005:009 Instantly the man was restored to perfect health, and he took
up his mat and began to walk.
005:010 That day was a Sabbath. So the Jews said to the man who had
been cured, "It is the Sabbath: you must not carry your mat."
005:011 "He who cured me," he replied, "said to me, `Take up your
mat and walk.'"
005:012 "Who is it," they asked, "that said to you, `Take up your
mat and walk'?"
005:013 But the man who had been cured did not know who it was;
for Jesus had passed out unnoticed, there being a crowd
in the place.
005:014 Afterwards Jesus found him in the Temple and said to him,
"You are now restored to health. Do not sin any more,
or a worse thing may befall you."
005:015 The man went and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had restored
him to health;
005:016 and on this account the Jews began to persecute Jesus--
because He did these things on the Sabbath.
005:017 His reply to their accusation was, "My Father works unceasingly,
and so do I."
005:018 On this account then the Jews were all the more eager to put
Him to death--because He not only broke the Sabbath,
but also spoke of God as being in a special sense His Father,
thus putting Himself on a level with God.
005:019 "In most solemn truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "that the Son
can do nothing of Himself--He can only do what He sees
the Father doing; for whatever He does, that the Son does
in like manner.
005:020 For the Father loves the Son and reveals to Him all that He Himself
is doing. And greater deeds than these will He reveal to Him,
in order that you may wonder.
005:021 For just as the Father awakens the dead and gives them life,
so the Son also gives life to whom He wills.
005:022 The Father indeed does not judge any one, but He has entrusted
all judgement to the Son,
005:023 that all may honour the Son even as they honour the Father.
The man who withholds honour from the Son withholds honour
from the Father who sent Him.
005:024 "In most solemn truth I tell you that he who listens to my
teaching and believes Him who sent me, has the Life of the Ages,
and does not come under judgement, but has passed over out
of death into Life.
005:025 "In most solemn truth I tell you that a time is coming--
nay, has already come--when the dead will hear the voice
of the Son of God, and those who hear it will live.
005:026 For just as the Father has life in Himself, so He has also given
to the Son to have life in Himself.
005:027 And He has conferred on Him authority to act as Judge,
because He is the Son of Man.
005:028 Wonder not at this. For a time is coming when all who are
in the graves will hear His voice and will come forth--
005:029 they who have done what is right to the resurrection of Life,
and they whose actions have been evil to the resurrection
of judgement.
005:030 "I can of my own self do nothing. As I am bidden, so I judge;
and mine is a just judgement, because it is not my own will
that guides me, but the will of Him who sent me.
005:031 "If I give testimony concerning myself, my testimony
cannot be accepted.
005:032 There is Another who gives testimony concerning me, and I know
that the testimony is true which He offers concerning me.
005:033 "You sent to John, and he both was and still is a witness
to the truth.
005:034 But the testimony on my behalf which I accept is not from man;
though I say all this in order that you may be saved.
005:035 He was the lamp that burned and shone, and for a time you
were willing to be gladdened by his light.
005:036 "But the testimony which I have is weightier than that of John;
for the work the Father has assigned to me for me to
bring it to completion--the very work which I am doing--
affords testimony concerning me that the Father has sent me.
005:037 And the Father who sent me, *He* has given testimony concerning me.
None of you have ever either heard His voice or seen what
He is like.
005:038 Nor have you His word dwelling within you, for you refuse
to believe Him whom *He* has sent.
005:039 "You search the Scriptures, because you suppose that in them
you will find the Life of the Ages; and it is those Scriptures
that yield testimony concerning me;
005:040 and yet you are unwilling to come to me that you may have Life.
005:041 "I do not accept glory from man,
005:042 but I know you well, and I know that in your hearts you do
not really love God.
005:043 I have come as my Father's representative, and you do not
receive me. If some one else comes representing only himself,
him you will receive.
005:044 How is it possible for you to believe, while you receive glory
from one another and have no desire for the glory that comes
from the only God?
005:045 "Do not suppose that I will accuse you to the Father.
There is one who accuses you, namely Moses, on whom
your hope rests.
005:046 For if you believe Moses, you would believe me;
for he wrote about me.