John 5:7

Modern English Version

The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred. But while I am coming, another steps down before me.”

Cross References

Psalm 72:12

For he will deliver the needy when he cries, the poor also, and him who has no helper.

Deuteronomy 32:36

For the Lord will judge His people, and relent in regard to His servants, when He sees that their power is gone and there is no one left, whether restrained or free.

1 Corinthians 9:24

Do you not know that all those who run in a race run, but one receives the prize? So run, that you may obtain it.

Psalm 142:4

Look to the right and see, for there is no one who acknowledges me; there is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.

Romans 5:6

While we were yet weak, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.

John 5:3

In these lay a great crowd of invalids, blind, lame, and paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water.

John 5:2

Now in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate there is a pool, which in Hebrew is called Bethesda, having five porches.

John 5:4

For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred up the water. After the stirring of the water, whoever stepped in first was healed of whatever disease he had.

John 5:6

When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had been in that condition now a long time, He said to him, “Do you want to be healed?”