Scripture Reading

John.4.43-John.5.15

John.4.43-John.5.15

John.4.43

Now after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee.

John.4.43

After the two days he left for Galilee.

John.4.43

After the two days he left for Galilee.

John.4.43

Now after the two days He departed from there and went to Galilee.

John.4.43

At the end of the two days' stay, Jesus went on into Galilee.

John.4.44

For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country.

John.4.44

Now, Jesus knew well from experience that a prophet is not respected in the place where he grew up.

John.4.44

(Now Jesus himself had pointed out that a prophet has no honor in his own country.)

John.4.44

For Jesus Himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.

John.4.44

He had previously said, "A prophet is honored everywhere except in his own country."

John.4.45

Then when he was come into Galilee, the Galilaeans received him, having seen all the things that he did at Jerusalem at the feast: for they also went unto the feast.

John.4.45

So when he arrived in Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, but only because they were impressed with what he had done in Jerusalem during the Passover Feast, not that they really had a clue about who he was or what he was up to.

John.4.45

When he arrived in Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him. They had seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, for they also had been there.

John.4.45

So when He came to Galilee, the Galileans received Him, having seen all the things He did in Jerusalem at the feast; for they also had gone to the feast.

John.4.45

The Galileans welcomed him, for they had been in Jerusalem at the Passover celebration and had seen all his miraculous signs.

John.4.46

So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum.

John.4.46

Now he was back in Cana of Galilee, the place where he made the water into wine. Meanwhile in Capernaum, there was a certain official from the king's court whose son was sick.

John.4.46

Once more he visited Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. And there was a certain royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum.

John.4.46

So Jesus came again to Cana of Galilee where He had made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman whose son was sick at Capernaum.

John.4.46

In the course of his journey through Galilee, he arrived at the town of Cana, where he had turned the water into wine. There was a government official in the city of Capernaum whose son was very sick.

John.4.47

When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death.

John.4.47

When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and asked that he come down and heal his son, who was on the brink of death.

John.4.47

When this man heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea, he went to him and begged him to come and heal his son, who was close to death.

John.4.47

When he heard that Jesus had come out of Judea into Galilee, he went to Him and implored Him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death.

John.4.47

When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea and was traveling in Galilee, he went over to Cana. He found Jesus and begged him to come to Capernaum with him to heal his son, who was about to die.

John.4.48

Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.

John.4.48

Jesus put him off: "Unless you people are dazzled by a miracle, you refuse to believe."

John.4.48

"Unless you people see miraculous signs and wonders," Jesus told him, "you will never believe."

John.4.48

Then Jesus said to him, "Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will by no means believe."

John.4.48

Jesus asked, "Must I do miraculous signs and wonders before you people will believe in me?"

John.4.49

The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.

John.4.49

But the court official wouldn't be put off. "Come down! It's life or death for my son."

John.4.49

The royal official said, "Sir, come down before my child dies."

John.4.49

The nobleman said to Him, "Sir, come down before my child dies!"

John.4.49

The official pleaded, "Lord, please come now before my little boy dies."

John.4.50

Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.

John.4.50

Jesus simply replied, "Go home. Your son lives." The man believed the bare word Jesus spoke and headed home.

John.4.50

Jesus replied, "You may go. Your son will live." The man took Jesus at his word and departed.

John.4.50

Jesus said to him, "Go your way; your son lives." So the man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and he went his way.

John.4.50

Then Jesus told him, "Go back home. Your son will live!" And the man believed Jesus' word and started home.

John.4.51

And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth.

John.4.51

On his way back, his servants intercepted him and announced, "Your son lives!"

John.4.51

While he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was living.

John.4.51

And as he was now going down, his servants met him and told him, saying, "Your son lives!"

John.4.51

While he was on his way, some of his servants met him with the news that his son was alive and well.

John.4.52

Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.

John.4.52

He asked them what time he began to get better. They said, "The fever broke yesterday afternoon at one o'clock."

John.4.52

When he inquired as to the time when his son got better, they said to him, "The fever left him yesterday at the seventh hour."

John.4.52

Then he inquired of them the hour when he got better. And they said to him, "Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him."

John.4.52

He asked them when the boy had begun to feel better, and they replied, "Yesterday afternoon at one o'clock his fever suddenly disappeared!"

John.4.53

So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole house.

John.4.53

The father knew that that was the very moment Jesus had said, "Your son lives." That clinched it. Not only he but his entire household believed.

John.4.53

Then the father realized that this was the exact time at which Jesus had said to him, "Your son will live." So he and all his household believed.

John.4.53

So the father knew that it was at the same hour in which Jesus said to him, "Your son lives." And he himself believed, and his whole household.

John.4.53

Then the father realized it was the same time that Jesus had told him, "Your son will live." And the officer and his entire household believed in Jesus.

John.4.54

This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judaea into Galilee.

John.4.54

This was now the second sign Jesus gave after having come from Judea into Galilee.

John.4.54

This was the second miraculous sign that Jesus performed, having come from Judea to Galilee.

John.4.54

This again is the second sign Jesus did when He had come out of Judea into Galilee.

John.4.54

This was Jesus' second miraculous sign in Galilee after coming from Judea.

John.5.1

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

John.5.1

Soon another Feast came around and Jesus was back in Jerusalem.

John.5.1

Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for a feast of the Jews.

John.5.1

After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

John.5.1

Afterward Jesus returned to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish holy days.

John.5.2

Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.

John.5.2

Near the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem there was a pool, in Hebrew called Bethesda, with five alcoves.

John.5.2

Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades.

John.5.2

Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches.

John.5.2

Inside the city, near the Sheep Gate, was the pool of Bethesda, with five covered porches.

John.5.3

In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.

John.5.3

Hundreds of sick people--blind, crippled, paralyzed--were in these alcoves.

John.5.3

Here a great number of disabled people used to lie--the blind, the lame, the paralyzed.

John.5.3

In these lay a great multitude of sick people, blind, lame, paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water.

John.5.3

Crowds of sick people--blind, lame, or paralyzed--lay on the porches.

John.5.4

For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.

John.5.4

One man had been an invalid there for thirty-eight years.

John.5.4

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John.5.4

For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred up the water; then whoever stepped in first, after the stirring of the water, was made well of whatever disease he had.

John.5.4

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John.5.5

And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.

John.5.5

When Jesus saw him stretched out by the pool and knew how long he had been there, he said, "Do you want to get well?"

John.5.5

One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.

John.5.5

Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years.

John.5.5

One of the men lying there had been sick for thirty-eight years.

John.5.6

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

John.5.6

The sick man said, "Sir, when the water is stirred, I don't have anybody to put me in the pool. By the time I get there, somebody else is already in."

John.5.6

When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, "Do you want to get well?"

John.5.6

When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, "Do you want to be made well?"

John.5.6

When Jesus saw him and knew how long he had been ill, he asked him, "Would you like to get well?"

John.5.7

The impotent 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.

John.5.7

Jesus said, "Get up, take your bedroll, start walking."

John.5.7

"Sir," the invalid replied, "I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me."

John.5.7

The sick man answered Him, "Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before me."

John.5.7

"I can't, sir," the sick man said, "for I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred up. While I am trying to get there, someone else always gets in ahead of me."

John.5.8

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

John.5.8

The man was healed on the spot. He picked up his bedroll and walked off. That day happened to be the Sabbath.

John.5.8

Then Jesus said to him, "Get up! Pick up your mat and walk."

John.5.8

Jesus said to him, "Rise, take up your bed and walk."

John.5.8

Jesus told him, "Stand up, pick up your sleeping mat, and walk!"

John.5.9

And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.

John.5.9

The Jews stopped the healed man and said, "It's the Sabbath. You can't carry your bedroll around. It's against the rules."

John.5.9

At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked. The day on which this took place was a Sabbath,

John.5.9

And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked. And that day was the Sabbath.

John.5.9

Instantly, the man was healed! He rolled up the mat and began walking! But this miracle happened on the Sabbath day.

John.5.10

The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.

John.5.10

But he told them, "The man who made me well told me to. He said, "Take your bedroll and start walking.'"

John.5.10

and so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, "It is the Sabbath; the law forbids you to carry your mat."

John.5.10

The Jews therefore said to him who was cured, "It is the Sabbath; it is not lawful for you to carry your bed."

John.5.10

So the Jewish leaders objected. They said to the man who was cured, "You can't work on the Sabbath! It's illegal to carry that sleeping mat!"

John.5.11

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

John.5.11

They asked, "Who gave you the order to take it up and start walking?"

John.5.11

But he replied, "The man who made me well said to me, 'Pick up your mat and walk.'"

John.5.11

He answered them, "He who made me well said to me, "Take up your bed and walk."'

John.5.11

He replied, "The man who healed me said to me, 'Pick up your sleeping mat and walk.'"

John.5.12

Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?

John.5.12

But the healed man didn't know, for Jesus had slipped away into the crowd.

John.5.12

So they asked him, "Who is this fellow who told you to pick it up and walk?"

John.5.12

Then they asked him, "Who is the Man who said to you, "Take up your bed and walk'?"

John.5.12

"Who said such a thing as that?" they demanded.

John.5.13

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

John.5.13

A little later Jesus found him in the Temple and said, "You look wonderful! You're well! Don't return to a sinning life or something worse might happen."

John.5.13

The man who was healed had no idea who it was, for Jesus had slipped away into the crowd that was there.

John.5.13

But the one who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, a multitude being in that place.

John.5.13

The man didn't know, for Jesus had disappeared into the crowd.

John.5.14

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

John.5.14

The man went back and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.

John.5.14

Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, "See, you are well again. Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you."

John.5.14

Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, "See, you have been made well. Sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon you."

John.5.14

But afterward Jesus found him in the Temple and told him, "Now you are well; so stop sinning, or something even worse may happen to you."

John.5.15

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

John.5.15

That is why the Jews were out to get Jesus--because he did this kind of thing on the Sabbath.

John.5.15

The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.

John.5.15

The man departed and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.

John.5.15

Then the man went to find the Jewish leaders and told them it was Jesus who had healed him.