The Pool of Bethesda 1 AKJV After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. BSB BSB: Some time later there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
3 AKJV In these lay a great multitude of weak folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water. BSB BSB: On these walkways lay a great number of the sick, the blind, the lame, and the paralyzed.
4 AKJV For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatever disease he had. BSB BSB: Not in the BSB
5 AKJV And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years. BSB BSB: One man there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.
6 AKJV When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he says to him, Will you be made whole? BSB BSB: When Jesus saw him lying there and realized that he had spent a long time in this condition, He asked him, “Do you want to get well?”
7 AKJV The weak 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 steps down before me. BSB BSB: “Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am on my way, someone else goes in before me.”
8 AKJV Jesus says to him, Rise, take up your bed, and walk. BSB BSB: Then Jesus told him, “Get up, pick up your mat, and walk.”
9 AKJV And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath. BSB BSB: Immediately the man was made well, and he picked up his mat and began to walk. Now this happened on the Sabbath day,
10 AKJV The Jews therefore said to him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for you to carry your bed. BSB BSB: so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, “This is the Sabbath! It is unlawful for you to carry your mat.”
11 AKJV He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said to me, Take up your bed, and walk. BSB BSB: But he answered, “The man who made me well told me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’”
12 AKJV Then asked they him, What man is that which said to you, Take up your bed, and walk? BSB BSB: “Who is this man who told you to pick it up and walk?” they asked.
13 AKJV And he that was healed knew not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place. BSB BSB: But the man who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped away while the crowd was there.
14 AKJV Afterward Jesus finds him in the temple, and said to him, Behold, you are made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come to you. BSB BSB: Afterward, Jesus found the man at the temple and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Stop sinning, or something worse may happen to you.”
15 AKJV The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole. BSB BSB: And the man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.
The Father and the Son 16 AKJV And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day. BSB BSB: Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews began to persecute Him.
17 AKJV But Jesus answered them, My Father works till now, and I work. BSB BSB: But Jesus answered them, “To this very day My Father is at His work, and I too am working.”
19 AKJV Then answered Jesus and said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father do: for what things soever he does, these also does the Son likewise. BSB BSB: So Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing by Himself, unless He sees the Father doing it. For whatever the Father does, the Son also does.
20 AKJV For the Father loves the Son, and shows him all things that himself does: and he will show him greater works than these, that you may marvel. BSB BSB: The Father loves the Son and shows Him all He does. And to your amazement, He will show Him even greater works than these.
21 AKJV For as the Father raises up the dead, and vivifies them; even so the Son vivifies whom he will. BSB BSB: For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes.
22 AKJV For the Father judges no man, but has committed all judgment to the Son: BSB BSB: Furthermore, the Father judges no one, but has assigned all judgment to the Son,
23 AKJV That all men should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that honors not the Son honors not the Father which has sent him. BSB BSB: so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.
24 AKJV Truly, truly, I say to you, He that hears my word, and believes on him that sent me, has everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death to life. BSB BSB: Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.
25 AKJV Truly, truly, I say to 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. BSB BSB: Truly, truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
26 AKJV For as the Father has life in himself; so has he given to the Son to have life in himself; BSB BSB: For as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted the Son to have life in Himself.
27 AKJV And has given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man. BSB BSB: And He has given Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man.
29 AKJV And shall come forth; they that have done good, to the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, to the resurrection of damnation. BSB BSB: and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.
30 AKJV I can of my own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not my own will, but the will of the Father which has sent me. BSB BSB: I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
Testimonies about Jesus 31 AKJV If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. BSB BSB: If I testify about Myself, My testimony is not valid.
32 AKJV There is another that bears witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesses of me is true. BSB BSB: There is another who testifies about Me, and I know that His testimony about Me is valid.
33 AKJV You sent to John, and he bore witness to the truth. BSB BSB: You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.
34 AKJV But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that you might be saved. BSB BSB: Even though I do not accept human testimony, I say these things so that you may be saved.
35 AKJV He was a burning and a shining light: and you were willing for a season to rejoice in his light. BSB BSB: John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you were willing for a season to bask in his light.
36 AKJV But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father has given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father has sent me. BSB BSB: But I have testimony more substantial than that of John. For the works that the Father has given Me to accomplish—the very works I am doing—testify about Me that the Father has sent Me.
37 AKJV And the Father himself, which has sent me, has borne witness of me. You have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape. BSB BSB: And the Father who sent Me has Himself testified about Me. You have never heard His voice nor seen His form,
38 AKJV And you have not his word abiding in you: for whom he has sent, him you believe not. BSB BSB: nor does His word abide in you, because you do not believe the One He sent.
The Witness of Scripture (Luke 16:19–31)
39 AKJV Search the scriptures; for in them you think you have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. BSB BSB: You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,
40 AKJV And you will not come to me, that you might have life. BSB BSB: yet you refuse to come to Me to have life.
41 AKJV I receive not honor from men. BSB BSB: I do not accept glory from men,
42 AKJV But I know you, that you have not the love of God in you. BSB BSB: but I know you, that you do not have the love of God within you.
43 AKJV I am come in my Father’s name, and you receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him you will receive. BSB BSB: I have come in My Father’s name, and you have not received Me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will receive him.
44 AKJV How can you believe, which receive honor one of another, and seek not the honor that comes from God only? BSB BSB: How can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?
45 AKJV Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuses you, even Moses, in whom you trust. BSB BSB: Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, in whom you have put your hope.
47 AKJV But if you believe not his writings, how shall you believe my words? BSB BSB: But since you do not believe what he wrote, how will you believe what I say?”
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