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John 5:6 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had been sick for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to be made well?” "

John 5:6

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4 for an angel went down at certain times into the pool and stirred up the water. Whoever stepped in first after the stirring of the water was healed of whatever disease he had.

5 A certain man was there who had been sick for thirty-eight years.

6 When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had been sick for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to be made well?”

7 The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I’m coming, another steps down before me.”

8 Jesus said to him, “Arise, take up your mat, and walk.”

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"After these things, there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem."

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