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Afterthis there was a feast of the Jews;andJesus went uptoJerusalem.
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Now there isatJerusalemby the sheep market a pool,which is called in the Hebrew tongueBethesda,havingfiveporches.
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Intheselay a greatmultitude of impotent folk, of blind,halt,withered, waiting for the moving of the water.
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For an angel went downat a certain seasoninto the pool,andtroubled the water: whosoever thenfirstafter the troubling of the water stepped in was madewholeofwhatsoeverdisease he had.
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And a certainmanwasthere, which had an infirmity*thirty and eightyears.
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When Jesussawhimlie, andknewthat he had beennow a longtime in that case, he saith unto him,Wilt thou be madewhole?
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The impotent manansweredhim,Sir, I havenoman,when the water is troubled, toputmeinto the pool:butwhile*I am coming, another steppeth downbeforeme.
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Jesussaith unto him,Rise, take upthybed,andwalk.
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Andimmediately the man was madewhole,and took uphisbed,andwalked: andon the samedaywas the sabbath.
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The Jewsthereforesaid unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it isnotlawful for thee to carry thy bed.
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He answeredthem, He that mademewhole, the samesaid unto me,Take upthybed,andwalk.
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Then asked theyhim,Whatmanis that whichsaid unto thee, Take upthybed,andwalk?
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And he that was healedwistnotwho it was: forJesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude[a]beingin that place.
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Afterward*Jesusfindethhimin the temple,andsaid unto him,Behold, thou art madewhole:sin no more,lest a worse thing*come unto thee.
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The mandeparted, andtold the Jewsthat it wasJesus,which had madehimwhole.
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Andtherefore*did the JewspersecuteJesus,andsought to slayhim,because he had done these thingson the sabbath day.
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ButJesusansweredthem,MyFatherworkethhitherto*, and Iwork.
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Therefore*theJewssought the more to killhim,becausehenotonly had broken the sabbath,butsaidalso that God was hisFather,makinghimselfequal with God.
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ThenansweredJesusandsaid unto them,Verily,verily, I say unto you, The Soncan*donothingofhimself,butwhat he seeth the Fatherdo: for what things soever*hedoeth, thesealsodoeth the Sonlikewise.
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For the Fatherloveth the Son,andshewethhim all thingsthathimselfdoeth: and he will shewhimgreaterworksthanthese,thatye may marvel.
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Foras the Father raiseth up the dead,andquickeneth them; evenso the Sonquickenethwhom he will.
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FortheFatherjudgeth no man,but hath committedalljudgment unto the Son:
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Thatall men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honourethnot the Sonhonourethnot the Fatherwhich hath senthim.
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Verily,verily, I say unto you*, He that hearethmyword,andbelieveth on him that sentme,hatheverlastinglife,andshallnotcomeintocondemnation;but is passedfromdeathuntolife.
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Verily,verily, I say unto you*, The hour is coming, andnowis, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God:and they that hear shall live.
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Foras the Fatherhathlifeinhimself;sohath he given to the Son to havelifeinhimself;
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And hath givenhimauthority to executejudgmentalso,because he is the Son of man.
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Marvelnot at this:for the hour is coming, in the whichall that are in the graves shall hearhisvoice,
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And shall come forth; they that have donegood,unto the resurrection of life;and they that have doneevil,unto the resurrection of damnation.
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Icanof mine own selfdonothing*: as I hear, I judge: andmyjudgmentisjust;because I seeknot mine ownwill,but the will of the Father which hath sentme.
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There isanother that beareth witnessofme;and I knowthat the witnesswhich he witnessethofmeistrue.
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YesentuntoJohn,and he bare witness unto the truth.
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ButIreceivenottestimonyfromman:but these things I say, thatye might be saved.
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Hewas a burningand a shininglight:andye were willingfor a season to rejoiceinhislight.
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ButIhavegreaterwitness than that of John:for the workswhich the Father hath givenmetofinish*, the sameworksthatIdo, bear witnessofme,that the Father hath sentme.
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And the Fatherhimself, which hath sentme, hath borne witnessofme. Ye haveneitherheardhisvoice at any time,norseenhisshape.
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And ye havenothiswordabidinginyou:forwhomhe hath sent, himyebelievenot.
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Search the scriptures;forinthemyethink ye haveeternallife:andthey are they which testifyofme.