John 9:13-11:16

English Standard Version

¹³ They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind. ^14 (A)Now it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes. ^15 (B)So the Pharisees again asked him how he had received his sight. And he said to them, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.” ¹⁶ Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not ^(C)from God, ^(D)for he does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, ^(E)“How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” And ^(F)there was a division among them. ¹⁷ So they said again to the blind man, “What do you say about him, since he has opened your eyes?” He said, ^(G)“He is a prophet.”

^18 (H)The Jews^[a] did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight, until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight ¹⁹ and asked them, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?” ²⁰ His parents answered, “We know that this is our son and that he was born blind. ²¹ But how he now sees we do not know, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he is of age. He will speak for himself.” ²² (His parents said these things ^(I)because they feared the Jews, for ^(J)the Jews had already agreed that if anyone should ^(K)confess Jesus^[b] to be Christ, ^(L)he was to be put out of the synagogue.) ²³ Therefore his parents said, ^(M)“He is of age; ask him.”

²⁴ So for the second time they called the man who had been blind and said to him, ^(N)“Give glory to God. We know that ^(O)this man is a sinner.” ²⁵ He answered, “Whether he is a sinner I do not know. One thing I do know, that though I ^(P)was blind, now I see.” ²⁶ They said to him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?” ²⁷ He answered them, ^(Q)“I have told you already, and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become his disciples?” ²⁸ And they reviled him, saying, “You are his disciple, but ^(R)we are disciples of Moses. ²⁹ We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, ^(S)we do not know where he comes from.” ³⁰ The man answered, “Why, this is ^(T)an amazing thing! ^(U)You do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes. ³¹ We know that ^(V)God does not listen to sinners, but ^(W)if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, God listens to him. ³² Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a man born blind. ^33 (X)If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.” ³⁴ They answered him, ^(Y)“You were born in utter sin, and would you teach us?” And they ^(Z)cast him out.

³⁵ Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him he said, “Do you believe in ^(AA)the Son of Man?”^{[c] 36} He answered, ^(AB)“And who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?” ³⁷ Jesus said to him, “You have seen him, and ^(AC)it is he who is speaking to you.” ³⁸ He said, “Lord, I believe,” and he worshiped him. ³⁹ Jesus said, ^(AD)“For judgment I came into this world, ^(AE)that those who do not see may see, and ^(AF)those who see may become blind.” ⁴⁰ Some of the Pharisees near him heard these things, and said to him, ^(AG)“Are we also blind?” ⁴¹ Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, ^(AH)you would have no guilt;^[d] but now that you say, ‘We see,’ your guilt remains.

I Am the Good Shepherd

10 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. ² But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. ³ To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. ⁴ When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. ^5 (AI)A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” ⁶ This figure of speech Jesus ^(AJ)used with them, but they ^(AK)did not understand what he was saying to them.

⁷ So Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(AL)I am the door of the sheep. ⁸ All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. ⁹ I am the door. If anyone enters by me, ^(AM)he will be saved and will go in and out and ^(AN)find pasture. ¹⁰ The thief comes only to steal and ^(AO)kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. ^11 (AP)I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd ^(AQ)lays down his life for the sheep. ¹² He who is ^(AR)a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and ^(AS)leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and ^(AT)scatters them. ¹³ He flees because ^(AU)he is a hired hand and ^(AV)cares nothing for the sheep. ^14 (AW)I am the good shepherd. ^(AX)I know my own and ^(AY)my own know me, ^15 (AZ)just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and ^(BA)I lay down my life for the sheep. ¹⁶ And ^(BB)I have other sheep that are not of this fold. ^(BC)I must bring them also, and ^(BD)they will listen to my voice. So there will be ^(BE)one flock, ^(BF)one shepherd. ^17 (BG)For this reason the Father loves me, ^(BH)because ^(BI)I lay down my life that I may take it up again. ^18 (BJ)No one takes it from me, but ^(BK)I lay it down ^(BL)of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and ^(BM)I have authority to take it up again. ^(BN)This charge I have received from my Father.”

^19 (BO)There was again a division among the Jews because of these words. ²⁰ Many of them said, ^(BP)“He has a demon, and ^(BQ)is insane; why listen to him?” ²¹ Others said, “These are not the words of one who is oppressed by a demon. ^(BR)Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”

I and the Father Are One

²² At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter, ²³ and Jesus was walking in the temple, ^(BS)in the colonnade of Solomon. ²⁴ So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are ^(BT)the Christ, ^(BU)tell us plainly.” ²⁵ Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. ^(BV)The works that I do ^(BW)in my Father's name bear witness about me, ²⁶ but ^(BX)you do not believe because you are not among my sheep. ^27 (BY)My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. ^28 (BZ)I give them eternal life, and ^(CA)they will never perish, and ^(CB)no one will snatch them out of my hand. ²⁹ My Father, ^(CC)who has given them to me,^{[e] (CD)}is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of ^(CE)the Father's hand. ^30 (CF)I and the Father are one.”

^31 (CG)The Jews picked up stones again to stone him. ³² Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?” ³³ The Jews answered him, “It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but ^(CH)for blasphemy, because you, being a man, ^(CI)make yourself God.” ³⁴ Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in ^(CJ)your Law, ^(CK)‘I said, you are gods’? ³⁵ If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be ^(CL)broken— ³⁶ do you say of him whom ^(CM)the Father consecrated and ^(CN)sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because ^(CO)I said, ‘I am the Son of God’? ^37 (CP)If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me; ³⁸ but if I do them, ^(CQ)even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that ^(CR)the Father is in me and I am in the Father.” ^39 (CS)Again they sought to arrest him, but he escaped from their hands.

⁴⁰ He went away again across the Jordan to the place ^(CT)where John had been baptizing at first, and there he remained. ⁴¹ And many came to him. And they said, “John did no sign, but ^(CU)everything that John said about this man was true.” ⁴² And ^(CV)many believed in him there.

The Death of Lazarus

11 Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of ^(CW)Mary and her sister Martha. ^2 (CX)It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill. ³ So the sisters sent to him, saying, “Lord, ^(CY)he whom you love is ill.” ⁴ But when Jesus heard it he said, ^(CZ)“This illness does not lead to death. It is for ^(DA)the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”

⁵ Now ^(DB)Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. ⁶ So, when he heard that Lazarus^[f] was ill, ^(DC)he stayed two days longer in the place where he was. ⁷ Then after this he said to the disciples, ^(DD)“Let us go to Judea again.” ⁸ The disciples said to him, ^(DE)“Rabbi, ^(DF)the Jews were just now seeking to stone you, and are you going there again?” ⁹ Jesus answered, ^(DG)“Are there not twelve hours in the day? ^(DH)If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. ¹⁰ But ^(DI)if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not ^(DJ)in him.” ¹¹ After saying these things, he said to them, “Our friend Lazarus ^(DK)has fallen asleep, but I go to awaken him.” ¹² The disciples said to him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.” ¹³ Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he meant taking rest in sleep. ¹⁴ Then Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus has died, ¹⁵ and for your sake I am glad that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.” ^16 (DL)So Thomas, called the Twin,^[g] said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, ^(DM)that we may die with him.”