went up to Jerusalem.
005:002 Now in Jerusalem by the sheep gate, there is a pool, which is
called in Hebrew, "Bethesda," having five porches.
005:003 In these lay a great multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame,
or paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water;
005:004 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.
005:005 A certain man was there, who had been sick for thirty-eight years.
005:006 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?"
005:007 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."
005:008 Jesus said to him, "Arise, take up your mat, and walk."
005:009 Immediately, the man was made well, and took up his mat and walked.
Now it was the Sabbath on that day.
005:010 So the Jews said to him who was cured, "It is the Sabbath.
It is not lawful for you to carry the mat."
005:011 He answered them, "He who made me well, the same said to me,
'Take up your mat, and walk.'"
005:012 Then they asked him, "Who is the man who said to you,
'Take up your mat, and walk'?"
005:013 But he who was healed didn't know who it was, for Jesus
had withdrawn, a crowd being in the place.
005:014 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."
005:015 The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had
made him well.
005:016 For this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill him,
because he did these things on the Sabbath.
005:017 But Jesus answered them, "My Father is still working,
so I am working, too."
005:018 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.
005:019 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.
005:020 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.
005:021 For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life,
even so the Son also gives life to whom he desires.
005:022 For the Father judges no one, but he has given all judgment
to the Son,
005:023 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.
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