John 5-6

John 5

¹After these things there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

²Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porches.

³In these lay a multitude of them that were sick, blind, halt, withered.

⁵And a certain man was there, which had been thirty and eight years in his infirmity.

⁶When Jesus saw him lying, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wouldest thou be made whole?

⁷The sick man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.

⁸Jesus saith unto him, Arise, take up thy bed, and walk.

⁹And straightway the man was made whole, and took up his bed and walked. Now it was the sabbath on that day.

¹⁰So the Jews said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath, and it is not lawful for thee to take up thy bed.

¹¹But he answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk.

¹²They asked him, Who is the man that said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?

¹³But he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in the place.

¹⁴Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing befall thee.

¹⁵The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus which had made him whole.

¹⁶And for this cause did the Jews persecute Jesus, because he did these things on the sabbath.

¹⁷But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh even until now, and I work.

¹⁸For 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.

¹⁹Jesus 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.

²⁰For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and greater works than these will he shew him, that ye may marvel.

²¹For as the Father raiseth the dead and quickeneth them, even so the Son also quickeneth whom he will.

²²For neither doth the Father judge any man, but he hath given all judgment unto the Son;

²³that all may honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which sent him.

²⁴Verily, 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.

²⁵Verily, 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.

²⁶For as the Father hath life in himself, even so gave he to the Son also to have life in himself:

²⁷and he gave him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of man.

²⁸Marvel not at this: for the hour cometh, in which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice,

²⁹And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done ill, unto the resurrection of judgment.

³⁰I 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.

³¹If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.

³²It is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.

³³Ye have sent unto John, and he hath borne witness unto the truth.

³⁴But the witness which I receive is not from man: howbeit I say these things, that ye may be saved.

³⁵He was the lamp that burneth and shineth: and ye were willing to rejoice for a season in his light.

³⁶But 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.

³⁷And the Father which sent me, he hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form.

³⁸And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he sent, him ye believe not.

³⁹Ye search the scriptures, because ye think that in them ye have eternal life; and these are they which bear witness of me;

⁴⁰and ye will not come to me, that ye may have life.

⁴¹I receive not glory from men.

⁴²But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in yourselves.

⁴³I am come in my Father’s name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.

⁴⁴How can ye believe, which receive glory one of another, and the glory that cometh from the only God ye seek not?

⁴⁵Think not that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, on whom ye have set your hope.

⁴⁶For if ye believed Moses, ye would believe me; for he wrote of me.

⁴⁷But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?

John 6

¹After these things Jesus went away to the other side of the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias.

²And a great multitude followed him, because they beheld the signs which he did on them that were sick.

³And Jesus went up into the mountain, and there he sat with his disciples.

⁴Now the passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand.

⁵Jesus therefore lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a great multitude cometh unto him, saith unto Philip, Whence are we to buy bread, that these may eat?

⁶And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.

⁷Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one may take a little.

⁸One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, saith unto him,

⁹There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two fishes: but what are these among so many?

¹⁰Jesus said, Make the people sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.

¹¹Jesus therefore took the loaves; and having given thanks, he distributed to them that were set down; likewise also of the fishes as much as they would.

¹²And when they were filled, he saith unto his disciples, Gather up the broken pieces which remain over, that nothing be lost.

¹³So they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with broken pieces from the five barley loaves, which remained over unto them that had eaten.

¹⁴When therefore the people saw the sign which he did, they said, This is of a truth the prophet that cometh into the world.

¹⁵Jesus therefore perceiving that they were about to come and take him by force, to make him king, withdrew again into the mountain himself alone.

¹⁶And when evening came, his disciples went down unto the sea;

¹⁷and they entered into a boat, and were going over the sea unto Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.

¹⁸And the sea was rising by reason of a great wind that blew.

¹⁹When therefore they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they behold Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the boat: and they were afraid.

²⁰But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid.

²¹They were willing therefore to receive him into the boat: and straightway the boat was at the land whither they were going.

²²On the morrow the multitude which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save one, and that Jesus entered not with his disciples into the boat, but that his disciples went away alone

²³(howbeit there came boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks):

²⁴when the multitude therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his disciples, they themselves got into the boats, and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.

²⁵And when they found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither?

²⁶Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw signs, but because ye ate of the loaves, and were filled.

²⁷Work not for the meat which perisheth, but for the meat which abideth unto eternal life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him the Father, even God, hath sealed.

²⁸They said therefore unto him, What must we do, that we may work the works of God?

²⁹Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.

³⁰They said therefore unto him, What then doest thou for a sign, that we may see, and believe thee? what workest thou?

³¹Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.

³²Jesus therefore said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, It was not Moses that gave you the bread out of heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread out of heaven.

³³For the bread of God is that which cometh down out of heaven, and giveth life unto the world.

³⁴They said therefore unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.

³⁵Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall not hunger, and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

³⁶But I said unto you, that ye have seen me, and yet believe not.

³⁷All that which the Father giveth me shall come unto me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

³⁸For I am come down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

³⁹And this is the will of him that sent me, that of all that which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day.

⁴⁰For this is the will of my Father, that every one that beholdeth the Son, and believeth on him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.

⁴¹The Jews therefore murmured concerning him, because he said, I am the bread which came down out of heaven.

⁴²And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how doth he now say, I am come down out of heaven?

⁴³Jesus answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves.

⁴⁴No man can come to me, except the Father which sent me draw him: and I will raise him up in the last day.

⁴⁵It is written in the prophets, And they shall all be taught of God. Every one that hath heard from the Father, and hath learned, cometh unto me.

⁴⁶Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is from God, he hath seen the Father.

⁴⁷Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth hath eternal life.

⁴⁸I am the bread of life.

⁴⁹Your fathers did eat the manna in the wilderness, and they died.

⁵⁰This is the bread which cometh down out of heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.

⁵¹I am the living bread which came down out of heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: yea and the bread which I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world.

⁵²The Jews therefore strove one with another, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

⁵³Jesus therefore said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, ye have not life in yourselves.

⁵⁴He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.

⁵⁵For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.

⁵⁶He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood abideth in me, and I in him.

⁵⁷As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he that eateth me, he also shall live because of me.

⁵⁸This is the bread which came down out of heaven: not as the fathers did eat, and died: he that eateth this bread shall live for ever.

⁵⁹These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.

⁶⁰Many therefore of his disciples, when they heard this, said, This is a hard saying; who can hear it?

⁶¹But Jesus knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at this, said unto them, Doth this cause you to stumble?

⁶²What then if ye should behold the Son of man ascending where he was before?

⁶³It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I have spoken unto you are spirit, and are life.

⁶⁴But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who it was that should betray him.

⁶⁵And he said, For this cause have I said unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it be given unto him of the Father.

⁶⁶Upon this many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.

⁶⁷Jesus said therefore unto the twelve, Would ye also go away?

⁶⁸Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.

⁶⁹And we have believed and know that thou art the Holy One of God.

⁷⁰Jesus answered them, Did not I choose you the twelve, and one of you is a devil?

⁷¹Now he spake of Judas the son of Simon Iscariot, for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve.