1 After that, the Jews had a feast and Jesus went to Jerusalem.
2 In Jerusalem, near the Sheep Gate, there is a wide water hole. The Jews called this water hole Bethesda. It had five places with roofs for people to stand under.
3 Many sick people were lying on these places. Some of them were blind. Some were lame. Some were very thin and stiff so that they could not move by themselves. All of them were waiting for the water to move.
4 An angel came down into the water at a certain time and made it move. The first person who stepped into the water when it moved was healed of any sickness that he had.
5 A man was there who had been sick for thirty eight years.
6 Jesus saw the man lying there. He knew that he had been sick for a long time. He said to him, Do you want to be healed?
7 The sick man said to him, Sir, I have no man to put me into the water when it moves. While I am trying to get in, some other person comes and gets in before me.
8 Jesus said, Get up. Take up your bed and walk!
9 The man was healed right away. He took up his bed and walked. This happened on the Sabbath day.