16 And then the man looked up in hopeful mood and said, Give me this key of faith.
17 And Jesus said, Do you believe what I have said? According to your faith it shall be done. Arise, take up your bed and walk.
18 The man at once arose and walked away; he only said, Praise God.
19 And when the people asked, Who made you whole? the man replied, I do not know. A stranger at the pool just spoke a word and I was well.
20 The many did not see when Jesus healed the man, and with the twelve he went his way up to the temple courts.
21 And in the temple Jesus saw the man and said to him, Behold you are made whole; from henceforth guard your life aright;
22 Go on your way and sin no more, or something worse may fall on you.
23 And now the man knew who it was who made him whole.
24 He told the story to the priests and they were much enraged; they said, The law forbids a man to heal upon the Sabbath day.
25 But Jesus said, My Father works on Sabbath days and may not I?
26 He sends his rain, his sunshine and his dew; he makes his grass to grow, his flowers to bloom; he speeds the harvests just the same on Sabbath days as on the other days.
27 If it is lawful for the grass to grow and flowers to bloom on Sabbath days it surely is not wrong to succor stricken men.
28 And then the priests were angered more and more because he claimed to be a son of God.
29 A leading priest, Abihu, said, This fellow is a menace to our nation and our laws; he makes himself to be a son of God; it is not meet that he should live.
30 But Jesus said, Abihu, Sir, you are a learned man; you surely know the law of life. Pray tell who were the sons of God we read about in Genesis, who took to wife the daughters of the sons of men?
31 Our father Adam; who was he? From whence came he? Had he a father? or did he fall from heaven as a star?
32 We read that Moses said, He came from God. If Adam came from God, pray, was he offspring, was he son?
33 We are the children of this son of God; then tell me, learned priest, Who are we if not sons of God?
34 The priest had urgent business and he went his away.
35 And Jesus said, All men are sons of God and if they live a holy life they always are at home with God.
36 They see and understand the works of God, and in his sacred name they can perform these works.