Immediately, the man was made well, and took up his mat and walked. Now it was the Sabbath on that day.
Parallel translations
- KJV And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.
- BSB Immediately the man was made well, and he picked up his mat and began to walk. Now this happened on the Sabbath day,
- ESV And at once the man was healed, and he took up his bed and walked. Now that day was the Sabbath.
- NKJV And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked. And that day was the Sabbath.
- NASB Immediately the man became well, and picked up his pallet and began to walk. Now it was a Sabbath on that day.
- NLT Instantly, the man was healed! He rolled up his sleeping mat and began walking! But this miracle happened on the Sabbath,
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- Acts 3:7–8He took him by the right hand, and raised him up. Immediately his feet and his ankle bones received strength.
- John 9:14It was a Sabbath when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes.
- Mark 3:2–4They watched him, whether he would heal him on the Sabbath day, that they might accuse him.
- Mark 5:41–42Taking the child by the hand, he said to her, “Talitha cumi!” which means, being interpreted, “Girl, I tell you, get up!”
- Mark 5:29Immediately the flow of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her affliction.
- Mark 1:31He came and took her by the hand, and raised her up. The fever left her, and she served them.
- Luke 13:10–16He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath day.
- Mark 1:42When he had said this, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was made clean.
- Matt 12:10–13And behold there was a man with a withered hand. They asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day?” that they might accuse him.
- Mark 10:52Jesus said to him, “Go your way. Your faith has made you well.” Immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus on the way.
- John 5:14Afterward 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.”
- John 5:10–12So the Jews said to him who was cured, “It is the Sabbath. It is not lawful for you to carry the mat.”
- John 7:23If a boy receives circumcision on the Sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me, because I made a man completely healthy on the Sabbath?
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