World English Bible
John 5:8
“Jesus said to him, "Arise, take up your mat, and walk.”
Verse in context — John 5
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When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had been sick for a long time, he asked him, "Do you want to be made well?
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The sick man answered him, "Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I'm coming, another steps down before me.
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Jesus said to him, "Arise, take up your mat, and walk.
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Immediately, the man was made well, and took up his mat and walked. Now it was the Sabbath on that day.
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So the Jews said to him who was cured, "It is the Sabbath. It is not lawful for you to carry the mat.
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