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The
Healing at Bethesda |
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John 5:1
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After these things there was a feast of the
Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. |
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John 5:2
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Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep gate
a pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porticoes. |
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John 5:3
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In these lay a multitude of those who were sick,
blind, lame, and withered, [waiting for the moving of the waters; |
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John 5:4
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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 disease with
which he was afflicted.] |
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John 5:5
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A man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight
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John 5:6
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When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that
he had already been a long time in that condition, He *said
to him, "Do you wish to get well?" |
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John 5:7
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The sick man answered Him, "Sir, I have no man
to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I am coming, another
steps down before me." |
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John 5:8
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Jesus *said
to him, "Get up, pick up your pallet and walk." |
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John 5:9
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Immediately the man became well, and picked
up his pallet and began to walk. Now it was the Sabbath on that day. |
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John 5:10
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So the Jews were saying to the man who was cured,
"It is the Sabbath, and it is not permissible for you to carry your pallet." |
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John 5:11
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But he answered them, "He who made me well was
the one who said to me, 'Pick up your pallet and walk.'" |
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John 5:12
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They asked him, "Who is the man who said to
you, 'Pick up your pallet and walk'?" |
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John 5:13
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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. |
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John 5:14
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Afterward Jesus *found
him in the temple and said to him, "Behold, you have become
well; do not sin anymore, so that nothing worse happens to you." |
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John 5:15
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The man went away, and told the Jews that it
was Jesus who had made him well. |
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John 5:16
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For this reason the Jews were persecuting Jesus,
because He was doing these things on the Sabbath. |
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John 5:17
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But He answered them, "My
Father is working until now, and I Myself am working." |
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Jesus'
Equality with God |
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John 5:18
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For this reason therefore the Jews were seeking
all the more to kill Him, because He not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also
was calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God. |
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John 5:19
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Therefore Jesus answered and was saying to them,
"Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something
He sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, these things the Son also
does in like manner. |
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John 5:20
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"For the Father loves
the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself is doing; and the Father will
show Him greater works than these, so that you will marvel. |
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John 5:21
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"For just as the
Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to
whom He wishes. |
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John 5:22
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"For not even the
Father judges anyone, but He has given all judgment to the Son, |
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John 5:23
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so that all will honor
the Son even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not
honor the Father who sent Him. |
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John 5:24
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"Truly, truly, I say to
you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and
does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life. |
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Two
Resurrections |
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John 5:25
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"Truly, truly, I
say to you, an hour is coming and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of
the Son of God, and those who hear will live. |
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John 5:26
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"For just as the
Father has life in Himself, even so He gave to the Son also to have life in Himself; |
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John 5:27
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and He gave Him authority
to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man. |
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John 5:28
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"Do not marvel at
this; for an hour is coming, in which all who are in the tombs will hear His voice,
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John 5:29
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and will come forth; those
who did the good deeds to a resurrection of life, those who committed the evil
deeds to a resurrection of judgment. |
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John 5:30
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"I can do nothing on My
own initiative. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is just, because I do not
seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. |
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John 5:31
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"If I alone testify about
Myself, My testimony is not true. |
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John 5:32
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"There is another
who testifies of Me, and I know that the testimony which He gives about Me is
true. |
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Witness
of John |
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John 5:33
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"You have sent to
John, and he has testified to the truth. |
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John 5:34
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"But the testimony
which I receive is not from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved. |
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John 5:35
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"He was the lamp
that was burning and was shining and you were willing to rejoice for a while in
his light. |
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Witness
of Works |
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John 5:36
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"But the testimony
which I have is greater than the testimony of John; for the works which the Father
has given Me to accomplish--the very works that I do--testify about Me, that the
Father has sent Me. |
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Witness
of the Father |
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John 5:37
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"And the Father who
sent Me, He has testified of Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time
nor seen His form. |
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John 5:38
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"You do not have
His word abiding in you, for you do not believe Him whom He sent. |
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Witness
of the Scripture |
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John 5:39
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"You search the Scriptures
because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that testify
about Me; |
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John 5:40
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and you are unwilling
to come to Me so that you may have life. |
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John 5:41
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"I do not receive
glory from men; |
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John 5:42
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but I know you, that you
do not have the love of God in yourselves. |
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John 5:43
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"I have come in My
Father's name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, you
will receive him. |
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John 5:44
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"How can you believe,
when you receive glory from one another and you do not seek the glory that is
from the one and only God? |
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John 5:45
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"Do not think that
I will accuse you before the Father; the one who accuses you is Moses, in whom
you have set your hope. |
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John 5:46
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"For if you believed
Moses, you would believe Me, for he wrote about Me. |
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John 5:47
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"But if you do not
believe his writings, how will you believe My words?" |
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