John 5:6 - Compare All Versions
John 5:1-6 MSG (The Message)
Soon another Feast came around and Jesus was back in Jerusalem. Near the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem there was a pool, in Hebrew called Bethesda, with five alcoves. Hundreds of sick people—blind, crippled, paralyzed—were in these alcoves. One man had been an invalid there for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him stretched out by the pool and knew how long he had been there, he said, “Do you want to get well?”
John 5:6 KJV (King James Version)
When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?
John 5:6 NASB1995 (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had already been a long time in that condition, He *said to him, “Do you wish to get well?”
John 5:6 NCV (New Century Version)
When Jesus saw the man and knew that he had been sick for such a long time, Jesus asked him, “Do you want to be well?”
John 5:6 ASV (American Standard Version)
When Jesus saw him lying, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wouldest thou be made whole?
John 5:6 NIV (New International Version)
When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to get well?”
John 5:6 NKJV (New King James Version)
When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, “Do you want to be made well?”
John 5:6 AMP (Amplified Bible)
When Jesus noticed him lying there [helpless], knowing that he had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, “Do you want to get well?”
John 5:6 NLT (New Living Translation)
When Jesus saw him and knew he had been ill for a long time, he asked him, “Would you like to get well?”
John 5:6 TPT (The Passion Translation)
When Jesus saw him lying there, he knew that the man had been crippled for a long time. Jesus said to him, “Do you truly long to be well?”
John 5:6 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been there a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to be healed?”