John 9:1–12:50
1 As He passed by, He saw a man blind from birth.
2 And His disciples asked Him, “aRabbi, who sinned, bthis man or his cparents, that he would be born blind?”
3 Jesus answered, “It was neither that this man sinned, nor his parents; but it was so athat the works of God might be displayed in him.
4 “We must work the works of Him who sent Me aas long as it is day; night is coming when no one can work.
5 “While I am in the world, I am athe Light of the world.”
6 When He had said this, He aspat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and applied the clay to his eyes,
7 and said to him, “Go, wash in athe pool of Siloam” (which is translated, Sent). So he went away and bwashed, and ccame back seeing.
8 Therefore the neighbors, and those who previously saw him as a beggar, were saying, “Is not this the one who used to asit and beg?”
9 Others were saying, “This is he,” still others were saying, “No, but he is like him.” 1He kept saying, “I am the one.”
10 So they were saying to him, “How then were your eyes opened?”
11 He answered, “The man who is called Jesus made clay, and anointed my eyes, and said to me, ‘Go to aSiloam and wash’; so I went away and washed, and I received sight.”
12 They said to him, “Where is He?” He * said, “I do not know.”
13 They * brought to the Pharisees the man who was formerly blind.
14 aNow it was a Sabbath on the day when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes.
15 aThen the Pharisees also were asking him again how he received his sight. And he said to them, “He applied clay to my eyes, and I washed, and I see.”
16 Therefore some of the Pharisees were saying, “This man is not from God, because He adoes not keep the Sabbath.” But others were saying, “How can a man who is a sinner perform such 1bsigns?” And cthere was a division among them.
17 So they * said to the blind man aagain, “What do you say about Him, since He opened your eyes?” And he said, “He is a bprophet.”
18 aThe Jews then did not believe it of him, that he had been blind and had received sight, until they called the parents of the very one who had received his sight,
19 and questioned them, saying, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?”
20 His parents answered them and said, “We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;
21 but how he now sees, we do not know; or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him; he is of age, he will speak for himself.”
22 His parents said this because they awere afraid of the Jews; for the Jews bhad already agreed that if anyone confessed Him to be 1Christ, che was to be put out of the synagogue.
23 For this reason his parents said, “aHe is of age; ask him.”
24 So a second time they called the man who had been blind, and said to him, “aGive glory to God; we know that bthis man is a sinner.”
25 He then answered, “Whether He is a sinner, I do not know; one thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.”
26 So they said to him, “What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?”
27 He answered them, “aI told you already and you did not blisten; why do you want to hear it again? You do not want to become His disciples too, do you?”
28 They reviled him and said, “You are His disciple, but awe are disciples of Moses.
29 “We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, awe do not know where He is from.”
30 The man answered and said to them, “Well, here is an amazing thing, that you do not know where He is from, and yet He opened my eyes.
31 “We know that aGod does not hear sinners; but if anyone is God-fearing and does His will, He hears him.
32 “1Since the beginning of time it has never been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a person born blind.
33 “aIf this man were not from God, He could do nothing.”
34 They answered him, “aYou were born entirely in sins, and are you teaching us?” So they bput him out.
35 Jesus heard that they had aput him out, and finding him, He said, “Do you believe in the bSon of Man?”
36 He answered, “aWho is He, 1Lord, that I may believe in Him?”
37 Jesus said to him, “You have both seen Him, and aHe is the one who is talking with you.”
38 And he said, “Lord, I believe.” And he aworshiped Him.
39 And Jesus said, “aFor judgment I came into this world, so that bthose who do not see may see, and that cthose who see may become blind.”
40 Those of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these things and said to Him, “aWe are not blind too, are we?”
41 Jesus said to them, “aIf you were blind, you would have no sin; but 1since you say, ‘bWe see,’ your sin remains.
1 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up some other way, he is aa thief and a robber.
2 “But he who enters by the door is aa shepherd of the sheep.
3 “To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear ahis voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and bleads them out.
4 “When he puts forth all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know ahis voice.
5 “A stranger they simply will not follow, but will flee from him, because they do not know athe voice of strangers.”
6 This afigure of speech Jesus spoke to them, but they did not understand what those things were which He had been saying to them.
7 So Jesus said to them again, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am athe door of the sheep.
8 “All who came before Me are athieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.
9 “aI am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.
10 “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they amay have life, and 1have it abundantly.
11 “aI am the good shepherd; the good shepherd blays down His life for the sheep.
12 “He who is a hired hand, and not a ashepherd, who is not the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.
13 “He flees because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep.
14 “aI am the good shepherd, and bI know My own and My own know Me,
15 even as athe Father knows Me and I know the Father; and bI lay down My life for the sheep.
16 “I have aother sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear My voice; and they will become bone flock with cone shepherd.
17 “For this reason the Father loves Me, because I alay down My life so that I may take it again.
18 “aNo one has taken it away from Me, but I blay it down on My own initiative. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. cThis commandment I received from My Father.”
19 aA division occurred again among the Jews because of these words.
20 Many of them were saying, “He ahas a demon and bis insane. Why do you listen to Him?”
21 Others were saying, “These are not the sayings of one ademon-possessed. bA demon cannot open the eyes of the blind, can he?”
22 At that time the Feast of the Dedication took place at Jerusalem;
23 it was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple in the portico of aSolomon.
24 aThe Jews then gathered around Him, and were saying to Him, “How long 1will You keep us in suspense? If You are 2the Christ, tell us bplainly.”
25 Jesus answered them, “aI told you, and you do not believe; bthe works that I do in My Father’s name, these testify of Me.
26 “But you do not believe because ayou are not of My sheep.
27 “My sheep ahear My voice, and bI know them, and they follow Me;
28 and I give aeternal life to them, and they will never perish; and bno one will snatch them out of My hand.
29 “1My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.
30 “aI and the Father are 1one.”
31 The Jews apicked up stones again to stone Him.
32 Jesus answered them, “I showed you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you stoning Me?”
33 The Jews answered Him, “For a good work we do not stone You, but for ablasphemy; and because You, being a man, bmake Yourself out to be God.”
34 Jesus answered them, “Has it not been written in ayour bLaw, ‘cI said, you are gods’?
35 “If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken),
36 do you say of Him, whom the Father asanctified and bsent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘cI am the Son of God’?
37 “aIf I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me;
38 but if I do them, though you do not believe Me, believe athe works, so that you may 1know and understand that bthe Father is in Me, and I in the Father.”
39 Therefore athey were seeking again to seize Him, and bHe eluded their grasp.
40 And He went away aagain beyond the Jordan to the place where John was first baptizing, and He was staying there.
41 Many came to Him and were saying, “While John performed no asign, yet beverything John said about this man was true.”
42 aMany believed in Him there.
The Death and Resurrection of Lazarus
1 Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of aBethany, the village of Mary and her sister bMartha.
2 It was the Mary who aanointed bthe Lord with ointment, and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.
3 So the sisters sent word to Him, saying, “aLord, behold, bhe whom You love is sick.”
4 But when Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness is not to end in death, but for athe glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified by it.”
5 Now Jesus loved aMartha and her sister and Lazarus.
6 So when He heard that he was sick, He then stayed two days longer in the place where He was.
7 Then after this He * said to the disciples, “aLet us go to Judea again.”
8 The disciples * said to Him, “aRabbi, the Jews were just now seeking bto stone You, and are You going there again?”
9 Jesus answered, “aAre there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.
10 “But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is