A Man Born Blind Receives Sight

9 Now as Jesus passed by, He saw a man who was blind from birth. ² And His disciples asked Him, saying, “Rabbi, ^(A)who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”

³ Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, ^(B)but that the works of God should be revealed in him. ^4 (C)I^[a] must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is ^(D)day; the night is coming when no one can work. ⁵ As long as I am in the world, ^(E)I am the light of the world.”

⁶ When He had said these things, ^(F)He spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva; and He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay. ⁷ And He said to him, “Go, wash ^(G)in the pool of Siloam” (which is translated, Sent). So ^(H)he went and washed, and came back seeing.

⁸ Therefore the neighbors and those who previously had seen that he was ^[b]blind said, “Is not this he who sat and begged?”

⁹ Some said, “This is he.” Others said, ^[c]“He is like him.”

He said, “I am he.”

¹⁰ Therefore they said to him, “How were your eyes opened?”

¹¹ He answered and said, ^(I)“A Man called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes and said to me, ‘Go to ^[d]the pool of Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed, and I received sight.”

¹² Then they said to him, “Where is He?”

He said, “I do not know.”

The Pharisees Excommunicate the Healed Man

¹³ They brought him who formerly was blind to the Pharisees. ¹⁴ Now it was a Sabbath when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes. ¹⁵ Then the Pharisees also asked him again how he had received his sight. He said to them, “He put clay on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.”

¹⁶ Therefore some of the Pharisees said, “This Man is not from God, because He does not ^[e]keep the Sabbath.”

Others said, ^(J)“How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” And ^(K)there was a division among them.

¹⁷ They said to the blind man again, “What do you say about Him because He opened your eyes?”

He said, ^(L)“He is a prophet.”

¹⁸ But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind and received his sight, until they called the parents of him who had received his sight. ¹⁹ And they asked them, saying, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then 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 by what means he now sees we do not know, or who opened his eyes we do not know. He is of age; ask him. He will speak for himself.” ²² His parents said these things because ^(M)they feared the Jews, for the Jews had agreed already that if anyone confessed that He was Christ, he ^(N)would be put out of the synagogue. ²³ Therefore his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.”

²⁴ So they again called the man who was blind, and said to him, ^(O)“Give God the glory! ^(P)We know that this Man is a sinner.”

²⁵ He answered and said, “Whether He is a sinner or not I do not know. One thing I know: that though I was blind, now I see.”

²⁶ Then they said to him again, “What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?”

²⁷ He answered them, “I told you already, and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become His disciples?”

²⁸ Then they reviled him and said, “You are His disciple, but we are Moses’ disciples. ²⁹ We know that God ^(Q)spoke to ^(R)Moses; as for this fellow, ^(S)we do not know where He is from.”

³⁰ The man answered and said to them, ^(T)“Why, this is a marvelous thing, that you do not know where He is from; yet He has opened my eyes! ³¹ Now we know that ^(U)God does not hear sinners; but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does His will, He hears him. ³² Since the world began it has been unheard of that anyone opened the eyes of one who was born blind. ^33 (V)If this Man were not from God, He could do nothing.”

³⁴ They answered and said to him, ^(W)“You were completely born in sins, and are you teaching us?” And they ^[f]cast him out.

True Vision and True Blindness

³⁵ Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when He had ^(X)found him, He said to him, “Do you ^(Y)believe in ^(Z)the Son of ^[g]God?”

³⁶ He answered and said, “Who is He, Lord, that I may believe in Him?”

³⁷ And Jesus said to him, “You have both seen Him and ^(AA)it is He who is talking with you.”

³⁸ Then he said, “Lord, I believe!” And he ^(AB)worshiped Him.

³⁹ And Jesus said, ^(AC)“For judgment I have come into this world, ^(AD)that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may be made blind.”

⁴⁰ Then some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these words, ^(AE)and said to Him, “Are we blind also?”

⁴¹ Jesus said to them, ^(AF)“If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, ‘We see.’ Therefore your sin remains.

Jesus the True Shepherd

10 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. ² But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. ³ To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by ^(AG)name and leads them out. ⁴ And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. ⁵ Yet they will by no means follow a ^(AH)stranger, but will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” ⁶ Jesus used this illustration, but they did not understand the things which He spoke to them.

Jesus the Good Shepherd

⁷ Then Jesus said to them again, “Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. ⁸ All who ever came ^[h]before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. ^9 (AI)I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. ¹⁰ The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

^11 (AJ)“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep. ¹² But a ^[i]hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and ^(AK)leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them. ¹³ The hireling flees because he is a hireling and does not care about the sheep. ¹⁴ I am the good shepherd; and ^(AL)I know My sheep, and ^(AM)am known by My own. ^15 (AN)As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; ^(AO)and I lay down My life for the sheep. ¹⁶ And ^(AP)other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; ^(AQ)and there will be one flock and one shepherd.

¹⁷ “Therefore My Father ^(AR)loves Me, ^(AS)because I lay down My life that I may take it again. ¹⁸ No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I ^(AT)have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. ^(AU)This command I have received from My Father.”

¹⁹ Therefore ^(AV)there was a division again among the Jews because of these sayings. ²⁰ And many of them said, ^(AW)“He has a demon and is ^[j]mad. Why do you listen to Him?”

²¹ Others said, “These are not the words of one who has a demon. ^(AX)Can a demon ^(AY)open the eyes of the blind?”

The Shepherd Knows His Sheep

²² Now it was the Feast of Dedication in Jerusalem, and it was winter. ²³ And Jesus walked in the temple, ^(AZ)in Solomon’s porch. ²⁴ Then the Jews surrounded Him and said to Him, “How long do You keep us in ^[k]doubt? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.”

²⁵ Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. ^(BA)The works that I do in My Father’s name, they ^(BB)bear witness of Me. ²⁶ But ^(BC)you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, ^[l]as I said to you. ^27 (BD)My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. ²⁸ And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. ^29 (BE)My Father, ^(BF)who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand. ^30 (BG)I and My Father are one.”

Renewed Efforts to Stone Jesus

³¹ Then ^(BH)the Jews took up stones again to stone Him. ³² Jesus answered them, “Many good works I have shown you from My Father. For which of those works do you stone Me?”

³³ The Jews answered Him, saying, “For a good work we do not stone You, but for ^(BI)blasphemy, and because You, being a Man, ^(BJ)make Yourself God.”

³⁴ Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your law, ^(BK)‘I said, “You are gods” ’? ³⁵ If He called them gods, ^(BL)to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture ^(BM)cannot be broken), ³⁶ do you say of Him ^(BN)whom the Father sanctified and ^(BO)sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ ^(BP)because I said, ‘I am ^(BQ)the Son of God’? ^37 (BR)If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me; ³⁸ but if I do, though you do not believe Me, ^(BS)believe the works, that you may know and ^[m]believe ^(BT)that the Father is in Me, and I in Him.” ^39 (BU)Therefore they sought again to seize Him, but He escaped out of their hand.

The Believers Beyond Jordan

⁴⁰ And He went away again beyond the Jordan to the place ^(BV)where John was baptizing at first, and there He stayed. ⁴¹ Then many came to Him and said, “John performed no sign, ^(BW)but all the things that John spoke about this Man were true.” ⁴² And many believed in Him there.

The Death of Lazarus

11 Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the town of ^(BX)Mary and her sister Martha. ^2 (BY)It was that Mary who anointed the Lord with fragrant oil and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. ³ Therefore the sisters sent to Him, saying, “Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick.”

⁴ When Jesus heard that, He said, “This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”

⁵ Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. ⁶ So, when He heard that he was sick, ^(BZ)He stayed two more days in the place where He was. ⁷ Then after this He said to the disciples, “Let us go to Judea again.”

⁸ The disciples said to Him, “Rabbi, lately the Jews sought to ^(CA)stone You, and are You going there again?”

⁹ Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in the day? ^(CB)If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the ^(CC)light of this world. ¹⁰ But ^(CD)if one walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.” ¹¹ These things He said, and after that He said to them, “Our friend Lazarus ^(CE)sleeps, but I go that I may wake him up.”

¹² Then His disciples said, “Lord, if he sleeps he will get well.” ¹³ However, Jesus spoke of his death, but they thought that He was speaking about taking rest in sleep.

¹⁴ Then Jesus said to them plainly, “Lazarus is dead. ¹⁵ And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, that you may believe. Nevertheless let us go to him.”

¹⁶ Then ^(CF)Thomas, who is called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with Him.”

I Am the Resurrection and the Life

¹⁷ So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb four days. ¹⁸ Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about ^[n]two miles away. ¹⁹ And many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.

²⁰ Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met Him, but Mary was sitting in the house. ²¹ Now Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died. ²² But even now I know that ^(CG)whatever You ask of God, God will give You.”

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

²⁴ Martha said to Him, ^(CH)“I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”

²⁵ Jesus said to her, “I am ^(CI)the resurrection and the life. ^(CJ)He who believes in Me, though he may ^(CK)die, he shall live. ²⁶ And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?”

²⁷ She said to Him, “Yes, Lord, ^(CL)I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who is to come into the world.”

Jesus and Death, the Last Enemy

²⁸ And when she had said these things, she went her way and secretly called Mary her sister, saying, “The Teacher has come and is calling for you.” ²⁹ As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly and came to Him. ³⁰ Now Jesus had not yet come into the town, but ^[o]was in the place where Martha met Him. ^31 (CM)Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and comforting her, when they saw that Mary rose up quickly and went out, followed her, ^[p]saying, “She is going to the tomb to weep there.”

³² Then, when Mary came where Jesus was, and saw Him, she ^(CN)fell down at His feet, saying to Him, ^(CO)“Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.”

³³ Therefore, when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, He groaned in the spirit and was troubled. ³⁴ And He said, “Where have you laid him?”

They said to Him, “Lord, come and see.”

^35 (CP)Jesus wept. ³⁶ Then the Jews said, “See how He loved him!”

³⁷ And some of them said, “Could not this Man, ^(CQ)who opened the eyes of the blind, also have kept this man from dying?”

Lazarus Raised from the Dead

³⁸ Then Jesus, again groaning in Himself, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a ^(CR)stone lay against it. ³⁹ Jesus said, “Take away the stone.”

Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to Him, “Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days.”

⁴⁰ Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would ^(CS)see the glory of God?” ⁴¹ Then they took away the stone ^[q]from the place where the dead man was lying. And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. ⁴² And I know that You always hear Me, but ^(CT)because of the people who are standing by I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me.” ⁴³ Now when He had said these things, He cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth!” ⁴⁴ And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with ^(CU)graveclothes, and ^(CV)his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Loose him, and let him go.”

The Plot to Kill Jesus^(CW)

⁴⁵ Then many of the Jews who had come to Mary, ^(CX)and had seen the things Jesus did, believed in Him. ⁴⁶ But some of them went away to the Pharisees and ^(CY)told them the things Jesus did. ^47 (CZ)Then the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council and said, ^(DA)“What shall we do? For this Man works many signs. ⁴⁸ If we let Him alone like this, everyone will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and nation.”

⁴⁹ And one of them, ^(DB)Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all, ^50 (DC)nor do you consider that it is expedient for ^[r]us that one man should die for the people, and not that the whole nation should perish.” ⁵¹ Now this he did not say on his own authority; but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation, ⁵² and ^(DD)not for that nation only, but ^(DE)also that He would gather together in one the children of God who were scattered abroad.

⁵³ Then, from that day on, they plotted to ^(DF)put Him to death. ^54 (DG)Therefore Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews, but went from there into the country near the wilderness, to a city called ^(DH)Ephraim, and there remained with His disciples.

^55 (DI)And the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went from the country up to Jerusalem before the Passover, to ^(DJ)purify themselves. ^56 (DK)Then they sought Jesus, and spoke among themselves as they stood in the temple, “What do you think—that He will not come to the feast?” ⁵⁷ Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a command, that if anyone knew where He was, he should report it, that they might ^(DL)seize Him.