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John 5
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1 After these things was a festival day of the Jews: and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
2 Now there is at Jerusalem a pond, called Probatica, which in Hebrew is named Bethsaida, having five porches.
3 In these lay a great multitude of sick, of blind, of lame, of withered: waiting for the moving of the water.
4 And an angel of the Lord descended at certain times into the pond and the water was moved. And he that went down first into the pond after the motion of the water was made whole of whatsoever infirmity he lay under.
5 And there was a certain man there that had been eight and thirty years under his infirmity.
6 Him when Jesus had seen lying, and knew that he had been now a long time, he saith to him: Wilt thou be made whole?
7 The infirm man answered him: Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pond. For whilst I am coming, another goeth down before me.
8 Jesus saith to him: Arise, take up thy bed and walk.
9 And immediately the man was made whole: and he took up his bed and walked. And it was the sabbath that day.
10 The Jews therefore said to him that was healed: It is the sabbath. It is not lawful for thee to take up thy bed. CCC
11 He answered them: He that made me whole, he said to me: Take up thy bed and walk.
12 They asked him therefore: Who is that man who said to thee: Take up thy bed and walk?
13 But he who was healed knew not who it was: for Jesus went aside from the multitude standing in the place.
14 Afterwards, Jesus findeth him in the temple and saith to him: Behold thou art made whole: sin no more, lest some worse thing happen to thee. Fathers
15 The man went his way and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him whole.
16 Therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, because he did these things on the sabbath.
17 But Jesus answered them: My Father worketh until now; and I work.
18 Hereupon therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he did not only break the sabbath but also said God was his Father, making himself equal to God. CCC
19 Then Jesus answered and said to them: Amen, amen, I say unto you, the Son cannot do any thing of himself, but what he seeth the Father doing: for what things soever he doth, these the Son also doth in like manner. CCC
20 For the Father loveth the Son and sheweth him all things which himself doth: and greater works than these will he shew him, that you may wonder. CCC
21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead and giveth life: so the Son also giveth life to whom he will.
22 For neither does the Father judge any man: but hath given all judgment to the Son. CCC
23 That all men may honour the Son, as they honour the Father. He who honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father who hath sent him.
24 Amen, amen, I say unto you that he who heareth my word and believeth him that sent me hath life everlasting: and cometh not into judgment, but is passed from death to life. CCC
25 Amen, amen, I say unto you, that the hour cometh, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. CCC
26 For as the Father hath life in himself, so he hath given to the Son also to have life in himself. CCC
27 And he hath given him power to do judgment, because he is the Son of man.
28 Wonder not at this: for the hour cometh wherein all that are in the graves shall hear the voice of the Son of God. CCC · Fathers
29 And they that have done good things shall come forth unto the resurrection of life: but they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of judgment. CCC
30 I cannot of myself do any thing. As I hear, so I judge. And my judgment is just: because I seek not my own will, but the will of him that sent me. CCC
31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.
32 There is another that beareth witness of me: and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.
33 You sent to John: and he gave testimony to the truth.
34 But I receive not testimony from man: but I say these things, that you may be saved.
35 He was a burning and a shining light: and you were willing for a time to rejoice in his light. CCC
36 But I have a greater testimony than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to perfect, the works themselves which I do, give testimony of me, that the Father hath sent me. CCC
37 And the Father himself who hath sent me hath given testimony of me: neither have you heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.
38 And you have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him you believe not.
39 Search the scriptures: for you think in them to have life everlasting. And the same are they that give testimony of me. CCC · Fathers
40 And you will not come to me that you may have life. Fathers
41 I receive not glory from men.
42 But I know you, that you have not the love of God in you.
43 I am come in the name of my Father, and you receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him you will receive. Fathers
44 How can you believe, who receive glory one from another: and the glory which is from God alone, you do not seek?
45 Think not that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one that accuseth you, Moses, in whom you trust.
46 For if you did believe Moses, you would perhaps believe me also: for he wrote of me. CCC · Fathers
47 But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words? Fathers
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- CCC 575 “Many of Jesus' deeds and words constituted a "sign of contradiction", but more so for the religious authorities in Jerusalem, whom the…”
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“This is in accordance with what the Lord said to the man who had been healed: "Behold, thou art made whole; sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.”
Quoted in Against Heresies, Book IV, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter XXXVI. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1
“And thus also He healed by a word all the others who were in a weakly condition because of sin; to whom also He said, "Behold, thou art made whole, sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon thee:”
Quoted in Against Heresies, Book V, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter XV. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1
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- CCC 574 “From the beginning of Jesus' public ministry, certain Pharisees and partisans of Herod together with priests and scribes agreed together to destroy…”
- CCC 589 “Jesus gave scandal above all when he identified his merciful conduct toward sinners with God's own attitude toward them. He went so…”
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- CCC 409 “This dramatic situation of "the whole world [which] is in the power of the evil one" makes man's life a battle: The…”
- CCC 859 “Jesus unites them to the mission he received from the Father. As "the Son can do nothing of his own accord," but…”
- CCC 1063 “In the book of the prophet Isaiah, we find the expression "God of truth" (literally "God of the Amen"), that is, the…”
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- CCC 217 “God is also truthful when he reveals himself - the teaching that comes from God is "true instruction". When he sends his…”
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- CCC 679 “Christ is Lord of eternal life. Full right to pass definitive judgement on the works and hearts of men belongs to him…”
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- CCC 1038 “The resurrection of all the dead, "of both the just and the unjust," will precede the Last Judgment. This will be "the…”
“… come, in which all the dead which are in the tombs shall hear the voice of the Son of man, and shall come forth; those that have done good to the resurrection of life, and those that have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.”
Quoted in Against Heresies, Book V, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter XIII. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1
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- CCC 719 “John the Baptist is "more than a prophet." In him, the Holy Spirit concludes his speaking through the prophets. John completes the…”
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- CCC 702 “From the beginning until "the fullness of time," The joint mission of the Father's Word and Spirit remains hidden, but it is…”
“And ye are not willing to come unto Me, that ye may have life.”
Quoted in Against Heresies, Book IV, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter X. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1
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“And ye are not willing to come unto Me, that ye may have life.”
Quoted in Against Heresies, Book IV, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter X. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1
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“The Lord also spoke as follows to those who did not believe in Him: "I have come in my Father's name, and ye have not received Me: when another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive,”
Quoted in Against Heresies, Book V, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter XXV. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1
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- CCC 702 “From the beginning until "the fullness of time," The joint mission of the Father's Word and Spirit remains hidden, but it is…”
“But if ye believe not his writings, neither will ye believe My words.”
Quoted in Against Heresies, Book IV, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter II. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1
“For if ye had believed Moses, ye would also have believed Me; for he wrote of Me;”
Quoted in Against Heresies, Book IV, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter X. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1
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“But if ye believe not his writings, neither will ye believe My words.”
Quoted in Against Heresies, Book IV, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter II. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1
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