John 5:2-9

Tree of Life Version

² Now in Jerusalem there is a pool by the sheep gate, called Bethzatha in Aramaic,^[a] which has five porches. ³ In these a crowd of invalids was lying around—blind, lame, disabled. (⁴ )^[b]

⁵ Now a certain man had been an invalid there for thirty-eight years. ⁶ Seeing him lying there and knowing he had been that way a long time, Yeshua said to him, “Do you want to get well?”

⁷ The invalid answered Him, “Sir, I have nobody to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up. While I’m trying to get in, somebody else steps down before me!”

⁸ Yeshua tells him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk!”

⁹ Immediately, the man was healed! He took up his mat and started walking around. Now that day was Shabbat,