John 5:2-9

²Now near the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem is a pool called Bethzatha in Hebrew, with five porches beside it.

³Crowds of sick people were lying in these porches—those who were blind, lame, or paralyzed.

⁵One man who was there had been sick for thirty-eight years. Jesus looked at him, knowing he had been lying there for long time, and asked him,

⁶“Do you want to be healed?”

⁷“Sir,” the sick man answered, “I don't have anyone to help me get into the pool when the water is stirred. While I'm trying to get there, someone always gets in before me.”

⁸“Stand up, pick up your mat, and start walking!” Jesus told him.

⁹Immediately the man was healed. He picked up his mat and started walking. Now the day that this happened was the Sabbath.