John 5:1-17 / Jesus once again returns to Jerusalem for a feast

celebration. While there he comes across a multitude of people with severe

ailments waiting by an ancient pool, hoping in the second hand promises of

a miracle. Jesus engages with a certain man who is unable to walk, and

calls him to receive healing - and he does! This certain man receives such

a wonderful gift, but responds to that blessing in a very peculiar but

unsurprising way.