John 5:7

Good News Translation

The sick man answered, “Sir, I don't have anyone here to put me in the pool when the water is stirred up; while I am trying to get in, somebody else gets there first.”

Cross References

Psalm 142:4

When I look beside me, I see that there is no one to help me, no one to protect me. No one cares for me.

Psalm 72:12

He rescues the poor who call to him, and those who are needy and neglected.

John 5:2

Near the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem there is a pool with five porches; in Hebrew it is called Bethzatha.

John 5:3

A large crowd of sick people were lying on the porches—the blind, the lame, and the paralyzed.

John 5:6

Jesus saw him lying there, and he knew that the man had been sick for such a long time; so he asked him, “Do you want to get well?”

Romans 5:6

For when we were still helpless, Christ died for the wicked at the time that God chose.

1 Corinthians 9:24

Surely you know that many runners take part in a race, but only one of them wins the prize. Run, then, in such a way as to win the prize.

Deuteronomy 32:36

The Lord will rescue his people when he sees that their strength is gone. He will have mercy on those who serve him, when he sees how helpless they are.