John 5:7

New Living Translation

“I can’t, sir,” the sick man said, “for I have no one to put me into the pool when the water bubbles up. Someone else always gets there ahead of me.”

Cross References

Psalm 142:4

I look for someone to come and help me, but no one gives me a passing thought! No one will help me; no one cares a bit what happens to me.

Psalm 72:12

He will rescue the poor when they cry to him; he will help the oppressed, who have no one to defend them.

John 5:2

Inside the city, near the Sheep Gate, was the pool of Bethesda, with five covered porches.

John 5:3

Crowds of sick people—blind, lame, or paralyzed—lay on the porches.

John 5:6

When Jesus saw him and knew he had been ill for a long time, he asked him, “Would you like to get well?”

Romans 5:6

When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners.

1 Corinthians 9:24

Don’t you realize that in a race everyone runs, but only one person gets the prize? So run to win!

Deuteronomy 32:36

“Indeed, the Lord will give justice to his people, and he will change his mind about his servants, when he sees their strength is gone and no one is left, slave or free.