| NET Bible | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1After this there was a Jewish feast, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. | 1After this, a Jewish festival took place, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. |
| 2Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool called Bethzatha in Aramaic, which has five covered walkways. | 2By the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem there is a pool, called Bethesda in Hebrew, which has five colonnades. |
| 3A great number of sick, blind, lame, and paralyzed people were lying in these walkways. | 3Within these lay a large number of the sick--blind, lame, and paralyzed --waiting for the moving of the water, |
| 4 | 4because an angel would go down into the pool from time to time and stir up the water. Then the first one who got in after the water was stirred up recovered from whatever ailment he had. |
| 5Now a man was there who had been disabled for thirty-eight years. | 5One man was there who had been sick for 38 years. |
| 6When Jesus saw him lying there and when he realized that the man had been disabled a long time already, he said to him, "Do you want to become well?" | 6When Jesus saw him lying there and knew he had already been there a long time, He said to him, "Do you want to get well?"" |
| 7The sick man answered him, "Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up. While I am trying to get into the water, someone else goes down there before me." | 7Sir," the sick man answered, "I don't have a man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I'm coming, someone goes down ahead of me." |
| 8Jesus said to him, "Stand up! Pick up your mat and walk." | 8"Get up," Jesus told him, "pick up your mat and walk!" |
| 9Immediately the man was healed, and he picked up his mat and started walking. (Now that day was a Sabbath.) | 9Instantly the man got well, picked up his mat, and started to walk. Now that day was the Sabbath, |
| 10So the Jewish leaders said to the man who had been healed, "It is the Sabbath, and you are not permitted to carry your mat." | 10so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, "This is the Sabbath! It's illegal for you to pick up your mat." |
| 11But he answered them, "The man who made me well said to me, 'Pick up your mat and walk.'" | 11He replied, "The man who made me well told me, Pick up your mat and walk.'"" |
| 12They asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, 'Pick up your mat and walk'?" | 12Who is this man who told you, Pick up your mat and walk?" they asked. |
| 13But the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped out, since there was a crowd in that place. | 13But the man who was cured did not know who it was, because Jesus had slipped away into the crowd that was there. |
| 14After this Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, "Look, you have become well. Don't sin any more, lest anything worse happen to you." | 14After this, Jesus found him in the temple complex and said to him, "See, you are well. Do not sin anymore, so that something worse doesn't happen to you." |
| 15The man went away and informed the Jewish leaders that Jesus was the one who had made him well. | 15The man went and reported to the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well. |
| 16Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders began persecuting him. | 16Therefore, the Jews began persecuting Jesus because He was doing these things on the Sabbath. |
| 17So he told them, "My Father is working until now, and I too am working." | 17But Jesus responded to them, "My Father is still working, and I am working also." |
| 18For this reason the Jewish leaders were trying even harder to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was also calling God his own Father, thus making himself equal with God. | 18This is why the Jews began trying all the more to kill Him: Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God. |
| 19So Jesus answered them, "I tell you the solemn truth, the Son can do nothing on his own initiative, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, the Son does likewise. | 19Then Jesus replied, "I assure you: The Son is not able to do anything on His own, but only what He sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, the Son also does these things in the same way. |
| 20For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything he does, and will show him greater deeds than these, so that you will be amazed. | 20For the Father loves the Son and shows Him everything He is doing, and He will show Him greater works than these so that you will be amazed. |
| 21For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whomever he wishes. | 21And just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so the Son also gives life to anyone He wants to. |
| 22Furthermore, the Father does not judge anyone, but has assigned all judgment to the Son, | 22The Father, in fact, judges no one but has given all judgment to the Son, |
| 23so that all people will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him. | 23so that all people will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Anyone who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him. |
| 24"I tell you the solemn truth, the one who hears my message and believes the one who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned, but has crossed over from death to life. | 24"I assure you: Anyone who hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment but has passed from death to life. |
| 25I tell you the solemn truth, a time is coming--and is now here--when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. | 25"I assure you: An hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. |
| 26For just as the Father has life in himself, thus he has granted the Son to have life in himself, | 26For just as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted to the Son to have life in Himself. |
| 27and he has granted the Son authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man. | 27And He has granted Him the right to pass judgment, because He is the Son of Man. |
| 28"Do not be amazed at this, because a time is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice | 28Do not be amazed at this, because a time is coming when all who are in the graves will hear His voice |
| 29and will come out--the ones who have done what is good to the resurrection resulting in life, and the ones who have done what is evil to the resurrection resulting in condemnation. | 29and come out--those who have done good things, to the resurrection of life, but those who have done wicked things, to the resurrection of judgment. |
| 30I can do nothing on my own initiative. Just as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will, but the will of the one who sent me. | 30"I can do nothing on My own. I judge only as I hear, and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. |
| 31"If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true. | 31"If I testify about Myself, My testimony is not valid. |
| 32There is another who testifies about me, and I know the testimony he testifies about me is true. | 32There is Another who testifies about Me, and I know that the testimony He gives about Me is valid. |
| 33You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth. | 33You have sent messengers to John, and he has testified to the truth. |
| 34(I do not accept human testimony, but I say this so that you may be saved.) | 34I don't receive man's testimony, but I say these things so that you may be saved. |
| 35He was a lamp that was burning and shining, and you wanted to rejoice greatly for a short time in his light. | 35John was a burning and shining lamp, and for a time you were willing to enjoy his light. |
| 36"But I have a testimony greater than that from John. For the deeds that the Father has assigned me to complete--the deeds I am now doing--testify about me that the Father has sent me. | 36"But I have a greater testimony than John's because of the works that the Father has given Me to accomplish. These very works I am doing testify about Me that the Father has sent Me. |
| 37And the Father who sent me has himself testified about me. You people have never heard his voice nor seen his form at any time, | 37The Father who sent Me has Himself testified about Me. You have not heard His voice at any time, and you haven't seen His form. |
| 38nor do you have his word residing in you, because you do not believe the one whom he sent. | 38You don't have His word living in you, because you don't believe the One He sent. |
| 39You study the scriptures thoroughly because you think in them you possess eternal life, and it is these same scriptures that testify about me, | 39You pore over the Scriptures because you think you have eternal life in them, yet they testify about Me. |
| 40but you are not willing to come to me so that you may have life. | 40And you are not willing to come to Me so that you may have life. |
| 41"I do not accept praise from people, | 41"I do not accept glory from men, |
| 42but I know you, that you do not have the love of God within you. | 42but I know you--that you have no love for God within you. |
| 43I have come in my Father's name, and you do not accept me. If someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him. | 43I have come in My Father's name, yet you don't accept Me. If someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him. |
| 44How can you believe, if you accept praise from one another and don't seek the praise that comes from the only God? | 44How can you believe? While accepting glory from one another, you don't seek the glory that comes from the only God. |
| 45"Do not suppose that I will accuse you before the Father. The one who accuses you is Moses, in whom you have placed your hope. | 45Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father. Your accuser is Moses, on whom you have set your hope. |
| 46If you believed Moses, you would believe me, because he wrote about me. | 46For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me, because he wrote about Me. |
| 47But if you do not believe what Moses wrote, how will you believe my words?" | 47But if you don't believe his writings, how will you believe My words?" |
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