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JOHN 6
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found him in the Temple and told him, “Now
you are well; so stop sinning, or something
even worse may happen to you.” 15 Then the
man went and told the Jewish leaders that it
was Jesus who had healed him.
— promises —
from God
“I tell you the truth, those
who listen to my message
and believe in God who
sent me have eternal life.”
JO H N 5:24
Jesus Claims to Be the Son of God
16 So the Jewish leaders began harassing* Jesus
for breaking the Sabbath rules. 17 But Jesus
replied, “My Father is always working, and
so am I.” 18 So the Jewish leaders tried all the
harder to find a way to kill him. For he not only
broke the Sabbath, he called God his Father,
thereby making himself equal with God.
19 So 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. 20 For the Father loves
the Son and shows him everything he is doing.
In fact, the Father will show him how to do even
greater works than healing this man. Then you
will truly be astonished. 21 For just as the Father
gives life to those he raises from the dead, so the
Son gives life to anyone he wants. 22 In addition,
the Father judges no one. Instead, he has given
the Son absolute authority to judge, 23 so that
everyone will honor the Son, just as they honor
the Father. Anyone who does not honor the Son is
certainly not honoring the Father who sent him.
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. 26 The Father has life
in himself, and he has granted that same lifegiving power to his Son. 27 And he has given him
authority to judge everyone because he is the
Son of Man.* 28 Don’t be so surprised! Indeed,
the time is coming when all the dead in their
graves will hear the voice of God’s Son, 29 and
they will rise again. Those who have done good
will rise to experience eternal life, and those
who have continued in evil will rise to experience judgment. 30 I can do nothing on my own.
I judge as God tells me. Therefore, my judgment
is just, because I carry out the will of the one
who sent me, not my own will.
Witnesses to Jesus
31 “If I were to testify on my own behalf, my testimony would not be valid. 32 But someone else is
also testifying about me, and I assure you that
everything he says about me is true. 33 In fact,
you sent investigators to listen to John the Baptist, and his testimony about me was true. 34 Of
course, I have no need of human witnesses, but
I say these things so you might be saved. 35 John
was like a burning and shining lamp, and you
were excited for a while about his message. 36 But
I have a greater witness than John—my teachings and my miracles. The Father gave me these
works to accomplish, and they prove that he sent
me. 37 And the Father who sent me has testified
about me himself. You have never heard his voice
or seen him face to face, 38 and you do not have
his message in your hearts, because you do not
believe me—the one he sent to you.
39 “You search the Scriptures because you
think they give you eternal life. But the Scriptures point to me! 40 Yet you refuse to come to
me to receive this life.
41 “Your approval means nothing to me, 42 because I know you don’t have God’s love within
you. 43 For I have come to you in my Father’s name,
and you have rejected me. Yet if others come in
their own name, you gladly welcome them. 44 No
wonder you can’t believe! For you gladly honor
each other, but you don’t care about the honor
that comes from the one who alone is God.*
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. 46 If you really believed Moses, you would believe me, because he
wrote about me. 47 But since you don’t believe
what he wrote, how will you believe what I say?”
Jesus Feeds Five Thousand
After this, Jesus crossed over to the far side
of the Sea of Galilee, also known as the Sea
of Tiberias. 2 A huge crowd kept following him
wherever he went, because they saw his miraculous signs as he healed the sick. 3 Then Jesus
climbed a hill and sat down with his disciples
around him. 4 (It was nearly time for the Jewish
Passover celebration.) 5 Jesus soon saw a huge
crowd of people coming to look for him. Turning
to Philip, he asked, “Where can we buy bread to
feed all these people?” 6 He was testing Philip,
for he already knew what he was going to do.
7 Philip replied, “Even if we worked for
months, we wouldn’t have enough money* to
feed them!”
6
5:16 Or persecuting. 5:27 “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used
for himself. 5:44 Some manuscripts read from the only One.
6:7 Greek Two hundred denarii would not be enough. A denarius
was equivalent to a laborer’s full day’s wage.