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KING JAMES VERSION
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After this there was
a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
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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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In these lay a great
multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving
of the water.
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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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And a certain man
was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.
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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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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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Jesus saith unto
him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk. |
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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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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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He answered them, He
that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk.
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Then asked they him,
What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?
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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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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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The man departed,
and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole.
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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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But Jesus answered
them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
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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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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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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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For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and
quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
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For the Father judgeth no man, but hath
committed all judgment unto the Son:
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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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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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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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For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath
he given to the Son to have life in himself;
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And hath given him authority to execute judgment
also, because he is the Son of man.
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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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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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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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If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not
true. |
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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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Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the
truth. |
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But I receive not testimony from man: but these
things I say, that ye might be saved.
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He was a burning and a shining light: and ye
were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
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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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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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And ye have not his word abiding in you: for
whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.
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Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye
have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
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And ye will not come to me, that ye might have
life. |
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I receive not honour from men. |
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But I know you, that ye have not the love of God
in you. |
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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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How can ye believe, which receive honour one of
another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?
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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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For had ye believed Moses, ye would have
believed me: for he wrote of me.
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But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye
believe my words? |
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