Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.
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- WEB Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, “Behold, you are made well. Sin no more, so that nothing worse happens to you.”
- BSB Afterward, Jesus found the man at the temple and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Stop sinning, or something worse may happen to you.”
- NKJV Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon you.”
- NASB Afterward, Jesus *found him in the temple and said to him, “Behold, you have become well; do not sin anymore, so that nothing worse happens to you.”
- NLT But afterward Jesus found him in the Temple and told him, “Now you are well; so stop sinning, or something even worse may happen to you.”
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Jesus found the man in the temple and warned him to sin no more lest something worse happen. Physical healing points to a deeper call to repentance.
Overview
Jesus seeks the man out again, joining his bodily healing to a spiritual warning. While not all suffering results from specific sin, Jesus calls the man to a transformed life. The greater danger than physical illness is unrepented sin and its eternal consequences, from which Christ came to save.
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- John 8:11She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.
- Lev 26:23–24And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me;
- Ps 118:18The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.
- Matt 12:45Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.
- Neh 9:28But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies;
- Ps 107:20–22He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
- Rev 2:21–23And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.
- Isa 38:20The LORD was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the LORD.
- Ps 27:6And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.
- Lev 26:27And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me;
- Mark 2:5When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.
- 2 Chr 28:22And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this is that king Ahaz.
- Ps 66:13–15I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,
- Ezra 9:13–14And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this;
- John 5:5And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.
- Ps 116:12–19What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me?
- Ps 9:13Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
- Lev 7:12If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried.
- 1 Pet 4:3For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
- Isa 38:22Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?
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