John 5:5–15

⁵One man was there who had been sick for 38 years. ⁶When Jesus saw him lying there and knew he had already been there a long time, ^sHe said to him, “Do you want to get well?”

⁷“Sir,” ^tthe sick man answered, “I don’t have a man 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, ^u10so the Jews ^vsaid to the man who had been healed, “This is the Sabbath! ^wIt’s illegal for you to pick up your mat.”

¹¹He replied, “The man who made me well ^xtold 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 cured did not know who it was, ^ybecause Jesus had slipped away into the crowd that was there. ^z

¹⁴After this, Jesus found him in the temple complex ^aand 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. ^b