John 5:1–23

Christ Heals the Paralytic Man

5After ^athis there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus ^bwent up to Jerusalem. ²Now there is in Jerusalem ^cby the Sheep Gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew, ¹Bethesda, having five porches. ³In these lay a great multitude of sick people, blind, lame, ²paralyzed, ³waiting for the moving of the water. ⁴For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred up the water; then whoever stepped in first, after the stirring of the water, was made well of whatever disease he had. ⁵Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years. ⁶When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, “Do you want to be made well?”

⁷The 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.”

⁸Jesus said to him, ^d“Rise, take up your bed and walk.” ⁹And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked.

Christ Heals on the Sabbath

And ^ethat day was the Sabbath. ¹⁰The Jews therefore said to him who was cured, “It is the Sabbath; ^fit is not lawful for you to carry your bed.”

¹¹He answered them, “He who made me well said to me, ‘Take up your bed and walk.’ ”

¹²Then they asked him, “Who is the Man who said to you, ‘Take up your bed and walk’?” ¹³But the one who was ^ghealed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, a multitude being in that place. ¹⁴Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, “See, you have been made well. ^hSin no more, lest a worse thing come upon you.”

¹⁵The man departed and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.

¹⁶For this reason the Jews ⁱpersecuted Jesus, ⁴and sought to kill Him, because He had done these things on the Sabbath.

Equality with God in Nature

¹⁷But Jesus answered them, ^j“My Father has been working until now, and I have been working.”

¹⁸Therefore the Jews ^ksought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, ^lmaking Himself equal with God.

Equality with God in Power

¹⁹Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, ^mthe Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner. ²⁰For ⁿthe Father loves the Son, and ^oshows Him all things that He Himself does; and He will show Him greater works than these, that you may marvel. ²¹For as the Father raises the dead and gives life to them, ^peven so the Son gives life to whom He will.

Equality with God in Authority

²²For the Father judges no one, but ^qhas committed all judgment to the Son, ²³that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. ^rHe who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.