1After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2And there was there in Jerusalem a certain place of baptizing, which was called in Hebrew Bethesda; and there were in it five porches. 3And in them were laid a great multitude of the sick, and the blind, and the lame, and the withered, waiting for the moving of the waters. 4For an angel, from time to time, descended into the baptistery, and moved the waters; and he who first went in, after the moving of the waters, was cured of whatever disease he had. 5And a certain man was there, who had been diseased thirty and eight years. 6Jesus saw him lying, and knew that his disease had been a long time upon him, and said to him: Desirest thou to be healed? 7And the sick man answered and said: Yes, my lord; but I have no one who, when the water is moved, will put me into the baptistery; but while I am coming, another descendeth before me. 8Jesus said to him: Arise, take up thy bed, and walk. 9And immediately the man was healed; and he arose, took up his bed, and walked; and it was the sabbath day. 10And the Jews said to him that was healed: It is the sabbath; it is not lawful for thee to bear thy bed. 11But he answered, and said to them: He that made me whole, he said to me, Take up thy bed and walk. 12And they asked him: Who is the man that said to thee, Take up thy bed and walk? 13But the man that was healed, knew not who it was; for Jesus had slid away, in the great multitude that was in the place. 14After a time, Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him: Lo, thou art healed; sin not again, lest something worse come upon thee than before. 15And the man went and told the Jews, that it was Jesus who had cured him. 16And for this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill him; because he had done these things on the sabbath. 17But Jesus said to them: My Father worketh until now, and I work. 18And for this, the Jews sought the more to kill him, not only because he had broken the sabbath, but because he had said of God, that he was his Father, and had equalled himself with God. 19And Jesus answered, and said to them: Verily, verily, I say to you: The Son can do nothing, of his own pleasure, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things the Father doeth, these in like manner doeth the Son. 20For the Father loveth his Son, and showeth him every thing he doeth: and greater works than these, will he show him, that ye may wonder. 21For as the Father raiseth the dead, and vivifieth them; so also the Son vivifieth whom he pleaseth. 22For neither doth the Father judge any one, but hath given all judgment to the Son: 23that every man may honor the Son, as he honoreth the Father. He that honoreth not the Son, honoreth not the Father that sent him. 24Verily, verily, I say to you, That he who heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath life eternal, and will not come into condemnation, but hath passed from death to life. 25Verily, verily, I say to you, That the hour cometh, and even now come, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and they that hear, will live. 26For, as the Father hath life in himself, so hath he given to the Son also, to have life in himself: 27and hath moreover given him authority to execute judgment. But that he is the Son of man, 28wonder not at this; for the hour cometh when all that are in their graves will hear his voice; 29and will come forth; they that have done good, to the resurrection of life, and they that have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation. 30I can do nothing of my own pleasure; but as I hear, so I judge. And my judgment is just; for I seek not my own pleasure, but the pleasure of him that sent me. 31If I should bear testimony respecting myself, my testimony would not be valid. 32There is another that beareth testimony concerning me; and I know that the testimony which he beareth concerning me is true. 33Ye sent unto John; and he bore testimony to the truth. 34And I have not received testimony from men: but these things I say, that ye may live. 35He was a burning and shining lamp; and ye were willing for a time, to glory in his light. 36But I have a testimony, which is greater than that of John; for the works which my Father hath given me to accomplish, these works which I do, testify of me that the Father hath sent me. 37And the Father who sent me, he testifieth of me. Ye have not at any time heard his voice, nor have ye seen his visage. 38And his word abideth not in you, because ye believe not in him whom he hath sent. 39Search the scriptures; for in them, ye think, there is life eternal for you; and they testify of me. 40And ye are unwilling to come to me, that life eternal may be yours. 41I do not receive glory from men. 42But I know you, that the love of God is not in you. 43I came in the name of my Father, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. 44How can ye believe, who receive glory from one another, and seek not the glory which cometh from God only? 45Do ye suppose, that I shall accuse you before the Father? There is one that will accuse you, that Moses, on whom ye rely. 46For, if ye believed Moses, ye would also believe me; for Moses wrote concerning me. 47But if ye believe not his writings, how will ye believe my words?