And straightway the man was made whole, and took up his bed and
walked.
Now it was the sabbath on that day.
So the Jews said unto him that was cured, "It is the sabbath, and it
is not lawful for thee to take up thy bed."
But he answered them, "He that made me whole, the same said unto me,
'Take up thy bed, and walk.'"
They asked him, "Who is the man that said unto thee, 'Take up thy bed,
and walk'?"
But he that was healed knew not who it was; for Jesus had conveyed
himself away, a multitude being in the place. Afterward Jesus findeth
him in the temple, and said unto him, "Behold, thou art made whole:
sin no more, lest a worse thing befall thee."
The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made
him whole. And for this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he
did these things on the sabbath.
But Jesus answered them, "My Father worketh even until now, and I
work."
For this cause therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because
he not only brake the sabbath, but also called God his own Father,
making himself equal with God.
Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, "Verily, verily, I say
unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the
Father doing: for what things soever he doeth, these the Son also
doeth in like manner. For the Father loveth the Son, and showeth him
all things that himself doeth: and greater works than these will he
show him, that ye may marvel. For as the Father raiseth the dead and
giveth them life, even so the Son also giveth life to whom he will.
For neither doth the Father judge any man, but he hath given all
judgment unto the Son; that all may honor the Son, even as they honor
the Father. He that honoreth not the Son honoreth not the Father that
sent him. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and
believeth him that sent me, hath eternal life, and cometh not into
judgment, but hath passed out of death into life. Verily, verily, I
say unto you, The hour cometh, and now is, when the dead shall hear
the voice of the Son of God; and they that hear shall live. For as the
Father hath life in himself, even so gave he to the Son also to have
life in himself: and he gave him authority to execute judgment,
because he is a son of man. Marvel not at this: for the hour cometh,
in which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice, and shall
come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life;
and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of judgment.
"I can of myself do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is
righteous; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of him that
sent me. If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. It is
another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which
he witnesseth of me is true. Ye have sent unto John, and he hath borne
witness unto the truth. But the witness which I receive is not from
man: howbeit I say these things, that ye may be saved. He was the lamp
that burneth and shineth; and ye were willing to rejoice for a season
in his light. But the witness which I have is greater than that of
John; for the works which the Father hath given me to accomplish, the
very works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent
me. And the Father that sent me, he hath borne witness of me. Ye have
neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form. And ye have
not his word abiding in you: for whom he sent, him ye believe not.
"Ye search the scriptures, because ye think that in them ye have
eternal life; and these are they which bear witness of me; and ye will
not come to me, that ye may have life. I receive not glory from men.
But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in yourselves. I am
come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come
in his own name, him ye will receive. How can ye believe, who receive
glory one of another, and the glory that cometh from the only God ye
seek not? Think not that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one
that accuseth you, even Moses, on whom ye have set your hope. For if
ye believed Moses, ye would believe me; for he wrote of me. But if ye
believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?"