5. There was a man lying there who had been sick for 38 years.
6. Jesus saw the man and knew that he had been sick for a very long time. So Jesus asked him, “Do you want to be well?”
7. The sick man answered, “Sir, there is no one to help me get into the pool when the water starts moving. I try to be the first one into the water. But when I try, someone else always goes in before I can.”
8. Then Jesus said, “Stand up. Pick up your mat and walk.”