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1 | After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to
Jerusalem. |
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2 | Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is
called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. |
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3 | In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind,
halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water. |
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4 | For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and
troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling
of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease
he had. |
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5 | And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and
eight years. |
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6 | When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long
time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole? |
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7 | The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the
water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am
coming, another steppeth down before me. |
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8 | Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk. |
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9 | And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed,
and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath. |
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10 | The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the
sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed. |
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11 | He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto
me, Take up thy bed, and walk. |
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12 | Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee,
Take up thy bed, and walk? |
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13 | And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had
conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place. |
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14 | Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him,
Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing
come unto thee. |
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15 | The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which
had made him whole. |
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16 | And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay
him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day. |
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17 | But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I
work. |
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18 | Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not
only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his
Father, making himself equal with God. |
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19 | Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say
unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth
the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also
doeth the Son likewise. |
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20 | For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that
himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these,
that ye may marvel. |
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21 | For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them;
even so the Son quickeneth whom he will. |
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22 | For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment
unto the Son: |
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23 | That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the
Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father
which hath sent him. |
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24 | Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and
believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and
shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death
unto life. |
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25 | Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now
is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and
they that hear shall live. |
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26 | For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to
the Son to have life in himself; |
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27 | And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because
he is the Son of man. |
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28 | Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all
that are in the graves shall hear his voice, |
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29 | And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the
resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the
resurrection of damnation. |
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30 | I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my
judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the
will of the Father which hath sent me. |
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31 | If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. |
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32 | There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that
the witness which he witnesseth of me is true. |
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33 | Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth. |
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34 | But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say,
that ye might be saved. |
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35 | He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for
a season to rejoice in his light. |
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36 | But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works
which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that
I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me. |
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37 | And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness
of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen
his shape. |
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38 | And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath
sent, him ye believe not. |
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39 | Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal
life: and they are they which testify of me. |
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40 | And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life. |
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41 | I receive not honour from men. |
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42 | But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you. |
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43 | I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if
another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. |
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44 | How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and
seek not the honour that cometh from God only? |
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45 | Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is
one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust. |
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46 | For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me; for he
wrote of me. |
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47 | But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my
words? |
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