John 5:1-10 ▼

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

2 Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, called in Hebrew 'Bethesda.' It has five arcades.

3 In these there used to lie a great number of sick persons, and of people who were blind or lame or paralyzed.

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5 And there was one man there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.

6 Jesus saw him lying there, and knowing that he had been a long time in that condition, He asked him, "Do you wish to have health and strength?"

7 "Sir," replied the sufferer, "I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is moved; but while I am coming some one else steps down before me."

8 "Rise," said Jesus, "take up your mat and walk."

9 Instantly the man was restored to perfect health, and he took up his mat and began to walk.

10 That day was a Sabbath. So the Jews said to the man who had been cured, "It is the Sabbath: you must not carry your mat."