John 5:1-9 ▼

1 After these things, there was a Jewish festival, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

2 Now in Jerusalem by the sheep area there is a pool, which is called in Hebrew, |Beth Hesda,| having five porches.

3 In these lay a multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, or paralyzed.

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5 A certain man was there, who had been sick for thirty-eight years.

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

9 Immediately, the man was made well, and took up his mat and walked. Now it was the Sabbath on that day.