Chapter 9

Healing the Man Born Blind

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.”

Controversy over the Man

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.

Jesus Affirms His Deity

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.

Chapter 10

Parable of the Good Shepherd

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?”

Jesus Asserts His Deity

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.

Chapter 11

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 not in him.”

11 This He said, and after that He * said to them, “Our afriend Lazarus bhas fallen asleep; but I go, so that I may awaken him out of sleep.”

12 The disciples then said to Him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will 1recover.”

13 Now aJesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that He was speaking of 1literal sleep.

14 So Jesus then said to them plainly, “Lazarus is dead,

15 and I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe; but let us go to him.”

16 aTherefore Thomas, who is called 1bDidymus, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, so that we may die with Him.”

17 So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb afour days.

18 Now aBethany was near Jerusalem, about 1two miles off;

19 and many of athe Jews had come to bMartha and Mary, cto console them concerning their brother.

20 aMartha therefore, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went to meet Him, but aMary 1stayed at the house.

21 Martha then said to Jesus, “aLord, bif You had been here, my brother would not have died.

22 “Even now I know that awhatever You ask of God, God will give You.”

23 Jesus * said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”

24 Martha * said to Him, “aI know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.”

25 Jesus said to her, “aI am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies,

26 and everyone who lives and believes in Me awill never die. Do you believe this?”

27 She * said to Him, “Yes, Lord; I have believed that You are 1athe Christ, the Son of God, even 2bHe who comes into the world.”

28 When she had said this, she awent away and called Mary her sister, saying secretly, “bThe Teacher is here and is calling for you.”

29 And when she heard it, she * got up quickly and was coming to Him.

30 Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but awas still in the place where Martha met Him.

31 aThen the Jews who were with her in the house, and bconsoling her, when they saw that Mary got up quickly and went out, they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there.

32 Therefore, when Mary came where Jesus was, she saw Him, and fell at His feet, saying to Him, “aLord, bif You had been here, my brother would not have died.”

33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and athe Jews who came with her also weeping, He bwas deeply moved in spirit and 1cwas troubled,

34 and said, “Where have you laid him?” They * said to Him, “Lord, come and see.”

35 Jesus awept.

36 So athe Jews were saying, “See how He bloved him!”

37 But some of them said, “Could not this man, who aopened the eyes of the blind man, 1have kept this man also from dying?”

38 So Jesus, again being deeply moved within, * came to the tomb. Now it was a acave, and a stone was lying against it.

39 Jesus * said, “Remove the stone.” Martha, the sister of the deceased, * said to Him, “Lord, by this time 1there will be a stench, for he has been dead afour days.”

40 Jesus * said to her, “aDid I not say to you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?”

41 So they removed the astone. Then Jesus braised His eyes, and said, “cFather, I thank You that You have heard Me.

42 “I knew that You always hear Me; but abecause of the 1people standing around I said it, so that they may believe that bYou sent Me.”

43 When He had said these things, He cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth.”

44 The man who had died came forth, abound hand and foot with wrappings, and bhis face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus * said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.”

45 aTherefore many of the Jews bwho came to Mary, and csaw what He had done, believed in Him.

46 But some of them went to the aPharisees and told them the things which Jesus had done.

Conspiracy to Kill Jesus

47 Therefore athe chief priests and the Pharisees bconvened a ccouncil, and were saying, “What are we doing? For this man is performing many 1dsigns.

48 “If we let Him go on like this, all men will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our aplace and our nation.”

49 But one of them, aCaiaphas, bwho was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all,

50 nor do you take into account that ait is expedient for you that one man die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish.”

51 Now he did not say this 1on his own initiative, but abeing high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation,

52 and not for the nation only, but in order that He might also agather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.

53 So from that day on they aplanned together to kill Him.

54 Therefore Jesus ano longer continued to walk publicly among the Jews, but went away from there to the country near the wilderness, into a city called bEphraim; and there He stayed with the disciples.

55 Now athe Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the Passover bto purify themselves.

56 So they awere seeking for Jesus, and were saying to one another as they stood in the temple, “What do you think; that He will not come to the feast at all?”

57 Now athe chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where He was, he was to report it, so that they might seize Him.