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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 ,
in Hebrew called Beth-za '
tha ,
which has five porticoes .
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In these lay a multitude of invalids ,
blind ,
lame ,
paralyzed .
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One man was there ,
who had been ill for thirty-eight years .
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When Jesus saw him and knew that he had been lying there a long time ,
he said to him , "
Do you want to be healed ?"
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The sick man answered him , "
Sir ,
I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is troubled ,
and while I am going another steps down before me ."
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Jesus said to him , "
Rise ,
take up your pallet ,
and walk ."
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And at once the man was healed ,
and he took up his pallet and walked .
Now that day was the sabbath .
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So the Jews said to the man who was cured , "
It is the sabbath ,
it is not lawful for you to carry your pallet ."
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But he answered them , "
The man who healed me said to me , `
Take up your pallet ,
and walk .'"
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They asked him , "
Who is the man who said to you , `
Take up your pallet ,
and walk '?"
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Now the man who had been healed did not know who it was ,
for Jesus had withdrawn ,
as there was a crowd in the place .
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Afterward ,
Jesus found him in the temple ,
and said to him , "
See ,
you are well !
Sin no more ,
that nothing worse befall you ."
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The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had healed him .
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And this was why the Jews persecuted Jesus ,
because he did this on the sabbath .