John 5:5–15

⁵One man was there who had been disabled for thirty-eight years. ⁶When Jesus saw him lying there and realized he had already been there a long time,^ab he said to him, “Do you want to get well?”

⁷“Sir,”^ac the disabled man answered, “I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I’m coming, someone goes down ahead of me.”

⁸“Get up,” Jesus told him, “pick up your mat and walk.” ⁹Instantly the man got well, picked up his mat, and started to walk.

Now that day was the Sabbath,^{ad 10}and so the Jews^ae said to the man who had been healed, “This is the Sabbath.^af The law prohibits you from picking up your mat.”

¹¹He replied, “The man who made me well^ag told me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’

¹²“Who is this man who told you, ‘Pick up your mat and walk’?” they asked. ¹³But the man who was healed did not know who it was,^ah because Jesus had slipped away into the crowd that was there.^A

¹⁴After this, Jesus found him in the temple^ai and said to him, “See, you are well. Do not sin anymore, so that something worse doesn’t happen to you.” ¹⁵The man went and reported to the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.^a