Section XXII.

[1] 1461And when Jesus came to a certain village, there drew near to him a leper, and fell at his feet, and besought him, and said unto him, If thou wilt, thou art able to [2] cleanse me.  1462And Jesus had mercy upon him, and stretched forth his hand, and [3] touched him, and said, I will cleanse1463 thee.  1464And immediately his leprosy departed [4] from him, and he was cleansed.  1465And he sternly charged him, and sent him out, [5] [Arabic, p. 85] and said unto him, 1466See that thou tell not any man:  but go and shew thyself to the priests, and offer an offering for thy cleansing as Moses commanded [6] for their testimony.  1467But he, when he went out, began to publish much, and spread abroad the news, so that Jesus could not enter into any of the cities openly, for the extent to which the report of him spread, but he remained without in a desert [7] place.  1468And much people came unto him from one place and another,1469 to hear [8] his word, and that they might be healed of their pains.  1470And he used to withdraw from them into the desert, and pray.

[9] 1471And after that, was the feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

[10] 1472And there was in Jerusalem a place prepared for bathing,1473 which was called in [11] Hebrew the House of Mercy, having five porches.  1474And there were laid in them much people of the sick, and blind, and lame, and paralysed, waiting for the moving [12] of the water.  1475And the angel from time to time went down into the place of bathing,1476 and moved the water; and the first that went down after the moving [13] of the water, every pain that he had was healed.  1477And a man was there who had a [14] disease for thirty-eight years.  1478And Jesus saw this man laid, and knew1479 that he had [15] been thus a long time; and he said unto him, Wouldest thou be made whole?  1480That diseased one answered and said, Yea, my Lord, I have no man, when the water moveth, to put me into the bathing-place; but when I come, another goeth down before [16, 17] me.  1481Jesus said unto him, Rise, take thy bed, and walk.  1482And immediately that man was healed; and he rose, and carried his bed, and walked.

[18] 1483And that day was a sabbath.  And when the Jews saw that healed one, they1484 said [19] unto him, It is a sabbath:  thou hast no authority to carry thy bed.  1485And he answered and said unto them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take thy bed, [20] [Arabic, p. 86] and walk.  1486They asked him therefore, Who is this man that said unto thee, [21] Take thy bed, and walk?  1487But he that was healed knew not who it was; for Jesus had removed from that place to another, because of the press of the great multitude [22] which was in that place.  1488And after two days Jesus happened upon him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art whole:  sin not again, lest there come upon [23] thee what is worse than the first.  1489And that man went, and said to the Jews that it [24] was Jesus that had healed him.  1490And because of that the Jews persecuted Jesus and [25] sought to kill him, because he was doing this on the sabbath.  1491And Jesus said unto [26] them, My Father worketh until now, and I also work.  1492And because of this especially the Jews sought to kill him, not because he profaned the sabbath only; but for his saying also that God was his Father, and his making himself equal with God.  [27] 1493Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son cannot do anything of himself, but what he seeth the Father do; what the Father doeth, [28] that the Son also doeth like him.  1494The Father loveth his Son, and everything that he doeth he sheweth him:  and more than these works will he shew him, that ye [29] may marvel.  1495And as the Father raiseth the dead and giveth them life, so the Son [30] also giveth life to whomsoever he will.  1496And the Father judgeth no man, but hath [31] given all judgement unto the Son; 1497that every man may honour the Son, as he honoureth the Father.  And he that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which [32] sent him.  1498Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever heareth my word, and believeth in him that sent me, hath eternal life, and cometh not into judgement, but passeth from [33] [Arabic, p. 87] death unto life.  1499Verily, verily, I say unto you, An hour shall come, and now is also, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and those [34] which hear shall live.  1500And as the Father hath life in himself,1501 likewise he gave to [35] the Son also that he might have life in himself,1502  1503and authority to do judgement also, [36] because1504 he is the Son of man.  1505Marvel not then at that:  I mean the coming of the hour when all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice, and shall come forth:  [37] 1506those that have done good, to the resurrection of life; and those that have done evil deeds, to the resurrection of judgement.

[38] 1507I am not able of myself to do anything; but as I hear, I judge:  and my judgement [39] is just; I seek not my own will, but the will of him that sent me.  1508I1509 bear witness [40] of myself, and so1510 my witness is not true.  1511It is another that beareth witness [41] of me; and I know that the witness which he beareth of me is true.  1512Ye have sent [42] unto John, and he hath borne witness of the truth.  1513But not from man do I seek [43] witness; but I say that ye may live.1514  1515That1516 was a lamp which shineth and [44] giveth light:  and ye were pleased to glory no