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John 5

¹After these things there was a Jewish feast and he went up to Jerusalem. ²Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep gate a pool which is call Bethzatha in Hebrew, which has 5 porches. ³In these were lying a crowd of sick people, blind, lame and withered. ^{4 5}And there was a certain man there who had been sick for 38 years. ⁶Jesus saw him lying there and he knew that he'd already been there for a long time. He said to him, "Do you want to be healthy?" ⁷The sick man answered, "Sir, I don't have anybody who can throw me into the pool when the waters are troubled. When I get there, someone else has always gone in before me." ⁸Jesus said to him, "Get up, take your mattress and walk!" ⁹And immediately the man became healthy and he took his mattress and walked. ¹⁹Then Jesus answered and said to them, "I tell you very truly, the Son is not able to do anything of himself, unless he sees the Father doing it. The things that he does, those are the ones that the Son does in the same way. ²⁰For the Father loves the Son, and shows him everything that he does, and he will show him greater works than these so that you may be amazed. ²¹For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, the Son gives life to those he wants to. ²²For the Father doesn't judge anyone, but has given all judgment to the Son, ²³so that everyone might honor the Son just as they honor the Father."

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