{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/wbt/john/5","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-20T04:59:43.651Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WBT","book":"John","bookSlug":"john","chapter":5,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":4,"nextChapter":6,"totalChapters":21,"totalVerses":47},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"After this there was a feast of the Jews: and Jesus went up to Jerusalem."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue, Bethesda, having five porches."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"In these lay a great multitude of impotent persons, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and agitated the water: whoever then first after the stirring of the water stepped in, was cured of whatever disease he had."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And a certain man was there, who had an infirmity thirty and eight years."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"When Jesus saw him lying, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith to him, Wilt thou be healed?"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is agitated, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Jesus saith to him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And immediately the man was healed, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"The Jews therefore said to him that was cured, it is the sabbath; it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"He answered them, He that healed me, the same said to me, Take up thy bed, and walk."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Then they asked him, What man is that who said to thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And he that was healed knew not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said to him, Behold, thou art cured: sin no more, lest a worse thing come to thee."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had healed him."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And therefore the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Then answered Jesus, and said to them, Verily, verily, I say to you, The Son can do nothing by himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for whatever things he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"For the Father loveth the Son, and showeth him all things that himself doeth: and he will show him greater works than these, that ye may marvel."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"For as the Father raiseth the dead, and reviveth them; even so the Son reviveth whom he will."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"For the Father judgeth no man; but hath committed all judgment to the Son:"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"That all men should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that honoreth not the Son, honoreth not the Father who hath sent him."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Verily, verily, I say to you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but hath passed from death to life."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Verily, verily, I say to you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"For as the Father hath life in himself, so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,"},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"And shall come forth; they that have done good to the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, to the resurrection of damnation."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"I can of my own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not my own will, but the will of the Father who hath sent me."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"If I testify concerning myself, my testimony is not true."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"There is another that testifieth concerning me, and I know that the testimony which he beareth concerning me is true."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"Ye sent to John, and he testified to the truth."},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye may be saved."},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light."},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"But I have greater testimony than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear testimony concerning me, that the Father hath sent me."},{"verseNumber":37,"text":"And the Father himself who hath sent me, hath borne testimony concerning me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape."},{"verseNumber":38,"text":"And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not."},{"verseNumber":39,"text":"Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me."},{"verseNumber":40,"text":"And ye will not come to me, that ye may have life."},{"verseNumber":41,"text":"I receive not honor from men."},{"verseNumber":42,"text":"But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you."},{"verseNumber":43,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":44,"text":"How can ye believe, who receive honor one from another, and seek not the honor that cometh from God only?"},{"verseNumber":45,"text":"Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust."},{"verseNumber":46,"text":"For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote concerning me."},{"verseNumber":47,"text":"But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?"}],"citation":{"inline":"John 5 (WBT)","markdown":"[John 5](https://primebible.com/wbt/john/5)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WBT. https://primebible.com/wbt/john/5 (accessed 2026-06-20)."}}