^5:7The sick man answered him, “Sir,¹³ I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up. While I am trying to get into the water,¹⁴ someone else¹⁵ goes down there¹⁶ before me.” ^5:8Jesus said to him, “Stand up! Pick up your mat¹⁷ and walk.” ^5:9Immediately the man was healed,¹⁸ and he picked up his mat¹⁹ and started walking. (Now that day was a Sabbath.)²⁰

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Footnotes

13 Or “Lord.” The Greek κύριος (kurios) means both “Sir” and “Lord.” In this passage the paralytic who was healed by Jesus never acknowledges Jesus as Lord—he rather reports Jesus to the authorities.
14 Grk “while I am going.”
15 Grk “another.”
16 The word “there” is not in the Greek text but is implied.
17 Or “pallet,” “mattress,” “cot,” or “stretcher.” Some of these items, however, are rather substantial (e.g., “mattress”) and would probably give the modern English reader a false impression.
18 Grk “became well.”
19 Or “pallet,” “mattress,” “cot,” or “stretcher.” See the note on “mat” in the previous verse.
20 Grk “Now it was Sabbath on that day.” This is a parenthetical note by the author.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, and while I am going another steps down before me.” Jesus said to him, “Get up, take up your bed, and walk.” And at once the man was healed, and he took up his bed and walked.

Now that day was the Sabbath.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me.”

Then Jesus said to him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.” At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked.

The day on which this took place was a Sabbath,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“Sir,” 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.”

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

Now that day was the Sabbath,

NLTNew Living Translation

“I can’t, sir,” the sick man said, “for I have no one to put me into the pool when the water bubbles up. Someone else always gets there ahead of me.”

Jesus told him, “Stand up, pick up your mat, and walk!”

Instantly, the man was healed! He rolled up his sleeping mat and began walking! But this miracle happened on the Sabbath,

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The one who was sick answered him, “Sir, I do not have anyone that, whenever the water is stirred up, could put me into the pool. But while I am coming, another goes down before me.” Jesus said to him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk!” And immediately the man became well and picked up his mat and began to walk. (Now it was the Sabbath on that day.)

KJV 1900King James Version

The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me. Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk. And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.

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