The Ignatius Catholic Study Bible New Testament (105 page)

Jesus Departs for Galilee

43
 After the two days he departed to Galilee.
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For Jesus himself testified that
a prophet has no honor
in his own country.
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So when he came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, having seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the feast, for they too had gone to the feast.

Jesus Heals an Official's Son

46
 So he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And at
Caper'na-um
there was an official whose son was ill.
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When he heard that Jesus had come from
Judea to Galilee
, he went and begged him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death.
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Jesus therefore said to him, "Unless you see signs and wonders you will not believe."
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The official said to him, "Sir, come down before my child dies."
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Jesus said to him, "Go; your son will live." The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went his way.
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As he was going down, his servants met him and told him that his son was living.
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So he asked them the hour when he began to mend, and they said to him, "Yesterday at
the seventh hour
the fever left him."
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The father knew that was the hour when Jesus had said to him, "Your son will live"; and he himself believed, and all his household.
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This was now
the second sign
that Jesus did when he had come from Judea to Galilee.

Jesus Heals on the Sabbath

1
  After this there was
a feast of the Jews
, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

2
 Now there is in Jerusalem by
the Sheep Gate
a pool, in Hebrew called Beth-za'tha,
^j
which has five porticoes.
³
In these lay a multitude of invalids, blind, lame, paralyzed.
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5
One man was there, who had been ill for
thirty-eight years
.
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When Jesus saw him and knew that he had been lying there a long time, he said to him, "Do you want to be healed?"
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The sick man answered him, "Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is troubled, and while I am going another steps down before me."
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Jesus said to him, "
Rise, take up your pallet, and walk
."
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And at once the man was healed, and he took up his pallet and walked.

Now that day was the sabbath.
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So the Jews said to the man who was cured, "It is the sabbath, it is not lawful for you to carry your pallet."
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But he answered them, "The man who healed me said to me, 'Take up your pallet, and walk.' "
¹²
They asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, 'Take up your pallet, and walk'?"
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Now the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for
Jesus had withdrawn
, as there was a crowd in the place.
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Afterward, Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, "See, you are well!
Sin no more
, that nothing worse befall you."
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The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had healed him.
¹⁶
And this was why the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he did this on the sabbath.
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But Jesus answered them, "
My Father is working
still, and I am working."
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This was why the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the sabbath
 
*
but also called God his Father, making himself
equal with God
.

The Authority of the Son

19
 Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing; for whatever he does, that the Son does likewise.
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For the Father loves the Son, and shows him all that he himself is doing; and greater works than these will he show him, that you may marvel.
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For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he will.
²²
The Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son,
²³
that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.
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Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears my word and believes him who sent me, has eternal life; he does not come into judgment, but has passed
from death to life
.

25
 "Truly, truly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
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For as the Father has
life in himself
, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself,
²⁷
and has given him authority to
execute judgment
, because he is the Son of man.
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Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice
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and come forth, those who have done good, to
the resurrection
of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment.

The Testimony to Jesus

30
 "I can do nothing on my own authority; as I hear,
I judge
; and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.
³¹
If I bear witness to myself, my testimony is not true;
³²
there is another who bears witness to me, and I know that the testimony which he bears to me is true.
³³
You sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth.
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Not that the testimony which I receive is from man; but I say this that you may be saved.
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He was a
burning and shining lamp
, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.
³⁶
But the testimony which I have is greater than that of John; for the works which the Father has granted me to accomplish, these very works which I am doing, bear me witness that the Father has sent me.
³⁷
And the Father who sent me has himself borne witness to me. His voice you have never heard, his form you have never seen;
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and you do not have his word abiding in you, for you do not believe him whom he has sent.
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You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness to me;
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yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life.
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I do not receive glory from men.
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But I know that you have not the love of God within you.
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I have come in my Father's name, and you do not receive me; if another comes in his own name, him you will receive.
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How can you believe, who receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?
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Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father; it is Moses who accuses you, on whom you set your hope.
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If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for
he wrote of me
.
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But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?"

Feeding the Five Thousand

6
  After this
Jesus went
to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, which is the
Sea of Tibe'ri-as
.
²
And a multitude followed him, because they saw the signs which he did on those who were diseased.
³
Jesus went up into the hills, and there sat down with his disciples.
⁴
Now
the Passover
, the feast of the Jews, was at hand.
⁵
Lifting up his eyes, then, and seeing that a multitude was coming to him, Jesus said to Philip, "How are we to buy bread, so that these people may eat?"
⁶
This he said to test him, for he himself knew what he would do.
⁷
Philip answered him, "
Two hundred denarii
^l
would not buy enough bread for each of them to get a little."
⁸
One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him,
⁹
"There is a lad here who has five
barley loaves
and two fish; but what are they among so many?"
¹⁰
Jesus said, "Make the people sit down." Now there was much grass in the place; so the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
¹¹
Jesus then took the loaves, and when he had
given thanks
, he distributed them to those who were seated; so also the fish, as much as they wanted.
¹²
And when they had eaten their fill, he told his disciples, "Gather up the fragments left over, that nothing may be lost."
¹³
So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves, left by those who had eaten.
¹⁴
When the people saw the sign which he had done, they said, "This is indeed
the prophet
who is to come into the world!"

15
 Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to
make him king
, Jesus withdrew again to the hills by himself.

Jesus Walks on the Sea

16
 When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea,
¹⁷
got into a boat, and started across the sea to Caper'na-um. It was now dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.
¹⁸
The sea rose because a strong wind was blowing.
¹⁹
When they had rowed about three or four miles,
^m
they saw Jesus walking on the sea and drawing near to the boat. They were frightened,
²⁰
but he said to them, "
It is I
; do not be afraid."
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Then they were glad to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land to which they were going.

The Bread from Heaven

22
 On the next day the people who remained on the other side of the sea saw that there had been only one boat there, and that Jesus had not entered the boat with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone.
²³
However, boats
from Tibe'ri-as
came near the place where they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks.
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So when the people saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats and went to Caper'na-um, seeking Jesus.

25
 When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, "Rabbi, when did you come here?"
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Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you seek me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves.
²⁷
Do not labor for the
food which perishes
, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you; for on him has God the Father set his seal."
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Then they said to him, "What must we do, to be doing the works of God?"
²⁹
Jesus answered them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent."
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So they said to him, "Then what sign do you do, that we may see, and believe you? What work do you perform?
³¹
Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, '
He gave them bread
from heaven to eat.' "
³²
Jesus then said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven; my Father gives you
the true bread
from heaven.
³³
For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven, and gives life to the world."
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They said to him, "Lord, give us this bread always."

35
 Jesus said to them, "I am
the bread of life
; he who comes to me shall not hunger, and he who believes in me shall never thirst.
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But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe.
³⁷
All that the Father gives
me will come to me; and him who comes to me I will not cast out.
³⁸
For I have come down from heaven,
not to do my own will
, but the will of him who sent me;
³⁹
and this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up at the last day.
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For this is the will of my Father, that every one who sees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day."