May 24, 25
John 5
Joh 5:1 After these
things, there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to
Jerusalem.
Joh 5:2 Now in
Jerusalem by the sheep gate, there is a pool, which is called in
Hebrew, "Bethesda," having five porches.
Joh 5:3 In these lay a
great multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, or paralyzed,
waiting for the moving of the water;
Joh 5:4 for an angel of
the Lord went down at certain times into the pool, and stirred up the
water. Whoever stepped in first after the stirring of the water was
made whole of whatever disease he had.
Joh 5:5 A certain man
was there, who had been sick for thirty-eight years.
Joh 5:6 When Jesus saw
him lying there, and knew that he had been sick for a long time, he
asked him, "Do you want to be made well?"
Joh 5:7 The sick man
answered him, "Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when
the water is stirred up, but while I'm coming, another steps down
before me."
Joh 5:8 Jesus said to
him, "Arise, take up your mat, and walk."
Joh 5:9 Immediately,
the man was made well, and took up his mat and walked. Now it was the
Sabbath on that day.
Joh 5:10 So the Jews
said to him who was cured, "It is the Sabbath. It is not lawful
for you to carry the mat."
Joh 5:11 He answered
them, "He who made me well, the same said to me, 'Take up your
mat, and walk.' "
Joh 5:12 Then they
asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, 'Take up your mat,
and walk' ?"
Joh 5:13 But he who was
healed didn't know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, a crowd being
in the place.
Joh 5:14 Afterward
Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, "Behold, you are
made well. Sin no more, so that nothing worse happens to you."
Joh 5:15 The man went
away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.
Joh 5:16 For this cause
the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill him, because he did
these things on the Sabbath.
Joh 5:17 But Jesus
answered them, "My Father is still working, so I am working,
too."
Joh 5:18 For this cause
therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not
only broke the Sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making
himself equal with God.
Joh 5:19 Jesus
therefore answered them, "Most certainly, I tell you, the Son
can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father doing. For
whatever things he does, these the Son also does likewise.
Joh 5:20 For the Father
has affection for the Son, and shows him all things that he himself
does. He will show him greater works than these, that you may marvel.
Joh 5:21 For as the
Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also
gives life to whom he desires.
Joh 5:22 For the Father
judges no one, but he has given all judgment to the Son,
Joh 5:23 that all may
honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who doesn't honor
the Son doesn't honor the Father who sent him.
Joh 5:24 "Most
certainly I tell you, he who hears my word, and believes him who sent
me, has eternal life, and doesn't come into judgment, but has passed
out of death into life.
Joh 5:25 Most
certainly, I tell you, the hour comes, and now is, when the dead will
hear the Son of God's voice; and those who hear will live.
Joh 5:26 For as the
Father has life in himself, even so he gave to the Son also to have
life in himself.
Joh 5:27 He also gave
him authority to execute judgment, because he is a son of man.
Joh 5:28 Don't marvel
at this, for the hour comes, in which all that are in the tombs will
hear his voice,
Joh 5:29 and will come
out; those who have done good, to the resurrection of life; and those
who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment.
Joh 5:30 I can of
myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous;
because I don't seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent
me.
Joh 5:31 "If I
testify about myself, my witness is not valid.
Joh 5:32 It is another
who testifies about me. I know that the testimony which he testifies
about me is true.
Joh 5:33 You have sent
to John, and he has testified to the truth.
Joh 5:34 But the
testimony which I receive is not from man. However, I say these
things that you may be saved.
Joh 5:35 He was the
burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while
in his light.
Joh 5:36 But the
testimony which I have is greater than that of John, for the works
which the Father gave me to accomplish, the very works that I do,
testify about me, that the Father has sent me.
Joh 5:37 The Father
himself, who sent me, has testified about me. You have neither heard
his voice at any time, nor seen his form.
Joh 5:38 You don't have
his word living in you; because you don't believe him whom he sent.
Joh 5:39 "You
search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have
eternal life; and these are they which testify about me.
Joh 5:40 Yet you will
not come to me, that you may have life.
Joh 5:41 I don't
receive glory from men.
Joh 5:42 But I know
you, that you don't have God's love in yourselves.
Joh 5:43 I have come in
my Father's name, and you don't receive me. If another comes in his
own name, you will receive him.
Joh 5:44 How can you
believe, who receive glory from one another, and you don't seek the
glory that comes from the only God?
Joh 5:45 "Don't
think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses
you, even Moses, on whom you have set your hope.
Joh 5:46 For if you
believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote about me.
Joh 5:47 But if you
don't believe his writings, how will you believe my words?"