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John 5

The Bible in Basic English BBE

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

2 Now in Jerusalem near the sheep-market there is a public bath which in Hebrew is named Beth-zatha. It has five doorways.

3 In these doorways there were a great number of people with different diseases: some unable to see, some without the power of walking, some with wasted bodies.

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

6 When Jesus saw him there on the floor it was clear to him that he had been now a long time in that condition, and so he said to the man, Is it your desire to get well?

7 The ill man said in answer, Sir, I have nobody to put me into the bath when the water is moving; and while I am on the way down some other person gets in before me.

8 Jesus said to him, Get up, take your bed and go.

9 And the man became well straight away, and took up his bed and went. Now that day was the Sabbath.

10 So the Jews said to the man who had been made well, It is the Sabbath; and it is against the law for you to take up your bed.

11 He said to them, But he who made me well, said to me, Take up your bed and go.

12 Then they put to him the question: Who is the man who said to you, Take it up and go?

13 Now he who had been made well had no knowledge who it was, Jesus having gone away because of the number of people who were in that place.

14 After a time Jesus came across him in the Temple and said to him, See, you are well and strong; do no more sin for fear a worse thing comes to you.

15 The man went away and said to the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.

16 And for this reason the Jews were turned against Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath.

17 But his answer was: My Father is still working even now, and so I am working.

18 For this cause the Jews had an even greater desire to put Jesus to death, because not only did he not keep the Sabbath but he said God was his Father, so making himself equal with God.

19 So Jesus made answer and said, Truly I say to you, The Son is not able to do anything himself; he is able to do only what he sees the Father doing; whatever the Father does the Son does it in the same way.

20 For the Father has love for the Son and lets him see everything which he does: and he will let him see greater works than these so that you may be full of wonder.

21 In the same way, as the Father gives life to the dead, even so the Son gives life to those to whom he is pleased to give it.

22 The Father is not the judge of men, but he has given all decisions into the hands of the Son;

23 So that all men may give honour to the Son even as they give honour to the Father. He who gives no honour to the Son gives no honour to the Father who sent him.

24 Truly I say to you, The man whose ears are open to my word and who has faith in him who sent me, has eternal life; he will not be judged, but has come from death into life.

25 Truly I say to you, The time is coming, it has even now come, when the voice of the Son of God will come to the ears of the dead, and those hearing it will have life.

26 For even as the Father has life in himself, so he has given to the Son to have life in himself.

27 And he has given him authority to be judge because he is the Son of man.

28 Do not be surprised at this: for the time is coming when his voice will come to all who are in the place of the dead,

29 And they will come out; those who have done good, into the new life; and those who have done evil, to be judged.

30 Of myself I am unable to do anything: as the voice comes to me so I give a decision: and my decision is right because I have no desire to do what is pleasing to myself, but only what is pleasing to him who sent me.

31 If I gave witness about myself, my witness would not be true.

32 There is another who gives witness about me and I am certain that the witness he gives about me is true.

33 You sent to John and he gave true witness.

34 But I have no need of a man's witness: I only say these things so that you may have salvation.

35 He was a burning and shining light, and for a time you were ready to be happy in his light.

36 But the witness which I have is greater than that of John: the work which the Father has given me to do, the very work which I am now doing, is a witness that the Father has sent me.

37 And the Father himself who sent me has given witness about me. Not one of you has ever given ear to his voice; his form you have not seen.

38 And you have not kept his word in your hearts, because you have not faith in him whom he has sent.

39 You make search in the holy Writings, in the belief that through them you get eternal life; and it is those Writings which give witness about me.

40 And still you have no desire to come to me so that you may have life.

41 I do not take honour from men;

42 But I have knowledge of you that you have no love for God in your hearts.

43 I have come in my Father's name, and your hearts are not open to me. If another comes with no other authority but himself, you will give him your approval.

44 How is it possible for you to have faith while you take honour one from another and have no desire for the honour which comes from the only God?

45 Put out of your minds the thought that I will say things against you to the Father: the one who says things against you is Moses, on whom you put your hopes.

46 If you had belief in Moses you would have belief in me; for his writings are about me.

47 If you have no belief in his writings, how will you have belief in my words?

Good News Translation GNT

1 After this, Jesus went to Jerusalem for a religious festival.

2 Near the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem there is a pool with five porches; in Hebrew it is called Bethzatha.

3 A large crowd of sick people were lying on the porches - the blind, the lame, and the paralyzed.

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

6 Jesus saw him lying there, and he knew that the man had been sick for such a long time; so he asked him, "Do you want to get well?"

7 The sick man answered, "Sir, I don't have anyone here to put me in the pool when the water is stirred up; while I am trying to get in, somebody else gets there first."

8 Jesus said to him, "Get up, pick up your mat, and walk."

9 Immediately the man got well; he picked up his mat and started walking. The day this happened was a Sabbath,

10 so the Jewish authorities told the man who had been healed, "This is a Sabbath, and it is against our Law for you to carry your mat."

11 He answered, "The man who made me well told me to pick up my mat and walk."

12 They asked him, "Who is the man who told you to do this?"

13 But the man who had been healed did not know who Jesus was, for there was a crowd in that place, and Jesus had slipped away.

14 Afterward, Jesus found him in the Temple and said, "Listen, you are well now; so stop sinning or something worse may happen to you."

15 Then the man left and told the Jewish authorities that it was Jesus who had healed him.

16 So they began to persecute Jesus, because he had done this healing on a Sabbath.

17 Jesus answered them, "My Father is always working, and I too must work."

18 This saying made the Jewish authorities all the more determined to kill him; not only had he broken the Sabbath law, but he had said that God was his own Father and in this way had made himself equal with God.

19 So Jesus answered them, "I tell you the truth: the Son can do nothing on his own; he does only what he sees his Father doing. What the Father does, the Son also does.

20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing. He will show him even greater things to do than this, and you will all be amazed.

21 Just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, in the same way the Son gives life to those he wants to.

22 Nor does the Father himself judge anyone. He has given his Son the full right to judge,

23 so that all will honor the Son in the same way as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

24 "I am telling you the truth: those who hear my words and believe in him who sent me have eternal life. They will not be judged, but have already passed from death to life.

25 I am telling you the truth: the time is coming - the time has already come - when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear it will come to life.

26 Just as the Father is himself the source of life, in the same way he has made his Son to be the source of life.

27 And he has given the Son the right to judge, because he is the Son of Man.

28 Do not be surprised at this; the time is coming when all the dead will hear his voice

29 and come out of their graves: those who have done good will rise and live, and those who have done evil will rise and be condemned.

30 "I can do nothing on my own authority; I judge only as God tells me, so my judgment is right, because I am not trying to do what I want, but only what he who sent me wants.

31 "If I testify on my own behalf, what I say is not to be accepted as real proof.

32 But there is someone else who testifies on my behalf, and I know that what he says about me is true.

33 John is the one to whom you sent your messengers, and he spoke on behalf of the truth.

34 It is not that I must have a human witness; I say this only in order that you may be saved.

35 John was like a lamp, burning and shining, and you were willing for a while to enjoy his light.

36 But I have a witness on my behalf which is even greater than the witness that John gave: what I do, that is, the deeds my Father gave me to do, these speak on my behalf and show that the Father has sent me.

37 And the Father, who sent me, also testifies on my behalf. You have never heard his voice or seen his face,

38 and you do not keep his message in your hearts, for you do not believe in the one whom he sent.

39 You study the Scriptures, because you think that in them you will find eternal life. And these very Scriptures speak about me!

40 Yet you are not willing to come to me in order to have life.

41 "I am not looking for human praise.

42 But I know what kind of people you are, and I know that you have no love for God in your hearts.

43 I have come with my Father's authority, but you have not received me; when, however, someone comes with his own authority, you will receive him.

44 You like to receive praise from one another, but you do not try to win praise from the one who alone is God; how, then, can you believe me?

45 Do not think, however, that I am the one who will accuse you to my Father. Moses, in whom you have put your hope, is the very one who will accuse you.

46 If you had really believed Moses, you would have believed me, because he wrote about me.

47 But since you do not believe what he wrote, how can you believe what I say?"