John 5:1-6

¹Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem when the Jews were having another celebration.

²At one of the gates into the city called the Sheep Gate, there is a pool. In our language we call it Bethzatha. Around the pool were five open areas with roofs over them.

³Many people were lying there. They were people who were blind, lame, or paralyzed.

⁵One of those who was there had been paralyzed for thirty-eight years.

⁶Jesus saw him lying there and found out that the man had been like that for a long time. He said to the man, “Do you want to become well?”