^{The Holy Bible}

^Douay-Rheims

John 5: 1 – 15

¹After these things was a festival day of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. ²Now there is at Jerusalem a pond, called Probatica, which in Hebrew is named Bethsaida, having five porches. ³In these lay a great multitude of sick, of blind, of lame, of withered; waiting for the moving of the water. ⁴And an angel of the Lord descended at certain times into the pond; and the water was moved. And he that went down first into the pond after the motion of the water, was made whole, of whatsoever infirmity he lay under. ⁵And there was a certain man there, that had been eight and thirty years under his infirmity. ⁶Him when Jesus had seen lying, and knew that he had been now a long time, he saith to him: Wilt thou be made whole? ⁷The infirm man answered him: Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pond. For whilst I am coming, another goeth down before me. ⁸Jesus saith to him: Arise, take up thy bed, and walk. ⁹And immediately the man was made whole: and he took up his bed, and walked. And it was the sabbath that day. ¹⁰The Jews therefore said to him that was healed: It is the sabbath; it is not lawful for thee to take up thy bed. ¹¹He answered them: He that made me whole, he said to me, Take up thy bed, and walk. ¹²They asked him therefore: Who is that man who said to thee, Take up thy bed, and walk? ¹³But he who was healed, knew not who it was; for Jesus went aside from the multitude standing in the place. ¹⁴Afterwards, Jesus findeth him in the temple, and saith to him: Behold thou art made whole: sin no more, lest some worse thing happen to thee. ¹⁵The man went his way, and told the Jews, that it was Jesus who had made him whole.