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He then added, “Very truly I tell you, you will see ‘heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending on’ the Son of Man.”
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Don’t you have a saying, ‘It’s still four months until harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.
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The next day the crowd that had stayed on the opposite shore of the lake 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.
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Dispute Over Whose Children Jesus’ Opponents Are
To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples.
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“How then were your eyes opened?” they asked.
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Now the day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened the man’s eyes was a Sabbath.
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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.”
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But how he can see now, or who opened his eyes, we don’t know. Ask him. He is of age; he will speak for himself.”
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Then they asked him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?”
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The man answered, “Now that is remarkable! You don’t know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes.
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Nobody has ever heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind.
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The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
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But others said, “These are not the sayings of a man possessed by a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”
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Again his Jewish opponents picked up stones to stone him,
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But some of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?”
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Yet at the same time many even among the leaders believed in him. But because of the Pharisees they would not openly acknowledge their faith for fear they would be put out of the synagogue;
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“I have spoken openly to the world,” Jesus replied. “I always taught in synagogues or at the temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret.
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From then on, Pilate tried to set Jesus free, but the Jewish leaders kept shouting, “If you let this man go, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who claims to be a king opposes Caesar.”
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The Purpose of John’s Gospel
Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book.
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Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written.
