The Healing at the Pool on the Sabbath
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After a this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus b went up to Jerusalem.
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Now there is in Jerusalem c by the Sheep Gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches.
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In these lay a great multitude of sick people, blind, lame, paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water.
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For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred up the water; then whoever stepped in first, after the stirring of the water, was made well of whatever disease he had.
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Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years.
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When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, "Do you want to be made well?"
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The sick man answered Him, "Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before me."
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Jesus said to him, d "Rise, take up your bed and walk."
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And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked. And e that day was the Sabbath.
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The Jews therefore said to him who was cured, "It is the Sabbath; f it is not lawful for you to carry your bed."
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He answered them, "He who made me well said to me, 'Take up your bed and walk.' "
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Then they asked him, "Who is the Man who said to you, 'Take up your bed and walk'?"
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But the one who was g healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, a multitude being in that place.
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Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, "See, you have been made well. h Sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon you."
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The man departed and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.
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For this reason the Jews i persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill Him, because He had done these things on the Sabbath.
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But Jesus answered them, j "My Father has been working until now, and I have been working."
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Cross References
Leviticus 23:2
Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: 'The feasts of the LORD, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, these are My feasts.
Deuteronomy 16:16
Three times a year all your males shall appear before the LORD your God in the place which He chooses: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Tabernacles; and they shall not appear before the LORD empty-handed.
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Cross References
John 2:13
Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
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Cross References
Nehemiah 3:1
Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests and built the Sheep Gate; they consecrated it and hung its doors. They built as far as the Tower of the Hundred, and consecrated it, then as far as the Tower of Hananel.
Nehemiah 3:32
And between the upper room at the corner, as far as the Sheep Gate, the goldsmiths and the merchants made repairs.
Nehemiah 12:39
And above the Gate of Ephraim, above the Old Gate, above the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Sheep Gate; and they stopped by the Gate of the Prison.
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Cross References
Matthew 9:6
"But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins" - then He said to the paralytic, "Arise, take up your bed, and go to your house."
Mark 2:11
"I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house."
Luke 5:24
"But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins" - He said to the man who was paralyzed, "I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house."
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Cross References
John 9:14
Now it was a Sabbath when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes.
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Cross References
Exodus 20:10
But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD ...
Nehemiah 13:19
So it was, at the gates of Jerusalem, as it beg...
Jeremiah 17:21
Thus says the LORD: "Take heed to yourselves, a...
Jeremiah 17:22
Nor carry a burden out of your houses on the Sa...
Matthew 12:2
And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to Him...
Mark 2:24
And the Pharisees said to Him, "Look, why do th...
Luke 6:2
And some of the Pharisees said to them, "Why ar...
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Cross References
Luke 13:14
But the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath; and he said to the crowd, "There are six days on which men ought to work; therefore come and be healed on them, and not on the Sabbath day.
Luke 22:51
But Jesus answered and said, "Permit even this." And He touched his ear and healed him.
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Cross References
Matthew 12:45
"Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it also be with this wicked generation."
Mark 2:5
When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven you.
John 8:11
She said, "No one, Lord." And Jesus said to her, "Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more.
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Cross References
Luke 4:29
And rose up and thrust Him out of the city; and they led Him to the brow of the hill on which their city was built, that they might throw Him down over the cliff.
John 8:37
I know that you are Abraham's descendants, but you seek to kill Me, because My word has no place in you.
John 10:39
Therefore they sought again to seize Him, but He escaped out of their hand.
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Cross References
John 9:4
I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work.
John 17:4
I have glorified You on the earth. I have finished the work which You have given Me to do.
New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.