John 9-10 (Darby Translation)

John 9

 ¹And as he passed on, he saw a man blind from birth.

 ²And his disciples asked him, saying, Rabbi, who sinned, this [man] or his parents, that he should be born blind?

 ³Jesus answered, Neither has this [man] sinned nor his parents, but that the works of God should be manifested in him.

 ⁴I must work the works of him that has sent me while it is day. [The] night is coming, when no one can work.

 ⁵As long as I am in the world, I am [the] light of the world.

 ⁶Having said these things, he spat on the ground and made mud of the spittle, and put the mud, as ointment, on his eyes.

 ⁷And he said to him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, which is interpreted, Sent. He went therefore and washed, and came seeing.

 ⁸The neighbours therefore, and those who used to see him before, that he was a beggar, said, Is not this he that was sitting and begging?

 ⁹Some said, It is he; others said, No, but he is like him: *he* said, It is I.

 ¹⁰They said therefore to him, How have thine eyes been opened?

 ¹¹He answered [and said], A man called Jesus made mud and anointed mine eyes, and said to me, Go to Siloam and wash: and having gone and washed, I saw.

 ¹²They said therefore to him, Where is he? He says, I do not know.

 ¹³They bring him who was before blind to the Pharisees.

 ¹⁴Now it was sabbath when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes.

 ¹⁵The Pharisees therefore also again asked him how he received his sight. And he said to them, He put mud upon mine eyes, and I washed, and I see.

 ¹⁶Some of the Pharisees therefore said, This man is not of God, for he does not keep the sabbath. Others said, How can a sinful man perform such signs? And there was a division among them.

 ¹⁷They say therefore again to the blind [man], What dost thou say of him, that he has opened thine eyes? And he said, He is a prophet.

 ¹⁸The Jews therefore did not believe concerning him that he was blind and had received sight, until they had called the parents of him that had received sight.

 ¹⁹And they asked them saying, This is your son, of whom ye say that he was born blind: how then does he now see?

 ²⁰His parents answered [them] and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;

 ²¹but how he now sees we do not know, or who has opened his eyes we do not know. *He* is of age: ask *him*; *he* will speak concerning himself.

 ²²His parents said these things because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if any one confessed him [to be the] Christ, he should be excommunicated from the synagogue.

 ²³On this account his parents said, He is of age: ask *him*.

 ²⁴They called therefore a second time the man who had been blind, and said to him, Give glory to God: we know that this man is sinful.

 ²⁵He answered therefore, If he is sinful I know not. One thing I know, that, being blind [before], now I see.

 ²⁶And they said to him again, What did he do to thee? how opened he thine eyes?

 ²⁷He answered them, I told you already and ye did not hear: why do ye desire to hear again? do ye also wish to become his disciples?

 ²⁸They railed at him, and said, Thou art his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.

 ²⁹We know that God spoke to Moses; but [as to] this [man], we know not whence he is.

 ³⁰The man answered and said to them, Now in this is a wonderful thing, that *ye* do not know whence he is, and he has opened mine eyes.

 ³¹[But] we know that God does not hear sinners; but if any one be God-fearing and do his will, him he hears.

 ³²Since time was, it has not been heard that any one opened the eyes of one born blind.

 ³³If this [man] were not of God he would be able to do nothing.

 ³⁴They answered and said to him, Thou hast been wholly born in sins, and thou teachest us? And they cast him out.

 ³⁵Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him, he said to him, Thou, dost thou believe on the Son of God?

 ³⁶He answered and said, And who is he, Lord, that I may believe on him?

 ³⁷And Jesus said to him, Thou hast both seen him, and he that speaks with thee is he.

 ³⁸And he said, I believe, Lord: and he did him homage.

 ³⁹And Jesus said, For judgment am I come into this world, that they which see not may see, and they which see may become blind.

 ⁴⁰And [some] of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and they said to him, Are we blind also?

 ⁴¹Jesus said to them, If ye were blind ye would not have sin; but now ye say, We see, your sin remains.

John 10

 ¹Verily, verily, I say to you, He that enters not in by the door to the fold of the sheep, but mounts up elsewhere, *he* is a thief and a robber;

 ²but he that enters in by the door is [the] shepherd of the sheep.

 ³To him the porter opens; and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.

 ⁴When he has put forth all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice.

 ⁵But they will not follow a stranger, but will flee from him, because they know not the voice of strangers.

 ⁶This allegory spoke Jesus to them, but they did not know what it was [of] which he spoke to them.

 ⁷Jesus therefore said again to them, Verily, verily, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

 ⁸All whoever came before me are thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not hear them.

 ⁹I am the door: if any one enter in by me, he shall be saved, and shall go in and shall go out and shall find pasture.

 ¹⁰The thief comes not but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I am come that they might have life, and might have [it] abundantly.

 ¹¹I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep:

 ¹²but he who serves for wages, and who is not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf seizes them and scatters the sheep.

 ¹³Now he who serves for wages flees because he serves for wages, and is not himself concerned about the sheep.

 ¹⁴I am the good shepherd; and I know those that are mine, and am known of those that are mine,

 ¹⁵as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.

 ¹⁶And I have other sheep which are not of this fold: those also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one flock, one shepherd.

 ¹⁷On this account the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it again.

 ¹⁸No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have authority to lay it down and I have authority to take it again. I have received this commandment of my Father.

 ¹⁹There was a division again among the Jews on account of these words;

 ²⁰but many of them said, He has a demon and raves; why do ye hear him?

 ²¹Others said, These sayings are not [those] of one that is possessed by a demon. Can a demon open blind people's eyes?

 ²²Now the feast of the dedication was celebrating at Jerusalem, and it was winter.

 ²³And Jesus walked in the temple in the porch of Solomon.

 ²⁴The Jews therefore surrounded him, and said to him, Until when dost thou hold our soul in suspense? If thou art the Christ, say [so] to us openly.

 ²⁵Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye do not believe. The works which I do in my Father's name, these bear witness concerning me:

 ²⁶but ye do not believe, for ye are not of my sheep, as I told you.

 ²⁷My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me;

 ²⁸and I give them life eternal; and they shall never perish, and no one shall seize them out of my hand.

 ²⁹My Father who has given [them] to me is greater than all, and no one can seize out of the hand of my Father.

 ³⁰I and the Father are one.

 ³¹The Jews therefore again took stones that they might stone him.

 ³²Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewn you of my Father; for which work of them do ye stone me?

 ³³The Jews answered him, For a good work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy, and because thou, being a man, makest thyself God.

 ³⁴Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?

 ³⁵If he called *them* gods to whom the word of God came (and the scripture cannot be broken),

 ³⁶do ye say of him whom the Father has sanctified and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest, because I said, I am Son of God?

 ³⁷If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not;

 ³⁸but if I do, even if ye believe not me, believe the works, that ye may know [and believe] that the Father is in me and I in him.

 ³⁹They sought therefore again to take him; and he went away from out of their hand

 ⁴⁰and departed again beyond the Jordan to the place where John was baptising at the first: and he abode there.

 ⁴¹And many came to him, and said, John did no sign; but all things which John said of this [man] were true.

 ⁴²And many believed on him there.