John 5: Get Up and Walk

At the pool of Bethesda, Jesus heals a man who had been sick for thirty-eight years, telling him to pick up his mat and walk. Because it is the Sabbath, some leaders become angry. Jesus explains that He does the work of His Father, that He gives life, and that the Scriptures and many witnesses point to Him.

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¹ After these things, there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
² Now in Jerusalem by the sheep gate, there is a pool, which is called in Hebrew, “Bethesda”, having five porches.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³ In these lay a great multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, or paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water;This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁴ for an angel went down at certain times into the pool and stirred up the water. Whoever stepped in first after the stirring of the water was healed of whatever disease he had.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁵ A certain man was there who had been sick for thirty-eight years.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁶ When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had been sick for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to be made well?”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁷ The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I’m coming, another steps down before me.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁸ Jesus said to him, “Arise, take up your mat, and walk.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁹ Immediately, the man was made well, and took up his mat and walked. Now that day was a Sabbath.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁰ So the Jews said to him who was cured, “It is the Sabbath. It is not lawful for you to carry the mat.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹¹ He answered them, “He who made me well said to me, ‘Take up your mat and walk.’ ”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹² Then they asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Take up your mat and walk’?”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹³ But he who was healed didn’t know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, a crowd being in the place.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁴ Afterward Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, “Behold, you are made well. Sin no more, so that nothing worse happens to you.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁵ The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁶ For this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus and sought to kill him, because he did these things on the Sabbath.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁷ But Jesus answered them, “My Father is still working, so I am working, too.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁸ For this cause therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁹ Jesus therefore answered them, “Most certainly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father doing. For whatever things he does, these the Son also does likewise.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁰ For the Father has affection for the Son, and shows him all things that he himself does. He will show him greater works than these, that you may marvel.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²¹ For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom he desires.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²² For the Father judges no one, but he has given all judgment to the Son,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²³ that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who doesn’t honor the Son doesn’t honor the Father who sent him.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁴ “Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life, and doesn’t come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁵ Most certainly I tell you, the hour comes, and now is, when the dead will hear the Son of God’s voice; and those who hear will live.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁶ For as the Father has life in himself, even so he gave to the Son also to have life in himself.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁷ He also gave him authority to execute judgment, because he is a son of man.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁸ Don’t marvel at this, for the hour comes in which all who are in the tombs will hear his voiceThis verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁹ and will come out; those who have done good, to the resurrection of life; and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³⁰ I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and my judgment is righteous, because I don’t seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³¹ “If I testify about myself, my witness is not valid.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³² It is another who testifies about me. I know that the testimony which he testifies about me is true.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³³ You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³⁴ But the testimony which I receive is not from man. However, I say these things that you may be saved.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³⁵ He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³⁶ But the testimony which I have is greater than that of John; for the works which the Father gave me to accomplish, the very works that I do, testify about me, that the Father has sent me.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³⁷ The Father himself, who sent me, has testified about me. You have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³⁸ You don’t have his word living in you, because you don’t believe him whom he sent.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³⁹ “You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁴⁰ Yet you will not come to me, that you may have life.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁴¹ I don’t receive glory from men.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁴² But I know you, that you don’t have God’s love in yourselves.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁴³ I have come in my Father’s name, and you don’t receive me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁴⁴ How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and you don’t seek the glory that comes from the only God?This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁴⁵ “Don’t think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you, even Moses, on whom you have set your hope.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁴⁶ For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote about me.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁴⁷ But if you don’t believe his writings, how will you believe my words?”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.

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John 5 · Preschool

Jesus Heals at the Pool

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Color the picture. Point to the pool and the mat.

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Jesus said to him, “Arise, take up your mat, and walk.”

John 5:8 (WEB)

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Thank You, God, for making me!

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John 5 · Grade 4

The Son Gives Life

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Read and Think

Jesus went to Jerusalem for a feast. By the pool of Bethesda lay many people who were sick. One man had been unable to walk for thirty-eight years. Jesus knew how long he had suffered. He asked if he wanted to be healed. The man explained he had no one to help him. Jesus simply told him to get up, take up his mat, and walk, and he was healed at once.

It was the Sabbath. Some leaders cared more about their rules than about the man's healing. When they learned Jesus healed him, they began to persecute Jesus. Jesus answered that His Father was working and He was working too. The leaders understood that He was calling God His own Father and making Himself equal with God.

Jesus explained that the Son does what the Father does. As the Father raises the dead and gives life, the Son gives life to whom He wants. Whoever hears Jesus' word and believes the Father has eternal life and has passed from death to life. Jesus said the Scriptures testify about Him. Moses wrote about Him too.

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How long had the man been unable to walk?
Why did the leaders become angry?
What does the Son give, just like the Father?
What happens to whoever hears Jesus' word and believes?

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walkpoolmatFatherSabbath

By the of Bethesda lay many people who were sick.
One man had been unable to for thirty-eight years.
Jesus simply told him to get up, take up his , and walk, and he was healed at once.
It was the .
Jesus answered that His was working and He was working too.

Think About It

Jesus asked, Do you want to be made well? What do you need Jesus' help with today?
Jesus said the Scriptures tell about Him. How can you look for Jesus when you read the Bible?

Memory Verse

Jesus said to him, “Arise, take up your mat, and walk.”

John 5:8 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for this Bible story. Help me to . Amen.

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John 5 · Grade 5

From Death to Life

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Read and Think

John 5 tells of the third sign in this Gospel. At the pool of Bethesda, a man had waited for healing for thirty-eight years. Jesus asked a searching question: Do you want to be made well? The man only gave reasons why he could not be helped. Jesus did not need the pool. He spoke, and the man rose, picked up his mat, and walked. Later Jesus warned him to stop sinning so that something worse would not happen. Jesus cares about our bodies, but even more about our souls.

Because it was the Sabbath, the leaders objected. Jesus replied, My Father is still working, so I am working too. God keeps the world going even on the Sabbath, and Jesus claimed the same right. The leaders saw this as making Himself equal with God, and they sought to kill Him. Jesus did not take back His claim.

Instead, Jesus explained His relationship with the Father. The Son can do nothing by Himself except what He sees the Father doing. The Father has given the Son authority to give life and to judge. Most truly, he who hears my word and believes Him who sent me has eternal life and has passed out of death into life. Jesus listed witnesses: John the Baptist, His works, the Father, and the Scriptures. The tragedy was that the leaders searched the Scriptures but refused to come to the One the Scriptures were about.

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How did the man answer Jesus' question about being made well?
What did Jesus warn the man about later, and what does this show?
Why did Jesus say He could work on the Sabbath?
What authority has the Father given the Son?
What was the tragedy about the leaders and the Scriptures?

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Some were upset because of healing on this day.
Jesus told the man to pick it up.
Jesus said His Father is always ____.

Down

The name of the pool.
The man had been sick ____-eight years.
The sick people lay near one.

Think About It

The man had waited thirty-eight years. How does Jesus' care for him encourage you when you have waited a long time for something?
How can you read the Bible so that you come to Jesus, not just learn facts?

Memory Verse

“Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life, and doesn’t come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.

John 5:24 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for this Bible story. Help me to . Amen.

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Jesus asked, Do you want to be made well? What did the man say?
What do you do when waiting is hard?
Jesus said whoever hears His word and believes has eternal life. How does that promise give you confidence?

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Jesus Heals at the Pool

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Get Up and Walk

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