John:5:1-15

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* After this there was a feast of the Jews , and Jesus went up to Jerusalem . * Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool , which is called in Hebrew , Bethesda , having five porches . * In these lay a great multitude of sick people , blind , lame , paralyzed , waiting for the moving of the water . * 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 . * Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years . * 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 ?" * 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 ." * Jesus said to him , "Rise , take up your bed and walk ." * And immediately the man was made well , took up his bed , and walked . And that day was the Sabbath . * The Jews therefore said to him who was cured , "It is the Sabbath ; it is not lawful for you to carry your bed ." * He answered them , "He who made me well said to me , "Take up your bed and walk ."' * Then they asked him , "Who is the Man who said to you , "Take up your bed and walk '?" * But the one who was healed did not know who it was , for Jesus had withdrawn , a multitude being in that place . * 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 ." * The man departed and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well .

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