John 5:1-9

1After this came the feast of the Jews, so Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2Now in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate there is a pool, called Bethesda in Hebrew, which has five porticoes. 3In the porticoes were lying a great multitude of disabled people, including the blind, the lame, and the paralyzed, who were waiting for the moving of the water. 4For at times an angel would go down into the pool and stir up the water. The first person who stepped in after the water was stirred up was healed of whatever disease he had. 5One man was there who had been suffering in his disability for thirty-eight years. 6When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had been in that condition for a long time already, he said to him, “Do you want to be made well?” 7The disabled man answered him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I am going, another goes down before me.” 8Jesus said to him, “Rise, pick up your mat, and walk.” 9Immediately the man was made well, so he picked up his mat and began to walk.Now that day was a Sabbath.