John 5:1-15
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After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. |
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Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches. |
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In these lay a great multitude of sick people, blind, lame, paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water. |
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For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred up the water; then whoever stepped in first, after the stirring of the water, was made well of whatever disease he had. |
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Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years. |
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When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, "Do you want to be made well?" |
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The sick man answered Him, "Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before me." |
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Jesus said to him, "Rise, take up your bed and walk." |
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And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked. And that day was the Sabbath. |
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The Jews therefore said to him who was cured, "It is the Sabbath; it is not lawful for you to carry your bed." |
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He answered them, "He who made me well said to me, 'Take up your bed and walk.' " |
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Then they asked him, "Who is the Man who said to you, 'Take up your bed and walk'?" |
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But the one who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, a multitude being in that place. |
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Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, "See, you have been made well. Sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon you." |
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The man departed and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well. |