Year C: Sixth Sunday of Easter
John 5:1-9
After this there was a festival of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate there is a pool, called in Hebrew Beth-zatha, which has five porticoes. In these lay many invalids—blind, lame, and paralyzed. One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had been there a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to be made well?” The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; and while I am making my way, someone else steps down ahead of me.” Jesus said to him, “Stand up, take your mat and walk.” At once the man was made well, and he took up his mat and began to walk. Now that day was a sabbath.
Scripture texts are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible. Lections are from the Revised Common Lectionary
Photo composite by John Lavender
Stained glass image Church of Christ the Consoler, Ripon, Northern Yorkshire, UK.
Acts 16:9-15 • Psalm 67 • Revelation 21:10, 22- 22:5 • John 14:23-29 or John 5:1-9
