⁵ A man who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. ⁶ When Jesus saw him lying there and was aware that he had been ill for a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to get well?” ⁷ The invalid answered him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up. While I am still on my way, someone else steps into the pool ahead of me.”