John 5:7

God's Word

The sick man answered Jesus, “Sir, I don’t have anyone to put me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I’m trying to get there, someone else steps into the pool ahead of me.”

Cross References

Psalm 142:4

Look to my right and see that no one notices me. Escape is impossible for me. No one cares about me.

Psalm 72:12

He will rescue the needy person who cries for help and the oppressed person who has no one’s help.

John 5:2

Near Sheep Gate in Jerusalem was a pool called Bethesda in Hebrew. It had five porches.

John 5:3

Under these porches a large number of sick people—people who were blind, lame, or paralyzed—used to lie.

John 5:6

Jesus saw the man lying there and knew that he had been sick for a long time. So Jesus asked the man, “Would you like to get well?”

Romans 5:6

Look at it this way: At the right time, while we were still helpless, Christ died for ungodly people.

1 Corinthians 9:24

Don’t you realize that everyone who runs in a race runs to win, but only one runner gets the prize? Run like them, so that you can win.

Deuteronomy 32:36

The Lord will judge his people and have compassion on his servants when he sees that their strength is gone and that no one is left, neither slaves nor free people.