John 5:6-11

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?”

⁷The paralyzed man replied to him, “ Yes, sir, I want to get well, but there is no one to help me get down into the pool when the water is stirred {stirs}. While I am trying to get to the pool, someone else always gets there before me.”

⁸Jesus said to him, “Get up! Then pick up your mat and walk!”

⁹The man immediately was healed. He picked up his mat and started walking! The day on which this happened was a Jewish day of rest.

¹⁰So the Jewish leaders said to the man who had been healed, “Today is ◄the Sabbath/our rest day►, and in our Jewish laws it is written that people should not work on our ◄ Sabbath/rest day►, so you should not be carrying your mat!”

¹¹The man replied to them, “The man who healed me, he himself said to me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk!’”