John 5-9

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The Healing at the Pool

5 Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish festivals. ² Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate^(A) a pool, which in Aramaic^(B) is called Bethesda^[a] and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. ³ Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. ^{[4] [b] 5} One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. ⁶ When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to get well?”

⁷ “Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me.”

⁸ Then Jesus said to him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.”^{(C) 9} At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked.

The day on which this took place was a Sabbath,^{(D) 10} and so the Jewish leaders^(E) said to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath; the law forbids you to carry your mat.”^(F)

¹¹ But he replied, “The man who made me well said to me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’ ”

¹² So they asked him, “Who is this fellow who told you to pick it up and walk?”

¹³ The man who was healed had no idea who it was, for Jesus had slipped away into the crowd that was there.

¹⁴ Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, “See, you are well again. Stop sinning^(G) or something worse may happen to you.” ¹⁵ The man went away and told the Jewish leaders^(H) that it was Jesus who had made him well.

The Authority of the Son

¹⁶ So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders began to persecute him. ¹⁷ In his defense Jesus said to them, “My Father^(I) is always at his work^(J) to this very day, and I too am working.” ¹⁸ For this reason they tried all the more to kill him;^(K) not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.^(L)

¹⁹ Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself;^(M) he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. ²⁰ For the Father loves the Son^(N) and shows him all he does. Yes, and he will show him even greater works than these,^(O) so that you will be amazed. ²¹ For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life,^(P) even so the Son gives life^(Q) to whom he is pleased to give it. ²² Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son,^{(R) 23} that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him.^(S)

²⁴ “Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me^(T) has eternal life^(U) and will not be judged^(V) but has crossed over from death to life.^{(W) 25} Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come^(X) when the dead will hear^(Y) the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live. ²⁶ For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life^(Z) in himself. ²⁷ And he has given him authority to judge^(AA) because he is the Son of Man.

²⁸ “Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming^(AB) when all who are in their graves will hear his voice ²⁹ and come out—those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned.^{(AC) 30} By myself I can do nothing;^(AD) I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just,^(AE) for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.^(AF)

Testimonies About Jesus

³¹ “If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true.^{(AG) 32} There is another who testifies in my favor,^(AH) and I know that his testimony about me is true.

³³ “You have sent to John and he has testified^(AI) to the truth. ³⁴ Not that I accept human testimony;^(AJ) but I mention it that you may be saved.^{(AK) 35} John was a lamp that burned and gave light,^(AL) and you chose for a time to enjoy his light.

³⁶ “I have testimony weightier than that of John.^(AM) For the works that the Father has given me to finish—the very works that I am doing^(AN)—testify that the Father has sent me.^{(AO) 37} And the Father who sent me has himself testified concerning me.^(AP) You have never heard his voice nor seen his form,^{(AQ) 38} nor does his word dwell in you,^(AR) for you do not believe^(AS) the one he sent.^{(AT) 39} You study^[c] the Scriptures^(AU) diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life.^(AV) These are the very Scriptures that testify about me,^{(AW) 40} yet you refuse to come to me^(AX) to have life.

⁴¹ “I do not accept glory from human beings,^{(AY) 42} but I know you. I know that you do not have the love of God in your hearts. ⁴³ I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not accept me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him. ⁴⁴ How can you believe since you accept glory from one another but do not seek the glory that comes from the only God^[d]?^(AZ)

⁴⁵ “But do not think I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses,^(BA) on whom your hopes are set.^{(BB) 46} If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me.^{(BC) 47} But since you do not believe what he wrote, how are you going to believe what I say?”^(BD)

Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand^(BE)

6 Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias), ² and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the signs^(BF) he had performed by healing the sick. ³ Then Jesus went up on a mountainside^(BG) and sat down with his disciples. ⁴ The Jewish Passover Festival^(BH) was near.

⁵ When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip,^(BI) “Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?” ⁶ He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do.

⁷ Philip answered him, “It would take more than half a year’s wages^[e] to buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!”

⁸ Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother,^(BJ) spoke up, ⁹ “Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?”^(BK)

¹⁰ Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” There was plenty of grass in that place, and they sat down (about five thousand men were there). ¹¹ Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks,^(BL) and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish.

¹² When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted.” ¹³ So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.

¹⁴ After the people saw the sign^(BM) Jesus performed, they began to say, “Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.”^{(BN) 15} Jesus, knowing that they intended to come and make him king^(BO) by force, withdrew again to a mountain by himself.^(BP)

Jesus Walks on the Water^(BQ)

¹⁶ When evening came, his disciples went down to the lake, ¹⁷ where they got into a boat and set off across the lake for Capernaum. By now it was dark, and Jesus had not yet joined them. ¹⁸ A strong wind was blowing and the waters grew rough. ¹⁹ When they had rowed about three or four miles,^[f] they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the water;^(BR) and they were frightened. ²⁰ But he said to them, “It is I; don’t be afraid.”^{(BS) 21} Then they were willing to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat reached the shore where they were heading.

²² The next day the crowd that had stayed on the opposite shore of the lake^(BT) realized that only one boat had been there, and that Jesus had not entered it with his disciples, but that they had gone away alone.^{(BU) 23} Then some boats from Tiberias^(BV) landed near the place where the people had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.^{(BW) 24} Once the crowd realized that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum in search of Jesus.

Jesus the Bread of Life

²⁵ When they found him on the other side of the lake, they asked him, “Rabbi,^(BX) when did you get here?”

²⁶ Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me,^(BY) not because you saw the signs^(BZ) I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. ²⁷ Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures^(CA) to eternal life,^(CB) which the Son of Man^(CC) will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal^(CD) of approval.”

²⁸ Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?”

²⁹ Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe^(CE) in the one he has sent.”^(CF)

³⁰ So they asked him, “What sign^(CG) then will you give that we may see it and believe you?^(CH) What will you do? ³¹ Our ancestors ate the manna^(CI) in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’^[g]”^(CJ)

³² Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. ³³ For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven^(CK) and gives life to the world.”

³⁴ “Sir,” they said, “always give us this bread.”^(CL)

³⁵ Then Jesus declared, “I am^(CM) the bread of life.^(CN) Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes^(CO) in me will never be thirsty.^{(CP) 36} But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe. ³⁷ All those the Father gives me^(CQ) will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. ³⁸ For I have come down from heaven^(CR) not to do my will but to do the will^(CS) of him who sent me.^{(CT) 39} And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me,^(CU) but raise them up at the last day.^{(CV) 40} For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son^(CW) and believes in him shall have eternal life,^(CX) and I will raise them up at the last day.”

⁴¹ At this the Jews there began to grumble about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” ⁴² They said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph,^(CY) whose father and mother we know?^(CZ) How can he now say, ‘I came down from heaven’?”^(DA)

⁴³ “Stop grumbling among yourselves,” Jesus answered. ⁴⁴ “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them,^(DB) and I will raise them up at the last day. ⁴⁵ It is written in the Prophets: ‘They will all be taught by God.’^[h](DC) Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to me. ⁴⁶ No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God;^(DD) only he has seen the Father. ⁴⁷ Very truly I tell you, the one who believes has eternal life.^{(DE) 48} I am the bread of life.^{(DF) 49} Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died.^{(DG) 50} But here is the bread that comes down from heaven,^(DH) which anyone may eat and not die. ⁵¹ I am the living bread^(DI) that came down from heaven.^(DJ) Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”^(DK)

⁵² Then the Jews^(DL) began to argue sharply among themselves,^(DM) “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”

⁵³ Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh^(DN) of the Son of Man^(DO) and drink his blood,^(DP) you have no life in you. ⁵⁴ Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.^{(DQ) 55} For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. ⁵⁶ Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them.^{(DR) 57} Just as the living Father sent me^(DS) and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me. ⁵⁸ This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your ancestors ate manna and died, but whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.”^{(DT) 59} He said this while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.

Many Disciples Desert Jesus

⁶⁰ On hearing it, many of his disciples^(DU) said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?”^(DV)

⁶¹ Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, “Does this offend you?^{(DW) 62} Then what if you see the Son of Man^(DX) ascend to where he was before!^{(DY) 63} The Spirit gives life;^(DZ) the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit^[i] and life. ⁶⁴ Yet there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus had known^(EA) from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray him.^{(EB) 65} He went on to say, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has enabled them.”^(EC)

⁶⁶ From this time many of his disciples^(ED) turned back and no longer followed him.

⁶⁷ “You do not want to leave too, do you?” Jesus asked the Twelve.^(EE)

⁶⁸ Simon Peter answered him,^(EF) “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.^{(EG) 69} We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God.”^(EH)

⁷⁰ Then Jesus replied, “Have I not chosen you,^(EI) the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!”^{(EJ) 71} (He meant Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot,^(EK) who, though one of the Twelve, was later to betray him.)^(EL)

Jesus Goes to the Festival of Tabernacles

7 After this, Jesus went around in Galilee. He did not want^[j] to go about in Judea because the Jewish leaders^(EM) there were looking for a way to kill him.^{(EN) 2} But when the Jewish Festival of Tabernacles^(EO) was near, ³ Jesus’ brothers^(EP) said to him, “Leave Galilee and go to Judea, so that your disciples there may see the works you do. ⁴ No one who wants to become a public figure acts in secret. Since you are doing these things, show yourself to the world.” ⁵ For even his own brothers did not believe in him.^(EQ)

⁶ Therefore Jesus told them, “My time^(ER) is not yet here; for you any time will do. ⁷ The world cannot hate you, but it hates me^(ES) because I testify that its works are evil.^{(ET) 8} You go to the festival. I am not^[k] going up to this festival, because my time^(EU) has not yet fully come.” ⁹ After he had said this, he stayed in Galilee.

¹⁰ However, after his brothers had left for the festival, he went also, not publicly, but in secret. ¹¹ Now at the festival the Jewish leaders were watching for Jesus^(EV) and asking, “Where is he?”

¹² Among the crowds there was widespread whispering about him. Some said, “He is a good man.”

Others replied, “No, he deceives the people.”^{(EW) 13} But no one would say anything publicly about him for fear of the leaders.^(EX)

Jesus Teaches at the Festival

¹⁴ Not until halfway through the festival did Jesus go up to the temple courts and begin to teach.^{(EY) 15} The Jews^(EZ) there were amazed and asked, “How did this man get such learning^(FA) without having been taught?”^(FB)

¹⁶ Jesus answered, “My teaching is not my own. It comes from the one who sent me.^{(FC) 17} Anyone who chooses to do the will of God will find out^(FD) whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own. ¹⁸ Whoever speaks on their own does so to gain personal glory,^(FE) but he who seeks the glory of the one who sent him is a man of truth; there is nothing false about him. ¹⁹ Has not Moses given you the law?^(FF) Yet not one of you keeps the law. Why are you trying to kill me?”^(FG)

²⁰ “You are demon-possessed,”^(FH) the crowd answered. “Who is trying to kill you?”

²¹ Jesus said to them, “I did one miracle,^(FI) and you are all amazed. ²² Yet, because Moses gave you circumcision^(FJ) (though actually it did not come from Moses, but from the patriarchs),^(FK) you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath. ²³ Now if a boy can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, why are you angry with me for healing a man’s whole body on the Sabbath? ²⁴ Stop judging by mere appearances, but instead judge correctly.”^(FL)

Division Over Who Jesus Is

²⁵ At that point some of the people of Jerusalem began to ask, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?^{(FM) 26} Here he is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying a word to him. Have the authorities^(FN) really concluded that he is the Messiah?^{(FO) 27} But we know where this man is from;^(FP) when the Messiah comes, no one will know where he is from.”

²⁸ Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts,^(FQ) cried out, “Yes, you know me, and you know where I am from.^(FR) I am not here on my own authority, but he who sent me is true.^(FS) You do not know him, ²⁹ but I know him^(FT) because I am from him and he sent me.”^(FU)

³⁰ At this they tried to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him,^(FV) because his hour had not yet come.^{(FW) 31} Still, many in the crowd believed in him.^(FX) They said, “When the Messiah comes, will he perform more signs^(FY) than this man?”

³² The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering such things about him. Then the chief priests and the Pharisees sent temple guards to arrest him.

³³ Jesus said, “I am with you for only a short time,^(FZ) and then I am going to the one who sent me.^{(GA) 34} You will look for me, but you will not find me; and where I am, you cannot come.”^(GB)

³⁵ The Jews said to one another, “Where does this man intend to go that we cannot find him? Will he go where our people live scattered^(GC) among the Greeks,^(GD) and teach the Greeks? ³⁶ What did he mean when he said, ‘You will look for me, but you will not find me,’ and ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”^(GE)

³⁷ On the last and greatest day of the festival,^(GF) Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink.^{(GG) 38} Whoever believes^(GH) in me, as Scripture has said,^(GI) rivers of living water^(GJ) will flow from within them.”^{[l](GK) 39} By this he meant the Spirit,^(GL) whom those who believed in him were later to receive.^(GM) Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.^(GN)

⁴⁰ On hearing his words, some of the people said, “Surely this man is the Prophet.”^(GO)

⁴¹ Others said, “He is the Messiah.”

Still others asked, “How can the Messiah come from Galilee?^{(GP) 42} Does not Scripture say that the Messiah will come from David’s descendants^(GQ) and from Bethlehem,^(GR) the town where David lived?” ⁴³ Thus the people were divided^(GS) because of Jesus. ⁴⁴ Some wanted to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him.^(GT)

Unbelief of the Jewish Leaders

⁴⁵ Finally the temple guards went back to the chief priests and the Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring him in?”

⁴⁶ “No one ever spoke the way this man does,”^(GU) the guards replied.

⁴⁷ “You mean he has deceived you also?”^(GV) the Pharisees retorted. ⁴⁸ “Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him?^{(GW) 49} No! But this mob that knows nothing of the law—there is a curse on them.”

⁵⁰ Nicodemus,^(GX) who had gone to Jesus earlier and who was one of their own number, asked, ⁵¹ “Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him to find out what he has been doing?”

⁵² They replied, “Are you from Galilee, too? Look into it, and you will find that a prophet does not come out of Galilee.”^(GY)

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[The earliest manuscripts and many other ancient witnesses do not have John 7:53—8:11. A few manuscripts include these verses, wholly or in part, after John 7:36, John 21:25, Luke 21:38 or Luke 24:53.]

⁵³ Then they all went home, 8 ¹ but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.^(GZ)

² At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them.^{(HA) 3} The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group ⁴ and said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. ⁵ In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women.^(HB) Now what do you say?” ⁶ They were using this question as a trap,^(HC) in order to have a basis for accusing him.^(HD)

But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. ⁷ When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone^(HE) at her.”^{(HF) 8} Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground.

⁹ At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there. ¹⁰ Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?”

¹¹ “No one, sir,” she said.

“Then neither do I condemn you,”^(HG) Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.”^(HH)

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Dispute Over Jesus’ Testimony

¹² When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am^(HI) the light of the world.^(HJ) Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”^(HK)

¹³ The Pharisees challenged him, “Here you are, appearing as your own witness; your testimony is not valid.”^(HL)

¹⁴ Jesus answered, “Even if I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is valid, for I know where I came from and where I am going.^(HM) But you have no idea where I come from^(HN) or where I am going. ¹⁵ You judge by human standards;^(HO) I pass judgment on no one.^{(HP) 16} But if I do judge, my decisions are true, because I am not alone. I stand with the Father, who sent me.^{(HQ) 17} In your own Law it is written that the testimony of two witnesses is true.^{(HR) 18} I am one who testifies for myself; my other witness is the Father, who sent me.”^(HS)

¹⁹ Then they asked him, “Where is your father?”

“You do not know me or my Father,”^(HT) Jesus replied. “If you knew me, you would know my Father also.”^{(HU) 20} He spoke these words while teaching^(HV) in the temple courts near the place where the offerings were put.^(HW) Yet no one seized him, because his hour had not yet come.^(HX)

Dispute Over Who Jesus Is

²¹ Once more Jesus said to them, “I am going away, and you will look for me, and you will die^(HY) in your sin. Where I go, you cannot come.”^(HZ)

²² This made the Jews ask, “Will he kill himself? Is that why he says, ‘Where I go, you cannot come’?”

²³ But he continued, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.^{(IA) 24} I told you that you would die in your sins; if you do not believe that I am he,^(IB) you will indeed die in your sins.”

²⁵ “Who are you?” they asked.

“Just what I have been telling you from the beginning,” Jesus replied. ²⁶ “I have much to say in judgment of you. But he who sent me is trustworthy,^(IC) and what I have heard from him I tell the world.”^(ID)

²⁷ They did not understand that he was telling them about his Father. ²⁸ So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up^[m] the Son of Man,^(IE) then you will know that I am he and that I do nothing on my own but speak just what the Father has taught me.^{(IF) 29} The one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone,^(IG) for I always do what pleases him.”^{(IH) 30} Even as he spoke, many believed in him.^(II)

Dispute Over Whose Children Jesus’ Opponents Are

³¹ To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching,^(IJ) you are really my disciples. ³² Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”^(IK)

³³ They answered him, “We are Abraham’s descendants^(IL) and have never been slaves of anyone. How can you say that we shall be set free?”

³⁴ Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.^{(IM) 35} Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever.^{(IN) 36} So if the Son sets you free,^(IO) you will be free indeed. ³⁷ I know that you are Abraham’s descendants. Yet you are looking for a way to kill me,^(IP) because you have no room for my word. ³⁸ I am telling you what I have seen in the Father’s presence,^(IQ) and you are doing what you have heard from your father.^[n]”^(IR)

³⁹ “Abraham is our father,” they answered.

“If you were Abraham’s children,”^(IS) said Jesus, “then you would^[o] do what Abraham did. ⁴⁰ As it is, you are looking for a way to kill me,^(IT) a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God.^(IU) Abraham did not do such things. ⁴¹ You are doing the works of your own father.”^(IV)

“We are not illegitimate children,” they protested. “The only Father we have is God himself.”^(IW)

⁴² Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me,^(IX) for I have come here from God.^(IY) I have not come on my own;^(IZ) God sent me.^{(JA) 43} Why is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say. ⁴⁴ You belong to your father, the devil,^(JB) and you want to carry out your father’s desires.^(JC) He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.^{(JD) 45} Yet because I tell the truth,^(JE) you do not believe me! ⁴⁶ Can any of you prove me guilty of sin? If I am telling the truth, why don’t you believe me? ⁴⁷ Whoever belongs to God hears what God says.^(JF) The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.”

Jesus’ Claims About Himself

⁴⁸ The Jews answered him, “Aren’t we right in saying that you are a Samaritan^(JG) and demon-possessed?”^(JH)

⁴⁹ “I am not possessed by a demon,” said Jesus, “but I honor my Father and you dishonor me. ⁵⁰ I am not seeking glory for myself;^(JI) but there is one who seeks it, and he is the judge. ⁵¹ Very truly I tell you, whoever obeys my word will never see death.”^(JJ)

⁵² At this they exclaimed, “Now we know that you are demon-possessed!^(JK) Abraham died and so did the prophets, yet you say that whoever obeys your word will never taste death. ⁵³ Are you greater than our father Abraham?^(JL) He died, and so did the prophets. Who do you think you are?”

⁵⁴ Jesus replied, “If I glorify myself,^(JM) my glory means nothing. My Father, whom you claim as your God, is the one who glorifies me.^{(JN) 55} Though you do not know him,^(JO) I know him.^(JP) If I said I did not, I would be a liar like you, but I do know him and obey his word.^{(JQ) 56} Your father Abraham^(JR) rejoiced at the thought of seeing my day; he saw it^(JS) and was glad.”

⁵⁷ “You are not yet fifty years old,” they said to him, “and you have seen Abraham!”

⁵⁸ “Very truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “before Abraham was born,^(JT) I am!”^{(JU) 59} At this, they picked up stones to stone him,^(JV) but Jesus hid himself,^(JW) slipping away from the temple grounds.

Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind

9 As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. ² His disciples asked him, “Rabbi,^(JX) who sinned,^(JY) this man^(JZ) or his parents,^(KA) that he was born blind?”

³ “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him.^{(KB) 4} As long as it is day,^(KC) we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. ⁵ While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”^(KD)

⁶ After saying this, he spit^(KE) on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes. ⁷ “Go,” he told him, “wash in the Pool of Siloam”^(KF) (this word means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing.^(KG)

⁸ His neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging asked, “Isn’t this the same man who used to sit and beg?”^{(KH) 9} Some claimed that he was.

Others said, “No, he only looks like him.”

But he himself insisted, “I am the man.”

¹⁰ “How then were your eyes opened?” they asked.

¹¹ He replied, “The man they call Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and then I could see.”^(KI)

¹² “Where is this man?” they asked him.

“I don’t know,” he said.

The Pharisees Investigate the Healing

¹³ They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind. ¹⁴ Now the day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened the man’s eyes was a Sabbath.^{(KJ) 15} Therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight.^(KK) “He put mud on my eyes,” the man replied, “and I washed, and now I see.”

¹⁶ Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.”^(KL)

But others asked, “How can a sinner perform such signs?”^(KM) So they were divided.^(KN)

¹⁷ Then they turned again to the blind man, “What have you to say about him? It was your eyes he opened.”

The man replied, “He is a prophet.”^(KO)

¹⁸ They^(KP) still did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight until they sent for the man’s parents. ¹⁹ “Is this your son?” they asked. “Is this the one you say was born blind? How is it that now he can see?”

²⁰ “We know he is our son,” the parents answered, “and we know he was born blind.