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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?”

Jesus Feeds Five Thousand

6 After these things ^(BG)Jesus went away to the other side of ^(BH)the Sea of Galilee (or ^(BI)Tiberias). ² Now a large crowd was following Him, because they were seeing the ^[k](BJ)signs which He was doing on those who were sick. ³ Then ^(BK)Jesus went up on the mountain, and there He was sitting down with His disciples. ⁴ Now ^(BL)the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was near. ⁵ Therefore Jesus, lifting up His eyes and seeing that a large crowd was coming to Him, *said to ^(BM)Philip, “Where should we buy bread, so that these people may eat?” ⁶ And this He was saying to ^(BN)test him, for He Himself knew what He was going to do. ^7 (BO)Philip answered Him, “^(BP)Two hundred ^[l]denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, for everyone to receive a little.” ⁸ One of His ^(BQ)disciples, ^(BR)Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, *said to Him, ⁹ “There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two ^(BS)fish, but what are these for so many people?” ¹⁰ Jesus said, “Have the people ^[m]sit down.” Now there was ^(BT)much grass in the place. So the men ^[n]sat down, in number about ^(BU)five thousand. ¹¹ Jesus then took the loaves, and ^(BV)having given thanks, He distributed them to those who were seated; likewise also of the ^(BW)fish, as much as they wanted. ¹² And when they were filled, He *said to His ^(BX)disciples, “Gather up the leftover pieces so that nothing will be lost.” ¹³ So they gathered them up, and filled twelve ^(BY)baskets with pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten. ¹⁴ Therefore when the people saw the ^[o]sign which He had done, they were saying, “This is truly the ^(BZ)Prophet who is to come into the world.”

Jesus Walks on the Sea

¹⁵ So Jesus, knowing that they were going to come and take Him by force ^(CA)to make Him king, ^(CB)withdrew again to ^(CC)the mountain by Himself alone.

¹⁶ Now when evening came, His ^(CD)disciples went down to the sea, ¹⁷ and after getting into a boat, they began to cross the sea ^(CE)to Capernaum. It had already become dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them. ¹⁸ And the sea *was stirred up because a strong wind was blowing. ¹⁹ Then, when they had rowed about ^[p]twenty-five or thirty stadia, they *saw Jesus walking on the sea and drawing near to the boat; and they were frightened. ²⁰ But He *said to them, ^[q]“It is I; ^[r](CF)do not be afraid.” ²¹ So they were willing to receive Him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land to which they were going.

²² On the next day, ^(CG)the crowd which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other small boat there, except one, and that Jesus ^(CH)had not entered with His disciples into the boat, but that His disciples had gone away alone. ²³ Other small boats came from ^(CI)Tiberias near to the place where they ate the bread after the ^(CJ)Lord ^(CK)had given thanks. ²⁴ So when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor His disciples, they themselves got into the small boats, and ^(CL)came to Capernaum seeking Jesus. ²⁵ And when they found Him on the other side of the sea, they said to Him, “^(CM)Rabbi, when did You come here?”

I Am the Bread of Life

²⁶ Jesus answered them and said, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you ^(CN)seek Me, not because you saw ^(CO)signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled. ²⁷ Do not ^(CP)work for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to ^(CQ)eternal life, which ^(CR)the Son of Man will give to you, for on Him the Father, God, ^(CS)set His seal.” ²⁸ Therefore they said to Him, “What should we do, so that we may work the works of God?” ²⁹ Jesus answered and said to them, “This is ^(CT)the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He ^(CU)has sent.” ³⁰ So they said to Him, “^(CV)What then do You do for a ^(CW)sign so that we may see, and believe You? What work do You perform? ^31 (CX)Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ‘^(CY)He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” ³² Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, Moses has not given you the bread from heaven, but My Father gives you the true bread from heaven. ³³ For the bread of God is ^[s]that which ^(CZ)comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” ³⁴ Then they said to Him, “Lord, always ^(DA)give us this bread.”

³⁵ Jesus said to them, “^(DB)I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me will never hunger, and he who believes in Me ^(DC)will never thirst. ³⁶ But ^(DD)I said to you that you have seen Me, and yet do not believe. ^37 (DE)All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never cast out. ³⁸ For ^(DF)I have come down from heaven, ^(DG)not to do My own will, but ^(DH)the will of Him who ^(DI)sent Me. ³⁹ Now this is the will of Him who sent Me, that of ^(DJ)all that He has given Me I ^(DK)lose nothing, but ^(DL)raise it up on the last day. ⁴⁰ For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who ^(DM)sees the Son and ^(DN)believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will ^(DO)raise him up on the last day.”

Words to the Jews

^41 (DP)Therefore the Jews were grumbling about Him, because He said, “I am the bread that ^(DQ)came down from heaven.” ⁴² They were saying, “^(DR)Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother ^(DS)we know? How does He now say, ‘^(DT)I have come down from heaven’?” ⁴³ Jesus answered and said to them, “Stop grumbling among yourselves. ⁴⁴ No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me ^(DU)draws him; and I will ^(DV)raise him up on the last day. ⁴⁵ It is written ^(DW)in the prophets, ‘^(DX)And they shall all be ^(DY)taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to Me. ^46 (DZ)Not that anyone has seen the Father, except the One who is from God; He has seen the Father. ⁴⁷ Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes ^(EA)has eternal life. ^48 (EB)I am the bread of life. ^49 (EC)Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. ⁵⁰ This is the bread which ^(ED)comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and ^(EE)not die. ^51 (EF)I am the living bread that ^(EG)came down from heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, ^(EH)he will live forever; and also the bread which I will give ^(EI)for the life of the world is ^(EJ)My flesh.”

^52 (EK)Then the Jews ^(EL)began to argue with one another, saying, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?” ⁵³ So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of ^(EM)the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves. ⁵⁴ He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will ^(EN)raise him up on the last day. ⁵⁵ For My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink. ⁵⁶ He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood ^(EO)abides in Me, and I in him. ⁵⁷ As the ^(EP)living Father ^(EQ)sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats Me, he also will live because of Me. ⁵⁸ This is the bread which ^(ER)came down out of heaven, not as ^(ES)the fathers ate and died. He who eats this bread ^(ET)will live forever.”

Words to the Disciples

⁵⁹ These things He said ^(EU)in the synagogue as He taught ^(EV)in Capernaum.

⁶⁰ Therefore many of His ^(EW)disciples, when they heard this said, “^(EX)This is a difficult statement; who can listen to it?” ⁶¹ But Jesus, ^(EY)knowing in Himself that His disciples were grumbling at this, said to them, “Does this ^(EZ)cause you to stumble? ⁶² What then if you see ^(FA)the Son of Man ^(FB)ascending to where He was before? ^63 (FC)The Spirit is the One who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; ^(FD)the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life. ⁶⁴ But there are ^(FE)some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus ^(FF)knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and ^(FG)who it was that would ^[t]betray Him. ⁶⁵ And He was saying, “For this reason I have ^(FH)said to you, that no one can come to Me unless ^(FI)it has been granted him from the Father.”

Peter Confesses Jesus Is the Christ

⁶⁶ As a result of this many of His ^(FJ)disciples ^[u](FK)went away and were not walking with Him anymore. ⁶⁷ So Jesus said to ^(FL)the twelve, “Do you also want to go?” ^68 (FM)Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have ^(FN)words of eternal life. ⁶⁹ And we have believed and have come to know that You are ^(FO)the Holy One of God.” ⁷⁰ Jesus answered them, “^(FP)Did I Myself not choose you, ^(FQ)the twelve, and yet one of you is ^(FR)a devil?” ⁷¹ Now He was speaking of Judas ^(FS)the son of Simon Iscariot, for he, ^(FT)one of ^(FU)the twelve, ^[v]was going to betray Him.