Read the Gospels in 40 Days
9 And as Jesus passed by, He saw a man who was blind from his birth.
2 And His disciples asked Him, saying, “Master, who sinned - this man, or his parents - that he was born blind?”
3 Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents have sinned. But this is so that the works of God would be shown in him.
4 “I must work the works of the One who sent Me, while it is day. The night comes, when no one can work.
5 “As long as I am in the world, I am the Light of the world.”
6 As soon as He had thus spoken, He spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and anointed the eyes of the blind with the clay.
7 And He said to him, “Go. Wash in the pool of Siloam (which is by interpretation, Sent).” Therefore, he went and washed, and came back seeing.
8 Now, the neighbors, and those who had seen him before, when he was blind, said, “Is not this he who sat and begged?”
9 Some said, “This is he.” And others said, “He is like him.” But he himself said, “I am he!”
10 Therefore they said to him, “How were your eyes opened?”
11 He answered, and said, “The Man who is called ‘Jesus’ made clay and anointed my eyes and said to me, ‘Go to the pool of Siloam and wash’. So, I went and washed, and received sight.”
12 Then they said to him, “Where is he?” He said, “I cannot tell.”
13 They brought him who was once blind to the Pharisees.
14 And it was the Sabbath when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes.
15 Then, again, the Pharisees also asked him how he had received sight. And he said to them, “He laid clay upon my eyes. And I washed. And now I see.”
16 Then some of the Pharisees said, “This Man is not of God, because He does not keep the Sabbath.” Others said, “How can a Man who is a sinner do such miracles?” And there was a dissension among them.
17 Then they spoke to the blind again, “What do you say about Him, since He has opened your eyes?” And he said, “He is a Prophet.”
18 Then the Jews did not believe him (that he had been blind and received his sight) until they had called the parents of him who had received sight.
19 And they asked them, saying, “Is this your son, whom you say was born blind? How, then, does he now see?”
20 His parents answered them, and said, “We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind.
21 “But by what means he now sees we do not know. Or, who has opened his eyes we cannot tell. He is old enough. Ask him. He shall answer for himself.”
22 His parents spoke these words because they feared the Jews. For the Jews had already ordained that if anyone confessed that he was Christ, he would be expelled from the synagogue.
23 That is why his parents said, ‘He is old enough. Ask him.’
24 Then again they called the man who had been blind, and said to him, “Give glory to God. We know that this Man is a sinner.”
25 Then he answered, and said, “Whether He is a sinner or not, I cannot tell. One thing I know: that I was blind, and now I see!”
26 Then they said to him again, “What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?”
27 He answered them, “I have told you already, and you have not heard it. Why would you hear it again? Do you also wish to be His disciples?
28 Then they reviled him, and said, “You be His disciple! We will be Moses’ disciples!
29 “We know that God spoke with Moses. But we do not know from where this Man is.”
30 The man answered, and said to them, “Doubtless, this is a wondrous thing; that you do not know from where He is, and yet He has opened my eyes.
31 “Now we know that God does not hear sinners. But if anyone is a worshiper of God, and does His will, He does hear him.
32 “Since the world began it has been unheard of for anyone to open the eyes of one born blind.
33 “If this Man were not of God, He could have done nothing.”
34 They answered, and said to him, “You were born entirely in sin, and do you teach us!?” So, they cast him out.
35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out. And when He had found him, He said to him, “Do you believe in the Son of God?”
36 He answered, and said, “Who is He, Lord, that I might believe in Him?”
37 And Jesus said to him, “You have both seen Him, and it is He who is talking with you.”
38 Then he said, “Lord, I believe!” and worshiped Him.
39 And Jesus said, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that those who do not see, might see; and that those who see, might be made blind.”
40 And some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these things, and said to Him, “Are we blind also?”
41 Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no sin. But now you say, ‘We see.’ Therefore, your sin remains.
10 “Truly, truly I say to you, the one who does not enter in by the door into the sheepfold, but climbs up another way, he is a thief and a robber.
2 “But the one who goes in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
3 “To him the doorkeeper opens. And the sheep hear his voice. And he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
4 “And when he has sent forth his own sheep, he goes before them. And the sheep follow him. For they know his voice.
5 “And they will not follow a stranger. But they flee from him. For they do not know the voice of strangers.”
6 Jesus spoke this parable to them. But they did not understand what it was He was saying to them.
7 Then Jesus said to them again, “Truly, truly I say to you, I am that Door of the sheep.
8 “All that ever came before Me are thieves and robbers. But the sheep did not hear them.
9 “I am that Door. If anyone enters in by Me, he shall be saved, and shall go in, and go out, and find pasture.
10 “The thief does not come, if not to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they might have life and have it in abundance.
11 “I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd gives His life for His sheep.
12 “But the hired servant (who is not the shepherd, nor are the sheep his own) sees the wolf coming and he leaves the sheep and flees. And the wolf catches them and scatters the sheep.
13 “So the hired servant flees because he is a hired servant and does not care for the sheep.
14 “I am the Good Shepherd, and know My own, and am known by My own.
15 “As the Father knows Me, so I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep.
16 “I have other sheep also, which are not of this fold. I must also bring them. And they shall hear My voice. And there shall be one sheepfold, with one Shepherd.
17 “Therefore My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life, that I might take it again.
18 “No one takes it from Me. But I lay it down on My own. I have authority to lay it down and have authority to take it again. I have received this Commandment from My Father.”
19 Again, there was a dissension among the Jews because of these sayings.
20 And many of them said, ‘He has a demon, and is insane. Why listen to Him?’
21 Others said, ‘These are not the words of one who has a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?’
22 And at Jerusalem was the Feast of the Dedication. And it was winter.
23 And Jesus walked in the Temple, in Solomon’s porch.
24 Then the Jews came around Him, and said to Him, “How long will You hold us in suspense? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.”
25 Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you did not believe it. The works that I do in My Father’s Name, they bear witness of Me.
26 “But you did not believe it. For you are not of My sheep, as I said to you.
27 “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.
28 “And I give them eternal life. And they shall never perish, nor shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.
29 “My Father, Who gave them to Me, is greater than all. And no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand.
30 “I and My Father are One.”
31 Then the Jews took up stones again, to stone Him.
32 Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from My Father. For which of these works do you stone Me?”
33 The Jews answered Him, saying, “We do not stone You for a good work, but for blasphemy; and that you, being a Man, make Yourself God!”
34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I said, you are gods’?
35 “If he called them gods (to whom the Word of God has come) and the Scripture cannot be broken,
36 do you say of Him Whom the Father has sanctified and sent into the world, ‘You blaspheme’, because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?
37 “If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me.
38 “But if I do, then even though you do not believe Me, believe the works; so that you may know and believe that the Father is in Me, and I in Him.”
39 Again they sought to take Him. But He escaped out of their hands.
40 And again He went beyond Jordan, into the place where John first baptized, and stayed there.
41 And many came to Him, and said, “John did no miracle. But all things that John spoke about this Man were true.”
42 And many believed in Him there.
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