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And there was a certain man there having thirty and eight years in his sickness. Jesus— having seen this one lying down, and having known[a] that he already had a long time [in his sickness]— says to him, “Do you want to become healthy?” The one being sick answered Him, “Sir, I do not have a man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred-up. But while I am going, another goes down before me”.

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Footnotes

  1. John 5:6 Or, learned.

One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to get well?”

“Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me.”

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