1. Later, Jesus went to Jerusalem for a Jewish festival.
2. Near Sheep Gate in Jerusalem was a pool called Bethesda in Hebrew. It had five porches.
3. Under these porches a large number of sick people—people who were blind, lame, or paralyzed—used to lie.
5. One man, who had been sick for 38 years, was lying there.
6. Jesus saw the man lying there and knew that he had been sick for a long time. So Jesus asked the man, “Would you like to get well?”
7. The sick man answered Jesus, “Sir, I don’t have anyone to put me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I’m trying to get there, someone else steps into the pool ahead of me.”
8. Jesus told the man, “Get up, pick up your cot, and walk.”
9. The man immediately became well, picked up his cot, and walked.That happened on a day of worship.
10. So the Jews told the man who had been healed, “This is a day of worship. You’re not allowed to carry your cot today.”
11. The man replied, “The man who made me well told me to pick up my cot and walk.”
12. The Jews asked him, “Who is the man who told you to pick it up and walk?”