5:1 Afterward Jesus returned to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish holy days.
The NLT Book of John , Chapter 5 , Verse 1 , Afterward Jesus returned to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish holy days.
5:2 Inside the city, near the Sheep Gate, was the pool of Bethesda, with five covered porches.
The NLT Book of John , Chapter 5 , Verse 2 , Inside the city, near the Sheep Gate, was the pool of Bethesda, with five covered porches.
5:3 Crowds of sick people--blind, lame, or paralyzed--lay on the porches.
The NLT Book of John , Chapter 5 , Verse 3 , Crowds of sick people--blind, lame, or paralyzed--lay on the porches.
5:5 One of the men lying there had been sick for thirty-eight years.
The NLT Book of John , Chapter 5 , Verse 5 , One of the men lying there had been sick for thirty-eight years.
5:6 When Jesus saw him and knew how long he had been ill, he asked him, 'Would you like to get well?'
The NLT Book of John , Chapter 5 , Verse 6 , When Jesus saw him and knew how long he had been ill, he asked him, 'Would you like to get well?'
5:7 'I can't, sir,' the sick man said, 'for I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred up. While I am trying to get there, someone else always gets in ahead of me.'
The NLT Book of John , Chapter 5 , Verse 7 , 'I can't, sir,' the sick man said, 'for I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred up. While I am trying to get there, someone else always gets in ahead of me.'
5:8 Jesus told him, 'Stand up, pick up your sleeping mat, and walk!'
The NLT Book of John , Chapter 5 , Verse 8 , Jesus told him, 'Stand up, pick up your sleeping mat, and walk!'
5:9 Instantly, the man was healed! He rolled up the mat and began walking! But this miracle happened on the Sabbath day.
The NLT Book of John , Chapter 5 , Verse 9 , Instantly, the man was healed! He rolled up the mat and began walking! But this miracle happened on the Sabbath day.
5:10 So the Jewish leaders objected. They said to the man who was cured, 'You can't work on the Sabbath! It's illegal to carry that sleeping mat!'
The NLT Book of John , Chapter 5 , Verse 10 , So the Jewish leaders objected. They said to the man who was cured, 'You can't work on the Sabbath! It's illegal to carry that sleeping mat!'
5:11 He replied, 'The man who healed me said to me, `Pick up your sleeping mat and walk.' '
The NLT Book of John , Chapter 5 , Verse 11 , He replied, 'The man who healed me said to me, `Pick up your sleeping mat and walk.' '
5:12 'Who said such a thing as that?' they demanded.
The NLT Book of John , Chapter 5 , Verse 12 , 'Who said such a thing as that?' they demanded.
5:13 The man didn't know, for Jesus had disappeared into the crowd.
The NLT Book of John , Chapter 5 , Verse 13 , The man didn't know, for Jesus had disappeared into the crowd.
5:14 But afterward Jesus found him in the Temple and told him, 'Now you are well; so stop sinning, or something even worse may happen to you.'
The NLT Book of John , Chapter 5 , Verse 14 , But afterward Jesus found him in the Temple and told him, 'Now you are well; so stop sinning, or something even worse may happen to you.'
5:15 Then the man went to find the Jewish leaders and told them it was Jesus who had healed him.
The NLT Book of John , Chapter 5 , Verse 15 , Then the man went to find the Jewish leaders and told them it was Jesus who had healed him.
5:16 So the Jewish leaders began harassing Jesus for breaking the Sabbath rules.
The NLT Book of John , Chapter 5 , Verse 16 , So the Jewish leaders began harassing Jesus for breaking the Sabbath rules.
5:17 But Jesus replied, 'My Father never stops working, so why should I?'
The NLT Book of John , Chapter 5 , Verse 17 , But Jesus replied, 'My Father never stops working, so why should I?'
5:18 So the Jewish leaders tried all the more to kill him. In addition to disobeying the Sabbath rules, he had spoken of God as his Father, thereby making himself equal with God.
The NLT Book of John , Chapter 5 , Verse 18 , So the Jewish leaders tried all the more to kill him. In addition to disobeying the Sabbath rules, he had spoken of God as his Father, thereby making himself equal with God.
5:19 Jesus replied, 'I assure you, the Son can do nothing by himself. He does only what he sees the Father doing. Whatever the Father does, the Son also does.
The NLT Book of John , Chapter 5 , Verse 19 , Jesus replied, 'I assure you, the Son can do nothing by himself. He does only what he sees the Father doing. Whatever the Father does, the Son also does.
5:20 For the Father loves the Son and tells him everything he is doing, and the Son will do far greater things than healing this man. You will be astonished at what he does.
The NLT Book of John , Chapter 5 , Verse 20 , For the Father loves the Son and tells him everything he is doing, and the Son will do far greater things than healing this man. You will be astonished at what he does.
5:21 He will even raise from the dead anyone he wants to, just as the Father does.
The NLT Book of John , Chapter 5 , Verse 21 , He will even raise from the dead anyone he wants to, just as the Father does.
5:22 And the Father leaves all judgment to his Son,
The NLT Book of John , Chapter 5 , Verse 22 , And the Father leaves all judgment to his Son,
5:23 so that everyone will honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. But if you refuse to honor the Son, then you are certainly not honoring the Father who sent him.
The NLT Book of John , Chapter 5 , Verse 23 , so that everyone will honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. But if you refuse to honor the Son, then you are certainly not honoring the Father who sent him.
5:24 'I assure you, those who listen to my message and believe in God who sent me have eternal life. They will never be condemned for their sins, but they have already passed from death into life.
The NLT Book of John , Chapter 5 , Verse 24 , 'I assure you, those who listen to my message and believe in God who sent me have eternal life. They will never be condemned for their sins, but they have already passed from death into life.
5:25 'And I assure you that the time is coming, in fact it is here, when the dead will hear my voice--the voice of the Son of God. And those who listen will live.
The NLT Book of John , Chapter 5 , Verse 25 , 'And I assure you that the time is coming, in fact it is here, when the dead will hear my voice--the voice of the Son of God. And those who listen will live.
5:26 The Father has life in himself, and he has granted his Son to have life in himself.
The NLT Book of John , Chapter 5 , Verse 26 , The Father has life in himself, and he has granted his Son to have life in himself.
5:27 And he has given him authority to judge all mankind because he is the Son of Man.
The NLT Book of John , Chapter 5 , Verse 27 , And he has given him authority to judge all mankind because he is the Son of Man.
5:28 Don't be so surprised! Indeed, the time is coming when all the dead in their graves will hear the voice of God's Son,
The NLT Book of John , Chapter 5 , Verse 28 , Don't be so surprised! Indeed, the time is coming when all the dead in their graves will hear the voice of God's Son,
5:29 and they will rise again. Those who have done good will rise to eternal life, and those who have continued in evil will rise to judgment.
The NLT Book of John , Chapter 5 , Verse 29 , and they will rise again. Those who have done good will rise to eternal life, and those who have continued in evil will rise to judgment.
5:30 But I do nothing without consulting the Father. I judge as I am told. And my judgment is absolutely just, because it is according to the will of God who sent me; it is not merely my own.
The NLT Book of John , Chapter 5 , Verse 30 , But I do nothing without consulting the Father. I judge as I am told. And my judgment is absolutely just, because it is according to the will of God who sent me; it is not merely my own.
5:31 'If I were to testify on my own behalf, my testimony would not be valid.
The NLT Book of John , Chapter 5 , Verse 31 , 'If I were to testify on my own behalf, my testimony would not be valid.
5:32 But someone else is also testifying about me, and I can assure you that everything he says about me is true.
The NLT Book of John , Chapter 5 , Verse 32 , But someone else is also testifying about me, and I can assure you that everything he says about me is true.
5:33 In fact, you sent messengers to listen to John the Baptist, and he preached the truth.
The NLT Book of John , Chapter 5 , Verse 33 , In fact, you sent messengers to listen to John the Baptist, and he preached the truth.
5:34 But the best testimony about me is not from a man, though I have reminded you about John's testimony so you might be saved.
The NLT Book of John , Chapter 5 , Verse 34 , But the best testimony about me is not from a man, though I have reminded you about John's testimony so you might be saved.
5:35 John shone brightly for a while, and you benefited and rejoiced.
The NLT Book of John , Chapter 5 , Verse 35 , John shone brightly for a while, and you benefited and rejoiced.
5:36 But I have a greater witness than John--my teachings and my miracles. They have been assigned to me by the Father, and they testify that the Father has sent me.
The NLT Book of John , Chapter 5 , Verse 36 , But I have a greater witness than John--my teachings and my miracles. They have been assigned to me by the Father, and they testify that the Father has sent me.
5:37 And the Father himself has also testified about me. You have never heard his voice or seen him face to face,
The NLT Book of John , Chapter 5 , Verse 37 , And the Father himself has also testified about me. You have never heard his voice or seen him face to face,
5:38 and you do not have his message in your hearts, because you do not believe me--the one he sent to you.
The NLT Book of John , Chapter 5 , Verse 38 , and you do not have his message in your hearts, because you do not believe me--the one he sent to you.
5:39 'You search the Scriptures because you believe they give you eternal life. But the Scriptures point to me!
The NLT Book of John , Chapter 5 , Verse 39 , 'You search the Scriptures because you believe they give you eternal life. But the Scriptures point to me!
5:40 Yet you refuse to come to me so that I can give you this eternal life.
The NLT Book of John , Chapter 5 , Verse 40 , Yet you refuse to come to me so that I can give you this eternal life.
5:41 'Your approval or disapproval means nothing to me,
The NLT Book of John , Chapter 5 , Verse 41 , 'Your approval or disapproval means nothing to me,
5:42 because I know you don't have God's love within you.
The NLT Book of John , Chapter 5 , Verse 42 , because I know you don't have God's love within you.
5:43 For I have come to you representing my Father, and you refuse to welcome me, even though you readily accept others who represent only themselves.
The NLT Book of John , Chapter 5 , Verse 43 , For I have come to you representing my Father, and you refuse to welcome me, even though you readily accept others who represent only themselves.
5:44 No wonder you can't believe! For you gladly honor each other, but you don't care about the honor that comes from God alone.
The NLT Book of John , Chapter 5 , Verse 44 , No wonder you can't believe! For you gladly honor each other, but you don't care about the honor that comes from God alone.
5:45 'Yet it is not I who will accuse you of this before the Father. Moses will accuse you! Yes, Moses, on whom you set your hopes.
The NLT Book of John , Chapter 5 , Verse 45 , 'Yet it is not I who will accuse you of this before the Father. Moses will accuse you! Yes, Moses, on whom you set your hopes.
5:46 But if you had believed Moses, you would have believed me because he wrote about me.
The NLT Book of John , Chapter 5 , Verse 46 , But if you had believed Moses, you would have believed me because he wrote about me.
5:47 And since you don't believe what he wrote, how will you believe what I say?'
The NLT Book of John , Chapter 5 , Verse 47 , And since you don't believe what he wrote, how will you believe what I say?'
