John 9:1-12

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Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind

9 As 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 spit 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.”

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Job 8

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Bildad Speaks: Job Should Repent

8 Then ^(A)Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:

²“How long will you say these things,
    and the words of your mouth be a ^(B)great wind?
³^(C)Does God pervert justice?
    Or does the Almighty pervert the right?
⁴If your ^(D)children have sinned against him,
    he has delivered them into the hand of their transgression.
⁵If you will seek God
    and ^(E)plead with the Almighty for mercy,
⁶if you are pure and upright,
    surely then he will ^(F)rouse himself for you
    and ^(G)restore your rightful habitation.
⁷And though your beginning was small,
    ^(H)your latter days will be very great.

⁸“For ^(I)inquire, please, of bygone ages,
    and consider what ^(J)the fathers have searched out.
⁹For we are but of yesterday and know nothing,
    for our days on earth are ^(K)a shadow.
¹⁰Will they not teach you and tell you
    and utter words out of their understanding?

¹¹“Can papyrus grow where there is no marsh?
    Can reeds flourish where there is no water?
¹²While yet in flower and not cut down,
    they ^(L)wither before any other plant.
¹³Such are the paths of all who ^(M)forget God;
    ^(N)the hope of ^(O)the godless shall perish.
¹⁴His confidence is severed,
    and his trust is ^(P)a spider's web.^[a]
¹⁵He leans against his ^(Q)house, but it does not stand;
    he lays hold of it, but it does not endure.
¹⁶He is a lush plant before the sun,
    and his ^(R)shoots spread over his garden.
¹⁷His roots entwine the stone heap;
    he looks upon a house of stones.
¹⁸If he is destroyed from his ^(S)place,
    then it will deny him, saying, ‘I have never ^(T)seen you.’
¹⁹Behold, this is the joy of his way,
    and out of ^(U)the soil others will spring.

²⁰“Behold, God will not reject a blameless man,
    nor take the hand of evildoers.
²¹He will yet ^(V)fill your mouth with laughter,
    and your lips with shouting.
²²Those who hate you will be ^(W)clothed with shame,
    and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”