The Healing at Bethesda

1 After these things there was aa feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

2 Now there is in Jerusalem by athe sheep gate a pool, which is called bin 1Hebrew 2Bethesda, having five porticoes.

3 In these lay a multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, and withered, [1waiting for the moving of the waters;

4 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.]

5 A man was there who had been 1ill for thirty-eight years.

6 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?”

7 The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when athe water is stirred up, but while I am coming, another steps down before me.”

8 Jesus * said to him, “aGet up, pick up your pallet and walk.”

9 Immediately the man became well, and picked up his pallet and began to walk.

aNow it was the Sabbath on that day.

10 So athe Jews were saying to the man who was cured, “It is the Sabbath, and bit is not permissible for you to carry your pallet.”

11 But he answered them, “He who made me well was the one who said to me, ‘Pick up your pallet and walk.’ ”

12 They asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Pick up your pallet and walk’?”

13 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.

14 Afterward Jesus * found him in the temple and said to him, “Behold, you have become well; do not asin anymore, bso that nothing worse happens to you.”

15 The man went away, and told athe Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.

16 For this reason athe Jews were persecuting Jesus, because He was doing these things on the Sabbath.

17 But He answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I Myself am working.”

Jesus’ Equality with God

18 For this reason therefore athe Jews bwere seeking all the more to kill Him, because He not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God His own Father, cmaking Himself equal with God.

19 Therefore Jesus answered and was saying to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, athe Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever 1the Father does, these things the Son also does in like manner.

20 “aFor the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself is doing; and the Father will show Him bgreater works than these, so that you will marvel.

21 “For just as the Father raises the dead and agives them life, even so bthe Son also gives life to whom He wishes.

22 “For not even the Father judges anyone, but aHe has given all judgment to the Son,

23 so that all will honor the Son even as they honor the Father. aHe who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

24 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and abelieves Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and bdoes not come into judgment, but has cpassed out of death into life.

Two Resurrections

25 “Truly, truly, I say to you, aan hour is coming and now is, when bthe dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who chear will live.

26 “For just as the Father has life in Himself, even so He agave to the Son also to have life in Himself;

27 and He gave Him authority to aexecute judgment, because He is 1the Son of Man.

28 “Do not marvel at this; for aan hour is coming, in which ball who are in the tombs will hear His voice,

29 and will come forth; athose who did the good deeds to a resurrection of life, those who committed the evil deeds to a resurrection of judgment.

30 “aI can do nothing on My own initiative. As I hear, I judge; and bMy judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but cthe will of Him who sent Me.

31 “aIf I alone testify about Myself, My testimony is not 1true.

32 “There is aanother who testifies of Me, and I know that the testimony which He gives about Me is true.

Witness of John

33 “You have sent to John, and he ahas testified to the truth.

34 “But athe testimony which I receive is not from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved.

35 “He was athe lamp that was burning and was shining and you bwere willing to rejoice for 1a while in his light.

Witness of Works

36 “But the testimony which I have is greater than the testimony of John; for athe works which the Father has given Me bto accomplish—the very works that I do—testify about Me, that the Father chas sent Me.

Witness of the Father

37 “And the Father who sent Me, aHe has testified of Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time nor seen His form.

38 “You do not have aHis word abiding in you, for you do not believe Him whom He bsent.

Witness of the Scripture

39 “1aYou search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is bthese that testify about Me;

40 and you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have life.

41 “aI do not receive glory from men;

42 but I know you, that you do not have the love of God in yourselves.

43 “I have come in My Father’s name, and you do not receive Me; aif another comes in his own name, you will receive him.

44 “How can you believe, when you areceive 1glory from one another and you do not seek bthe 1glory that is from cthe one and only God?

45 “Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father; the one who accuses you is aMoses, in whom you have set your hope.

46 “For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me, for ahe wrote about Me.

47 “But aif you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?”

Chapter 6

Five Thousand Fed

1 After these things aJesus went away to the other side of bthe Sea of Galilee (or cTiberias).

2 A large crowd followed Him, because they saw the 1asigns which He was performing on those who were sick.

3 Then aJesus went up on the mountain, and there He sat down with His disciples.

4 Now athe Passover, the feast of the Jews, was near.

5 Therefore Jesus, lifting up His eyes and seeing that a large crowd was coming to Him, * said to aPhilip, “Where are we to buy bread, so that these may eat?”

6 This He was saying to atest him, for He Himself knew what He was intending to do.

7 aPhilip answered Him, “bTwo hundred 1denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, for everyone to receive a little.”

8 One of His adisciples, bAndrew, Simon Peter’s brother, * said to Him,

9 “There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two afish, but what are these for so many people?”

10 Jesus said, “Have the people 1sit down.” Now there was amuch grass in the place. So the men 1sat down, in number about bfive thousand.

11 Jesus then took the loaves, and ahaving given thanks, He distributed to those who were seated; likewise also of the bfish as much as they wanted.

12 When they were filled, He * said to His adisciples, “Gather up the leftover fragments so that nothing will be lost.”

13 So they gathered them up, and filled twelve abaskets with fragments from the five barley loaves which were left over by those who had eaten.

14 Therefore when the people saw the 1sign which He had performed, they said, “This is truly the aProphet who is to come into the world.”

Jesus Walks on the Water

15 So Jesus, perceiving that they were 1intending to come and take Him by force ato make Him king, bwithdrew again to cthe mountain by Himself alone.

16 Now when evening came, His adisciples went down to the sea,

17 and after getting into a boat, they started to cross the sea ato Capernaum. It had already become dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.

18 The sea began to be stirred up because a strong wind was blowing.

19 Then, when they had rowed about 1three or four miles, they * saw Jesus walking on the sea and drawing near to the boat; and they were frightened.

20 But He * said to them, “It is I; 1ado not be afraid.”

21 So they were willing to receive Him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land to which they were going.

22 The next day athe crowd that stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other small boat there, except one, and that Jesus bhad not entered with His disciples into the boat, but that His disciples had gone away alone.

23 There came other small boats from aTiberias near to the place where they ate the bread after the bLord chad given thanks.

24 So when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor His disciples, they themselves got into the small boats, and acame to Capernaum seeking Jesus.

25 When they found Him on the other side of the sea, they said to Him, “aRabbi, when did You get here?”

Words to the People

26 Jesus answered them and said, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you aseek Me, not because you saw bsigns, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled.

27 “Do not awork for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to beternal life, which cthe Son of Man will give to you, for on Him the Father, God, dhas set His seal.”

28 Therefore they said to Him, “What shall we do, so that we may work the works of God?”

29 Jesus answered and said to them, “This is athe work of God, that you believe in Him whom He bhas sent.”

30 So they said to Him, “aWhat then do You do for a bsign, so that we may see, and believe You? What work do You perform?

31 “aOur fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ‘bHe gave them bread out of heaven to eat.’ ”

32 Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread out of heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread out of heaven.

33 “For the bread of God is 1that which acomes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world.”

34 Then they said to Him, “Lord, always agive us this bread.”

35 Jesus said to them, “aI am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me bwill never thirst.

36 “But aI said to you that you have seen Me, and yet do not believe.

37 “aAll that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not …