John 5:1
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John 5:2
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Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep {gate} a pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porticoes.
John 5:3
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In these lay a multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, and withered, [(Early mss do not contain the remainder of v 3, nor v 4) waiting for the moving of the waters;
John 5:4
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for an angel of the Lord went down at certain seasons into the pool and stirred up the water; whoever then first, after the stirring up of the water, stepped in was made well from whatever disease with which he was afflicted.]
John 5:5
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A man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years.
John 5:6
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When Jesus saw him lying {there,} and knew that he had already been a long time {in that condition,} He *said to him, "Do you wish to get well?"
John 5:7
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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."
John 5:8
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Jesus *said to him, "Get up, pick up your pallet and walk."
John 5:9
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Immediately the man became well, and picked up his pallet and {began} to walk.
Now it was the Sabbath on that day.
Now it was the Sabbath on that day.
John 5:10
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So the Jews were saying to the man who was cured, "It is the Sabbath, and it is not permissible for you to carry your pallet."
John 5:11
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But he answered them, "He who made me well was the one who said to me, `Pick up your pallet and walk.'"
John 5:12
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They asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, `Pick up {your pallet} and walk'?"
John 5:13
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But the man who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped away while there was a crowd in {that} place.
John 5:14
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Afterward Jesus *found him in the temple and said to him, "Behold, you have become well; do not sin anymore, so that nothing worse happens to you."
John 5:15
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The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.
John 5:16
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For this reason the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because He was doing these things on the Sabbath.
John 5:17
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But He answered them, "My Father is working until now, and I Myself am working."
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