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And that day was the sabbath. The Jews therefore said to him that was cured, It is the sabbath; and it is 11 not lawful for thee to take up the bed. He answered them, He that made me well, the same said to me, 12 Take up thy bed, and walk. They asked him, Who is 13 the man that said to thee, Take up, and walk? But the diseased man knew not who it was; for Jesus had with14 drawn himself, there being a crowd in the place. Afterwards Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, Behold, thou art made well; sin no more, lest something 15 worse befall thee. The man went away, and told the Jews 16 that it was Jesus who had made him well. And on this

account the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he did these 17 things on the sabbath. But he answered them, My Father 18 is working up to this time, and I work. On this account

the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only broke the sabbath, but also said that God was his 19 own Father, making himself equal with God. Then answered Jesus and said to them, Truly, truly do I say to you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father doing; for whatever He doeth, these 20 things the Son also doeth in like manner; for the Father

loveth the Son, and showeth him all things which he himself doeth; and greater works than these will he show him, 21 so that ye will wonder. For as the Father raiseth up the

dead, and giveth them life, so the Son also giveth life to 22 whom he will. For neither doth the Father judge any 23 one, but hath committed all judgment to the Son; that

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all may honor the Son, as they honor the Father. He that honoreth not the Son, honoreth not the Father, who sent him.

Truly, truly do I say to you, He that heareth my word, and believeth him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and cometh not into condemnation, but hath passed out of 25 death into life. Truly, truly do I say to you, The hour

is coming and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and they that hear will live. 26 For as the Father hath life in himself, so did he give 27 to the Son also to have life in himself. And he gave

him authority to execute judgment, because he is a son 28 of man. Marvel not at this; for the hour is coming, in 29 which all that are in the tombs will hear his voice, and will come forth, they that have done good, to a resurrection of life; they that have done evil, to a resurrection of condemnation.

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I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will, but the will of him that sent me.

If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. 32 There is another who beareth witness of me; and ye know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true. 33 Ye have sent to John, and he hath borne witness to the 34 truth. But the testimony which I receive is not from

man; but these things I say, that ye may be saved. 35 He was the burning and shining lamp: and ye were 36 willing for a season to rejoice in his light. But the

testimony which I have, is greater than that of John; for the works which the Father hath given me to perform, the works themselves which I do, bear witness of 37 me, that the Father hath sent me. And the Father who sent me, he hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form. 38 And ye have not his word abiding in you; for whom he sent, him ye believe not.

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Ye search the Scriptures, because ye yourselves think that in them ye have everlasting life; and it is they 40 which testify of me; and ye are not willing to come 41 to me, that ye may have life. I receive not honor from 42 men; but I know you, that ye have not the love of God I have come in my Father's name, and ye

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receive me not; if another come in his own name, him 44 ye will receive. How can ye believe while ye receive honor from one another, and seek not the honor that is 45 from him who alone is God? Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father; there is one that accuseth you, 46 even Moses, in whom ye have placed your hope. For if ye believed Moses, ye would believe me; for he wrote 47 of me. But if ye do not believe his writings, how will ye believe my words?

VI. After these things Jesus went away across the lake 2 of Galilee, that of Tiberias. And a great multitude

followed him, because they saw the signs which he 3 wrought on the diseased. And Jesus went up into the 4 mountain, and sat there with his disciples. And the pass5 over, the feast of the Jews, was near. Jesus then lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a great crowd was coming to him, saith to Philip, Whence are we to buy bread, that 6 these may eat? But this he said to

try him; for he 7 himself knew what he was going to do. Philip answered him, Two hundred denāries' worth of bread is not suffi8 cient for them, that each one may take a little. One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith to him, 9 There is a lad here, who hath five barley-loaves, and two 10 small fishes; but what are they among so many? Jesus

said, Make the men lie down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men lay down, in number about five 11 thousand. Jesus then took the loaves, and having given thanks, distributed to those that were lying down; in like 12 manner also of the fishes, as much as they desired. And when they were filled, he saith to his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain over, that nothing may be lost. 13 So they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with

Ver. 1-13. Comp. Matt. xiv. 13-21; Mark vi. 30-44; Luke ix. 10-17.

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the fragments of the five barley-loaves, which remained over and above to those that had eaten.

The men therefore seeing the sign which he wrought, said, This is truly the prophet that was to come into the 15 world. Jesus therefore, knowing that they were about to come and take him by force to make him a king, withdrew again to the mountain alone.

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But when evening came, his disciples went down to the 17 lake, and having gone on board a boat, were going over the lake to Capernaum. And darkness had overtaken 18 them, and Jesus had not yet come to them. And as a 19 strong wind was blowing, the waves ran high. When

therefore they had rowed about twenty-five or thirty furlongs, they saw Jesus walking on the lake, and drawing 20 near the boat; and they were afraid. But he saith to 21 them, It is I, be not afraid. Then they were willing to receive him into the boat; and immediately the boat was at the land whither they were going.

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The day following, the multitude which stood on the other side of the lake having seen that there was no other boat there but one, and that Jesus did not go with his disciples into the boat, but that his disciples 23 went away alone, (but there came other boats from Ti

berias near the place where they ate the bread, when 24 the Lord had given thanks;) when therefore the multitude saw that Jesus was not there nor his disciples, they went on board the boats, and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.

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And having found him on the other side of the lake, they said to him, Rabbi, when didst thou come hither? 26 Jesus answered them and said, Truly, truly do I say to

you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw, signs, but because 27 ye ate of the loaves, and were filled. Labor not for the

Ver. 16-21. Comp. Matt. xiv. 22–33; Mark vi. 45-52.

food that perisheth, but for the food that endureth to everlasting life, which the Son of man giveth to you; 28 for on him hath the Father set his seal, even God. Then they said to him, What are we to do, that we may work 29 the works of God? Jesus answered and said to them, This is the work of God, that ye believe in him whom 30 he sent. They said therefore to him, What sign doest thou, that we may see, and believe thee? What dost 31 thou work? Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to Jesus therefore said to them, Truly, truly do I say to you, Moses hath not given you the bread from

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heaven; but my Father is giving you the true bread 33 from heaven. For the bread of God is that which is coming down from heaven, and giving life to the world.

34 They said therefore to him, Lord, evermore give us this 35 bread. Jesus therefore said to them, I am the bread of life; he that cometh to me will not hunger; and he that 36 believeth in me will never thirst. But I said to you, 37 that ye have even seen, and do not believe. All that the Father giveth me will come to me; and him that cometh 38 to me I will in no wise cast out; for I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him 39 that sent me. And this is the will of him that sent me,

that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, 40 but should raise it up in the last day. For this is the will of my Father, that every one who looketh on the Son and believeth in him, shall have everlasting life; and I will raise him up in the last day.

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The Jews therefore murmured about him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven; 42 and they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, one whose father and mother we know? How is it then that 43 this man saith, I have come down from heaven? Jesus

Ps. lxxviii. 24.