jesus’ Equality with God

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

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

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

Two Resurrections

²⁵ Truly, truly, I say to you, ^[i](Y)a time is coming and ^[j]even now has arrived, when ^(Z)the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who ^(AA)hear will live. ²⁶ For just as the Father has life in Himself, so He ^(AB)gave to the Son also to have life in Himself; ²⁷ and He gave Him authority to ^(AC)execute judgment, because He is ^[k]the Son of Man. ²⁸ Do not be amazed at this; for ^[l](AD)a time is coming when ^(AE)all who are in the tombs will hear His voice, ²⁹ and will come out: ^(AF)those who did the good deeds to a resurrection of life, those who committed the bad deeds to a resurrection of judgment.

³⁰ “^(AG)I can do nothing ^[m]on My own. As I hear, I judge; and ^(AH)My judgment is ^[n]righteous, because I do not seek My own will but ^(AI)the will of Him who sent Me.

³¹ “^(AJ)If I alone testify about Myself, My testimony is not ^[o]true. ³² There is ^(AK)another who testifies about Me, and I know that the testimony which He gives about Me is true.

Testimony of John the Baptist

³³ You have sent messengers to John, and he ^(AL)has testified to the truth. ³⁴ But ^(AM)the testimony I receive is not from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved. ³⁵ He was ^(AN)the lamp that was burning and shining, and you ^(AO)were willing to rejoice for ^[p]a while in his light.

Testimony of Works

³⁶ But the testimony I have is greater than the testimony of John; for ^(AP)the works which the Father has given Me ^(AQ)to accomplish—the very works that I do—testify about Me, that the Father ^(AR)has sent Me.

Testimony of the Father

³⁷ And the Father who sent Me, ^(AS)He has testified about Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His form. ³⁸ Also you do not have ^(AT)His word remaining in you, because you do not believe Him whom He ^(AU)sent.

Testimony of the Scripture

^39 [q](AV)You examine the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is ^(AW)those very Scriptures that testify about Me; ⁴⁰ and yet you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have life. ^41 (AX)I do not receive glory from people; 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 ^[r]receive Me; ^(AY)if another comes in his own name, you will ^[s]receive him. ⁴⁴ How can you believe, when you ^[t](AZ)accept ^[u]glory from one another and you do not seek ^(BA)the ^[v]glory that is from ^(BB)the one and only God? ⁴⁵ Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father; the one who accuses you is ^(BC)Moses, in whom you have put your hope. ⁴⁶ For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for ^(BD)he wrote about Me. ⁴⁷ But ^(BE)if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?”

The Adulterous Woman

8 But Jesus went to ^(A)the Mount of Olives. ² And early in the morning He came again into the temple area, and all the people were coming to Him; and ^(B)He sat down and began teaching them. ³ Now the scribes and the Pharisees *brought a woman caught in the act of adultery, and after placing her in the center of the courtyard, ⁴ they *said to Him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the very act of committing adultery. ⁵ Now in the Law, ^(C)Moses commanded us to stone such women; what then do You say?” ⁶ Now they were saying this to ^(D)test Him, ^(E)so that they might have grounds for accusing Him. But Jesus stooped down and with His finger wrote on the ground. ⁷ When they persisted in asking Him, ^(F)He straightened up and said to them, “^(G)He who is without sin among you, let him be the ^(H)first to throw a stone at her.” ⁸ And again He stooped down and wrote on the ground. ⁹ Now when they heard this, they began leaving, one by one, beginning with the older ones, and He was left alone, and the woman where she was, in the center of the courtyard. ¹⁰ And ^(I)straightening up, Jesus said to her, “Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn you?” ¹¹ She said, “No one, ^[a]Lord.” And Jesus said, “^(J)I do not condemn you, either. Go. From now on do not ^(K)sin any longer.”]]

Jesus Is the Light of the World

¹² Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, “^(L)I am the Light of the world; ^(M)the one who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.” ¹³ So the Pharisees said to Him, “^(N)You are testifying about Yourself; Your testimony is not ^[b]true.” ¹⁴ Jesus answered and said to them, “^(O)Even if I am testifying about Myself, My testimony is ^[c]true, because I know ^(P)where I came from and where I am going; but ^(Q)you do not know where I come from or where I am going. ^15 (R)You judge ^[d]according to the flesh; ^(S)I am not judging anyone. ¹⁶ But even ^(T)if I do judge, My judgment is true; for I am not alone in it, but I and the Father who sent Me. ¹⁷ Even in ^(U)your Law it has been written that the testimony of ^(V)two people is ^[e]true. ¹⁸ I am He who testifies about Myself, and ^(W)the Father who sent Me testifies about Me.” ¹⁹ So they were saying to Him, “Where is Your Father?” Jesus answered, “You know neither Me nor My Father; ^(X)if you knew Me, you would know My Father also.” ²⁰ These words He spoke ^[f]in ^(Y)the treasury, as ^(Z)He taught in the temple area; and no one arrested Him, because ^(AA)His hour had not yet come.

²¹ Then He said again to them, “I am going away, and ^(AB)you will look for Me, and ^(AC)will die in your sin; where I am going, you cannot come.” ²² So ^(AD)the Jews were saying, “Surely He will not kill Himself, will He, since He says, ‘^(AE)Where I am going, you cannot come’?” ²³ And He was saying to them, “^(AF)You are from below, I am from above; ^(AG)you are of this world, ^(AH)I am not of this world. ²⁴ Therefore I said to you that you ^(AI)will die in your sins; for unless you believe that ^[g](AJ)I am, ^(AK)you will die in your sins.” ²⁵ Then they were saying to Him, “Who are You?” Jesus said to them, “^[h]What have I even been saying to you from the beginning? ²⁶ I have many things to say and to judge regarding you, but ^(AL)He who sent Me is true; and ^(AM)the things which I heard from Him, these I say to the world.” ²⁷ They did not realize that He was speaking to them about the Father. ²⁸ So Jesus said, “When you ^(AN)lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that ^[i](AO)I am, and ^(AP)I do nothing ^[j]on My own, but I say these things as the Father instructed Me. ²⁹ And He who sent Me is with Me; ^(AQ)He ^[k]has not left Me alone, for ^(AR)I always do the things that are pleasing to Him.” ³⁰ As He said these things, ^(AS)many came to believe in Him.

The Truth Will Set You Free

³¹ So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, “^(AT)If you continue in My word, then you are truly My ^(AU)disciples; ³² and ^(AV)you will know the truth, and ^(AW)the truth will set you free.” ³³ They answered Him, “^(AX)We are Abraham’s descendants and have never been enslaved to anyone; how is it that You say, ‘You will become free’?”

³⁴ Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly I say to you, ^(AY)everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin. ³⁵ Now ^(AZ)the slave does not remain in the house forever; ^(BA)the son does remain forever. ³⁶ So if the Son ^(BB)sets you free, you really will be free. ³⁷ I know that you are ^(BC)Abraham’s descendants; yet ^(BD)you are seeking to kill Me, because My word ^[l]has no place in you. ³⁸ I speak of the things which I have seen ^[m]with My Father; therefore you also do the things which you heard from ^(BE)your father.”

³⁹ They answered and said to Him, “Abraham is ^(BF)our father.” Jesus *said to them, “^(BG)If you are Abraham’s children, do the deeds of Abraham. ⁴⁰ But as it is, ^(BH)you are seeking to kill Me, a man who has ^(BI)told you the truth, which I heard from God; this Abraham did not do. ⁴¹ You are doing the deeds of ^(BJ)your father.” They said to Him, “We were not born as a result of sexual immorality; ^(BK)we have one Father: God.” ⁴² Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, ^(BL)you would love Me, ^(BM)for I came forth from God and am here; for I have ^(BN)not even come ^[n]on My own, but ^[o](BO)He sent Me. ⁴³ Why do you not understand ^[p](BP)what I am saying? It is because you cannot ^(BQ)listen to My word. ^44 (BR)You are of ^(BS)your father the devil, and ^(BT)you want to do the desires of your father. ^(BU)He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because ^(BV)there is no truth in him. Whenever he tells ^[q]a lie, he ^(BW)speaks from his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of ^[r]lies. ⁴⁵ But because ^(BX)I say the truth, you do not believe Me. ⁴⁶ Which one of you convicts Me of sin? If ^(BY)I speak truth, why do you not believe Me? ^47 (BZ)The one who is of God hears the words of God; for this reason you do not hear them, because you are not of God.”

^48 (CA)The Jews answered and said to Him, “Do we not rightly say that You are a ^(CB)Samaritan, and You ^(CC)have a demon?” ⁴⁹ Jesus answered, “I do not ^(CD)have a demon; on the contrary, I honor My Father, and you dishonor Me. ⁵⁰ But ^(CE)I am not seeking My glory; there is One who seeks it, and judges. ⁵¹ Truly, truly I say to you, if anyone ^(CF)follows My word, he will never ^(CG)see death.” ^52 (CH)The Jews said to Him, “Now we know that You ^(CI)have a demon. Abraham died, and the prophets as well; and yet You say, ‘If anyone ^(CJ)follows My word, he will never ^(CK)taste of death.’ ⁵³ You ^(CL)are not greater than our father Abraham, who died, are You? The prophets died too. Whom do You make Yourself out to be?” ⁵⁴ Jesus answered, “^(CM)If I glorify Myself, My glory is nothing; ^(CN)it is My Father who glorifies Me, of whom you say, ‘He is our God’; ⁵⁵ and ^(CO)you have not come to know Him, ^(CP)but I know Him. And if I say that I do not know Him, I will be ^(CQ)a liar like you; ^(CR)but I do know Him, and I ^(CS)follow His word. ^56 (CT)Your father Abraham was ^(CU)overjoyed that he would see My day, and he saw it and rejoiced.” ^57 (CV)So the Jews said to Him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and You have seen Abraham?” ⁵⁸ Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly I say to you, before Abraham ^[s]was born, ^[t](CW)I am.” ⁵⁹ Therefore they ^(CX)picked up stones to throw at Him, but Jesus ^(CY)hid Himself and left the temple grounds.