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John 5:7 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" 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.” "

John 5:7

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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.”

9 Immediately, the man was made well, and took up his mat and walked. Now that day was a Sabbath.

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

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