John 9-10 (English Standard Version)

John 9

Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind

 ¹As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. ²And his disciples asked him,^(A) "Rabbi,^(B) who sinned,^(C) this man or^(D) his parents, that he was born blind?" ³Jesus answered, "It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but^(E) that the works of God might be displayed in him. ⁴We must^(F) work the works of him who sent me^(G) while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. ⁵As long as I am in the world,^(H) I am the light of the world." ⁶Having said these things,^(I) he spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva.^(J) Then he anointed the man’s eyes with the mud ⁷and said to him, "Go, wash in^(K) the pool of Siloam" (which means Sent). So he went and washed and^(L) came back seeing.

 ⁸The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar were saying,^(M) "Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?" ⁹Some said, "It is he." Others said, "No, but he is like him." He kept saying, "I am the man." ¹⁰So they said to him, "Then how were your eyes opened?" ¹¹He answered,^(N) "The man called Jesus made mud and anointed my eyes and said to me, 'Go to Siloam and wash.' So I went and washed and received my sight." ¹²They said to him, "Where is he?" He said, "I do not know."

 ¹³They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind. ^14(O) Now it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes. ^15(P) 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." ¹⁶Some of the Pharisees said, "This man is not^(Q) from God,^(R) for he does not keep the Sabbath." But others said,^(S) "How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?" And^(T) there was a division among them. ¹⁷So they said again to the blind man, "What do you say about him, since he has opened your eyes?" He said,^(U) "He is a prophet."

 ^18(V) The Jews 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 ¹⁹and asked them, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?" ²⁰His parents answered, "We know that this is our son and that he was born blind. ²¹But 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^(W) because they feared the Jews, for^(X) the Jews had already agreed that if anyone should^(Y) confess Jesus^[a] to be Christ,^(Z) he was to be put out of the synagogue.) ²³Therefore his parents said,^(AA) "He is of age; ask him."

 ²⁴So for the second time they called the man who had been blind and said to him,^(AB) "Give glory to God. We know that^(AC) this man is a sinner." ²⁵He answered, "Whether he is a sinner I do not know. One thing I do know, that though I^(AD) was blind, now I see." ²⁶They said to him, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?" ²⁷He answered them,^(AE) "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?" ²⁸And they reviled him, saying, "You are his disciple, but^(AF) we are disciples of Moses. ²⁹We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man,^(AG) we do not know where he comes from." ³⁰The man answered, "Why, this is^(AH) an amazing thing!^(AI) You do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes. ³¹We know that^(AJ) God does not listen to sinners, but^(AK) if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, God listens to him. ³²Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a man born blind. ^33(AL) If this man were not from God, he could do nothing." ³⁴They answered him,^(AM) "You were born in utter sin, and would you teach us?" And they^(AN) cast him out.

 ³⁵Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him he said, "Do you believe in^(AO) the Son of Man?"^{[b] 36}He answered,^(AP) "And who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?" ³⁷Jesus said to him, "You have seen him, and^(AQ) it is he who is speaking to you." ³⁸He said, "Lord, I believe," and he worshiped him. ³⁹Jesus said, ^(AR) "For judgment I came into this world,^(AS) that those who do not see may see, and^(AT) those who see may become blind." ⁴⁰Some of the Pharisees near him heard these things, and said to him,^(AU) "Are we also blind?" ⁴¹Jesus said to them, "If you were blind,^(AV) you would have no guilt;^[c] but now that you say, 'We see,' your guilt remains.

John 10

I Am the Good Shepherd

 ¹"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. ²But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. ³To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. ⁴When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. ^5(AW) A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers." ⁶This figure of speech Jesus^(AX) used with them, but they^(AY) did not understand what he was saying to them.

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

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

I and the Father Are One

 ²²At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter, ²³and Jesus was walking in the temple,^(CG) in the colonnade of Solomon. ²⁴So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, "How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are^(CH) the Christ,^(CI) tell us plainly." ²⁵Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you do not believe.^(CJ) The works that I do^(CK) in my Father’s name bear witness about me, ²⁶but^(CL) you do not believe because you are not part of my flock. ^27(CM) My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. ^28(CN) I give them eternal life, and^(CO) they will never perish, and^(CP) no one will snatch them out of my hand. ²⁹My Father,^(CQ) who has given them to me,^[d](CR) is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of^(CS) the Father’s hand. ^30(CT) I and the Father are one."

 ^31(CU) The Jews picked up stones again to stone him. ³²Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?" ³³The Jews answered him, "It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but^(CV) for blasphemy, because you, being a man,^(CW) make yourself God." ³⁴Jesus answered them, "Is it not written in^(CX) your Law,^(CY) 'I said, you are gods'? ³⁵If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be^(CZ) broken— ³⁶do you say of him whom^(DA) the Father consecrated and^(DB) sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because^(DC) I said, 'I am the Son of God'? ^37(DD) If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me; ³⁸but if I do them,^(DE) even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that^(DF) the Father is in me and I am in the Father." ^39(DG) Again they sought to arrest him, but he escaped from their hands.

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