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And many of those who heard believed the gospel of the kingdom. Some of the afflicted were so inspired and spiritually revivified that they went about proclaiming that they had been cured of their physical ailments.
 
And many of those who heard believed the gospel of the kingdom. Some of the afflicted were so inspired and spiritually revivified that they went about proclaiming that they had been cured of their physical ailments.
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One man who had been many years depressed and terribly afflicted by the infirmities of his troubled mind, rejoiced at Jesus' words, and picking up his bed, went home, even though it was the Sabbath day.
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One man who had been many years depressed and terribly afflicted by the infirmities of his troubled mind, rejoiced at Jesus' words, and picking up his bed, went home, even though it was the Sabbath day. This afflicted man had waited all these years for somebody to help him; he was such a victim of the feeling of his own helplessness that he had never once entertained the idea of helping himself which proved to be the one thing he had to do in order to effect recovery -- take up his bed and walk.
    
Then said Jesus to John:
 
Then said Jesus to John:
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