John 5:7

New Century Version

The sick man answered, “Sir, there is no one to help me get into the pool when the water starts moving. While I am coming to the water, someone else always gets in before me.”

Cross References

Psalm 142:4

Look around me and see. No one cares about me. I have no place of safety; no one cares if I live.

Psalm 72:12

He will help the poor when they cry out and will save the needy when no one else will help.

John 5:2

In Jerusalem there is a pool with five covered porches, which is called Bethesda in the Hebrew language. This pool is near the Sheep Gate.

John 5:3

Many sick people were lying on the porches beside the pool. Some were blind, some were crippled, and some were paralyzed [, and they waited for the water to move.

John 5:4

Sometimes an angel of the Lord came down to the pool and stirred up the water. After the angel did this, the first person to go into the pool was healed from any sickness he had].

John 5:6

When Jesus saw the man and knew that he had been sick for such a long time, Jesus asked him, “Do you want to be well?”

Romans 5:6

When we were unable to help ourselves, at the right time, Christ died for us, although we were living against God.

1 Corinthians 9:24

You know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize. So run to win!

Deuteronomy 32:36

The Lord will defend his people and have mercy on his servants. He will see that their strength is gone, that nobody is left, slaves or free.