John 5:7

Catholic Public Domain Version

The invalid answered him: "Lord, I do not have any man to put me in the pool, when the water has been stirred. For as I am going, another descends ahead of me."

Cross References

Psalm 142:4

And my spirit has been in anguish over me. My heart within me has been disturbed.

Psalm 72:12

Behold, these are sinners, and, abounding in this age, they have obtained riches.

John 5:2

Now at Jerusalem is the Pool of Evidence, which in Hebrew is known as the Place of Mercy; it has five porticos.

John 5:3

Along these lay a great multitude of the sick, the blind, the lame, and the withered, waiting for the movement of the water.

John 5:4

Now at times an Angel of the Lord would descend into the pool, and so the water was moved. And whoever descended first into the pool, after the motion of the water, he was healed of whatever infirmity held him.

John 5:6

Then, when Jesus had seen him reclining, and when he realized that he had been afflicted for a long time, he said to him, "Do you want to be healed?"

Romans 5:6

Yet why did Christ, while we were still infirm, at the proper time, suffer death for the impious?

1 Corinthians 9:24

Do you not know that, of those who run in a race, all of them, certainly, are runners, but only one achieves the prize. Similarly, you must run, so that you may achieve.

Deuteronomy 32:36

The Lord will judge his people, and he will take pity on his servants. He will see that their hand has been weakened, and that those who have been enclosed have likewise failed, and that those who have been left behind have been consumed.