1 After this there was a Festival of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
2 Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, called in Hebrew Bethesda.' It has five arcades.
3 In these there used to lie a great number of sick persons, and of people who were blind or lame or paralyzed.
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5 And there was one man there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.
6 Jesus saw him lying there, and knowing that he had been a long time in that condition, He asked him, »Do you wish to have health and strength?«
7 »Sir,« replied the sufferer, »I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is moved; but while I am coming some one else steps down before me.«
8 »Rise,« said Jesus, »take up your mat and walk.«
9 Instantly the man was restored to perfect health, and he took up his mat and began to walk.