John 5:1-47, NLT
John 5
Jesus Heals a Lame Man
1Afterward Jesus returned to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish holy days.
7“I can’t, sir,” the sick man said, “for I have no one to put me into the pool when the water bubbles up. Someone else always gets there ahead of me.”
8Jesus told him, “Stand up, pick up your mat, and walk!”
9Instantly, the man was healed! He rolled up his sleeping mat and began walking! But this miracle happened on the Sabbath,
11But he replied, “The man who healed me told me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’”
12“Who said such a thing as that?” they demanded.
13The man didn’t know, for Jesus had disappeared into the crowd.
Jesus Claims to Be the Son of God
16So the Jewish leaders began harassing*5:16 Or persecuting. Jesus for breaking the Sabbath rules.
19So Jesus explained, “I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself. He does only what he sees the Father doing. Whatever the Father does, the Son also does.
24“I tell you the truth, 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.
25“And I assure you that the time is coming, indeed it’s here now, when the dead will hear my voice—the voice of the Son of God. And those who listen will live.
Witnesses to Jesus
31“If I were to testify on my own behalf, my testimony would not be valid.
39“You search the Scriptures because you think they give you eternal life. But the Scriptures point to me!
41“Your approval means nothing to me,
45“Yet it isn’t I who will accuse you before the Father. Moses will accuse you! Yes, Moses, in whom you put your hopes.