⁴ When the islanders saw the snake hanging from his hand,^(A) they said to each other, “This man must be a murderer; for though he escaped from the sea, the goddess Justice has not allowed him to live.”^(B)

⁴ Or those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam^(A) fell on them—do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem?

² Jesus answered, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way?^(A)

⁵ But Paul shook the snake off into the fire and suffered no ill effects.^(A)

² The islanders showed us unusual kindness. They built a fire and welcomed us all because it was raining and cold.

²⁴ Stop judging by mere appearances, but instead judge correctly.”^(A)

³⁵ And so upon you will come all the righteous blood that has been shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel^(A) to the blood of Zechariah son of Berekiah,^(B) whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.^(C)

⁸ But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars^(A)—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur.^(B) This is the second death.”^(C)

Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind

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