John 5:7

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The man answered, “Lord, I don't have anyone to put me in the pool when the water is stirred up. I try to get in, but someone else always gets there first.”

Cross References

Psalm 142:4

Even if you look, you won't see anyone who cares enough to walk beside me. There is no place to hide, and no one who really cares.

Psalm 72:12

Do this because the king rescues the homeless when they cry out, and he helps everyone who is poor and in need.

John 5:2

In the city near the sheep gate was a pool with five porches, and its name in Hebrew was Bethzatha.

John 5:3

Many sick, blind, lame, and crippled people were lying close to the pool.

John 5:6

When Jesus saw the man and realized that he had been crippled for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to be healed?”

Romans 5:6

Christ died for us at a time when we were helpless and sinful.

1 Corinthians 9:24

You know that many runners enter a race, and only one of them wins the prize. So run to win!

Deuteronomy 32:36

When only a few of the LORD's people remain, when their strength is gone, and some of them are slaves, the LORD will feel sorry for them and give them justice.