John · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
John 5 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 Después de estas cosas hubo una fiesta de los judíos, y Jesús subió a Jerusalén.
1 After these things, there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
2 En Jerusalén, junto a la puerta de las Ovejas, hay un estanque que en hebreo se llama Betesda, y tiene cinco pórticos.
2 Now in Jerusalem by the sheep gate, there is a pool, which is called in Hebrew, “Bethesda”, having five porches.
3 En ellos yacía una gran multitud de enfermos: ciegos, cojos y paralíticos, que esperaban el movimiento del agua.
3 In these lay a great multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, or paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water;
4 Porque un ángel descendía de tiempo en tiempo al estanque y agitaba el agua; y el primero que entraba después del movimiento del agua quedaba sano de cualquier enfermedad que tuviera.
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.
5 Había allí un hombre que llevaba treinta y ocho años enfermo.
5 A certain man was there who had been sick for thirty-eight years.
6 Cuando Jesús lo vio acostado, y supo que ya llevaba mucho tiempo así, le dijo: ¿Quieres ser sanado?
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?”
7 El enfermo le respondió: Señor, no tengo a nadie que me meta en el estanque cuando el agua es agitada; y mientras yo voy, otro baja antes que yo.
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.”
8 Jesús le dijo: Levántate, toma tu camilla y camina.
8 Jesus said to him, “Arise, take up your mat, and walk.”
9 Al instante el hombre quedó sano, tomó su camilla y comenzó a caminar. Aquel día era día de reposo.
9 Immediately, the man was made well, and took up his mat and walked. Now that day was a Sabbath.
10 Entonces los judíos decían al que había sido sanado: Es día de reposo; no te está permitido cargar tu camilla.
10 So the Jews said to him who was cured, “It is the Sabbath. It is not lawful for you to carry the mat.”
11 Él les respondió: El que me sanó me dijo: Toma tu camilla y camina.
11 He answered them, “He who made me well said to me, ‘Take up your mat and walk.’ ”
12 Entonces le preguntaron: ¿Quién es el hombre que te dijo: Toma tu camilla y camina?
12 Then they asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Take up your mat and walk’?”
13 Pero el que había sido sanado no sabía quién era, porque Jesús se había apartado, ya que había mucha gente en aquel lugar.
13 But he who was healed didn’t know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, a crowd being in the place.
14 Después, Jesús lo encontró en el templo y le dijo: Mira, has sido sanado. No peques más, para que no te suceda algo peor.
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.”
15 El hombre se fue y dijo a los judíos que Jesús era quien lo había sanado.
15 The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.
16 Por esta causa los judíos perseguían a Jesús, porque hacía estas cosas en el día de reposo.
16 For this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus and sought to kill him, because he did these things on the Sabbath.
17 Pero Jesús les respondió: Mi Padre sigue trabajando hasta ahora, y yo también trabajo.
17 But Jesus answered them, “My Father is still working, so I am working, too.”
18 Por esto los judíos procuraban aún más matarlo, porque no solo quebrantaba el día de reposo, sino que también decía que Dios era su propio Padre, haciéndose igual a Dios.
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.
19 Entonces Jesús les respondió: De cierto, de cierto les digo que el Hijo no puede hacer nada por sí mismo, sino lo que ve hacer al Padre. Porque todo lo que el Padre hace, eso también lo hace el Hijo de la misma manera.
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.
20 Porque el Padre ama al Hijo y le muestra todas las cosas que él mismo hace. Y le mostrará obras mayores que estas, para que ustedes se maravillen.
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.
21 Porque así como el Padre levanta a los muertos y les da vida, así también el Hijo da vida a los que quiere.
21 For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom he desires.
22 El Padre no juzga a nadie, sino que ha dado todo el juicio al Hijo,
22 For the Father judges no one, but he has given all judgment to the Son,
23 para que todos honren al Hijo como honran al Padre. El que no honra al Hijo, no honra al Padre que lo envió.
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.
24 De cierto, de cierto les digo que el que oye mi palabra y cree al que me envió tiene vida eterna. No vendrá a condenación, sino que ha pasado de muerte a vida.
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.
25 De cierto, de cierto les digo que viene la hora, y ahora es, cuando los muertos oirán la voz del Hijo de Dios; y los que la oigan vivirán.
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.
26 Porque así como el Padre tiene vida en sí mismo, también ha dado al Hijo tener vida en sí mismo.
26 For as the Father has life in himself, even so he gave to the Son also to have life in himself.
27 También le dio autoridad para hacer juicio, porque es el Hijo del Hombre.
27 He also gave him authority to execute judgment, because he is a son of man.
28 No se maravillen de esto, porque viene la hora cuando todos los que están en los sepulcros oirán su voz
28 Don’t marvel at this, for the hour comes in which all who are in the tombs will hear his voice
29 y saldrán: los que hicieron lo bueno, a resurrección de vida; y los que hicieron lo malo, a resurrección de juicio.
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.
30 Yo no puedo hacer nada por mí mismo. Según oigo, juzgo; y mi juicio es justo, porque no busco mi propia voluntad, sino la voluntad del Padre que me envió.
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.
31 Si yo doy testimonio acerca de mí mismo, mi testimonio no sería válido.
31 “If I testify about myself, my witness is not valid.
32 Hay otro que da testimonio acerca de mí, y sé que el testimonio que da acerca de mí es verdadero.
32 It is another who testifies about me. I know that the testimony which he testifies about me is true.
33 Ustedes enviaron mensajeros a Juan, y él dio testimonio de la verdad.
33 You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.
34 Pero yo no recibo testimonio de hombre; sin embargo, digo estas cosas para que ustedes sean salvos.
34 But the testimony which I receive is not from man. However, I say these things that you may be saved.
35 Juan era una lámpara que ardía y alumbraba, y ustedes quisieron alegrarse por un tiempo en su luz.
35 He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.
36 Pero yo tengo un testimonio mayor que el de Juan: las obras que el Padre me dio para cumplir, las mismas obras que hago, dan testimonio de mí, de que el Padre me ha enviado.
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.
37 El Padre que me envió también ha dado testimonio de mí. Ustedes nunca han oído su voz, ni han visto su forma.
37 The Father himself, who sent me, has testified about me. You have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form.
38 Tampoco tienen su palabra permaneciendo en ustedes, porque no creen en aquel a quien él envió.
38 You don’t have his word living in you, because you don’t believe him whom he sent.
39 Ustedes estudian las Escrituras, porque piensan que en ellas tienen vida eterna; y ellas son las que dan testimonio de mí.
39 “You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me.
40 Pero ustedes no quieren venir a mí para tener vida.
40 Yet you will not come to me, that you may have life.
41 Yo no recibo gloria de los hombres.
41 I don’t receive glory from men.
42 Pero yo los conozco, y sé que no tienen el amor de Dios en ustedes.
42 But I know you, that you don’t have God’s love in yourselves.
43 Yo he venido en nombre de mi Padre, y ustedes no me reciben. Si otro viene en su propio nombre, a ese sí lo recibirán.
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.
44 ¿Cómo pueden creer ustedes, si reciben gloria unos de otros y no buscan la gloria que viene del único Dios?
44 How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and you don’t seek the glory that comes from the only God?
45 No piensen que yo los acusaré delante del Padre. Hay quien los acusa: Moisés, en quien ustedes han puesto su esperanza.
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.
46 Porque si creyeran a Moisés, me creerían a mí, porque él escribió acerca de mí.
46 For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote about me.
47 Pero si no creen sus escritos, ¿cómo creerán mis palabras?
47 But if you don’t believe his writings, how will you believe my words?”
Cross references (46)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Deuteronomy 16:16; Exodus 23:14–17; Leviticus 23:2–4; Exodus 34:23; John 2:13
- 2 Nehemiah 12:39; Nehemiah 3:1; Isaiah 22:11; Nehemiah 3:32; John 19:13
- 3 Mark 3:1–4; Matthew 15:30; Luke 7:22; Zechariah 11:17; Lamentations 3:26
- 5 Acts 3:2; Luke 8:43; Mark 9:21; Luke 13:16; Acts 14:8
- 6 Luke 18:41; Hebrews 4:15; Hebrews 4:13; Isaiah 65:1; John 21:17
- 7 Psalm 72:12; Deuteronomy 32:36; 1 Corinthians 9:24; Psalm 142:4; 2 Corinthians 1:8–10
- 8 Luke 5:24; Matthew 9:6; Mark 2:11; Acts 9:34
- 9 Acts 3:7–8; John 9:14; Mark 3:2–4; Luke 13:10–16; Mark 5:41–42
- 10 Jeremiah 17:21; Luke 6:2; John 9:16; Mark 3:4; Luke 13:14
- 11 Mark 2:9–11; John 9:16
- 12 Matthew 21:23; Romans 10:2; Judges 6:29; 1 Samuel 14:38
- 13 Luke 4:30; Luke 24:31; John 8:59; John 14:9
- 14 John 8:11; Leviticus 26:23–24; Psalm 118:18; Nehemiah 9:28; Matthew 12:45
- 15 John 4:29; John 9:25; John 9:11–12; Mark 1:45; John 1:19
- 16 Acts 9:4–5; John 10:39; Mark 3:6; John 15:20; Matthew 12:13
- 17 John 9:4; John 14:10; Colossians 1:16; 1 Corinthians 12:6; Hebrews 1:3
- 18 John 10:30; John 10:33; John 19:7; John 8:58; John 14:23
- 19 John 12:49; John 8:28; John 14:10; John 10:18; John 5:28–30
- 20 John 3:35; Matthew 3:17; Proverbs 8:22–31; 2 Peter 1:17; John 15:15
- 21 Romans 8:11; Deuteronomy 32:39; John 11:25; Acts 26:8; Luke 7:14–15
- 22 John 5:27; Acts 17:31; 2 Corinthians 5:10; Matthew 28:18; Acts 10:42
- 23 1 John 2:23; Luke 10:16; Matthew 11:27; 2 John 9; John 15:23–24
- 24 John 3:36; 1 John 5:11–13; John 6:40; John 3:18; Romans 8:1
- 25 John 5:28; Ephesians 5:14; Ephesians 2:5; John 4:23; Colossians 2:13
- 26 John 11:26; John 1:4; John 14:6; Exodus 3:14; John 17:2–3
- 27 Acts 10:42; John 5:22; Acts 17:31; 1 Peter 3:22; Daniel 7:13–14
- 28 Revelation 20:12; 1 Thessalonians 4:14–17; Isaiah 26:19; John 11:24–25; Job 19:25–26
- 29 Daniel 12:2–3; Romans 2:6–10; Acts 24:15; Matthew 25:31–46; Luke 14:14
- 30 John 6:38; John 5:19; John 4:34; John 14:10; Matthew 26:39
- 31 Proverbs 27:2; John 8:54; Revelation 3:14; John 8:13–14
- 32 John 1:33; 1 John 5:6–9; John 8:17–18; Matthew 17:5; John 12:50
- 33 John 3:26–36; John 1:29–34; John 1:6–8; John 1:15–27
- 34 1 John 5:9; 1 Timothy 4:16; John 20:31; Luke 19:41–42; John 5:41
- 35 2 Peter 1:19; John 1:7–8; Matthew 11:11; Matthew 3:5–7; Luke 1:76–77
- 36 John 10:25; John 15:24; John 2:23; John 10:37–38; 1 John 5:9
- 37 John 8:18; Matthew 3:17; John 1:18; 1 Timothy 1:17; 1 Timothy 6:16
- 38 1 John 2:14; John 12:44–48; Deuteronomy 6:6–9; Proverbs 7:1–2; Isaiah 53:1–3
- 39 Luke 24:27; Luke 24:44; 2 Peter 1:19–21; Acts 26:22–23; Proverbs 8:33–34
- 40 John 3:19; John 1:11; Psalm 81:11; John 6:37; Matthew 23:37
- 41 John 7:18; John 8:50; John 5:44; John 5:34; 1 Thessalonians 2:6
- 42 1 John 4:20; 1 John 2:15; 1 John 3:17; John 2:25; Romans 8:7
- 43 Matthew 24:5; John 10:25; John 17:4–6; John 8:28–29; Hebrews 5:4–5
- 44 John 12:43; Romans 2:29; Philippians 2:3; Matthew 23:5; Romans 8:7–8
- 45 Romans 3:19–20; Galatians 3:10; Romans 2:12; 2 Corinthians 3:7–11; John 9:28–29
- 46 Deuteronomy 18:15; Deuteronomy 18:18–19; John 1:45; Luke 24:27; Numbers 24:17–18
- 47 Luke 16:31; Luke 16:29
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
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