Now there was a certain nobleman at Capernaum, whose son was sick. When
he heard that Jesus left Judea and was in Galilee, he went to Him and
besought Him to come down and heal his son who was near death. Then said
Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders ye will not believe. The
nobleman saith unto Him, Sir, come before my child dies.
Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way. Thy son liveth. The man believed the
word that Jesus had spoken unto him and he went his way. As he was going
along his servants met him saying, Thy son liveth. Then inquired he of
them the hour when the son began to mend. They said, Yesterday at the
seventh hour the fever left him. So the father knew that it was at the
same hour in which Jesus said to him, Thy son liveth. And he believed,
and his whole house believed. This is the second miracle that Jesus did
when He was come out of Judaea into Galilee.
5. After this there was a feast of the Jews. Jesus went up to
Jerusalem. At Jerusalem, by the sheep market, there is a pool with five
porches and, in Hebrew, is called Bethesda. On these porches lay a great
multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, who wait for the
moving of the water. For, at a certain season, an angel went down into
the pool and stirred the water. Whoever first stepped in was made whole
of whatsoever disease he had.
A certain man was there which had an infirmity thirty and eight
years. When Jesus saw him and knew that he had been such a long time in
that condition, He saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole? The impotent
man answered, Sir, I have no man, when the water is stirred, to put
me into the pool. Before I come another steppeth down before me. Jesus
saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed and walk. Immediately the man was
made whole, took up his bed, and walked. This was on the sabbath day.
The Jews therefore said to him that was cured, It is the sabbath day. It
is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed. He answered them, He that made
me whole said unto me, Take up thy bed and walk. Then asked they him,
What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy bed and walk? And he
that was healed knew not who it was because Jesus had conveyed Himself
away from the multitude gathered in that place.
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. The
man departed and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him
whole. Therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus. They sought to slay Him
because He had done these things on the sabbath day. But Jesus answered
them, my Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
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