Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind

1 As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, ^zwho sinned, this man ^aor his parents, that he was born blind?” 3 Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but ^bthat the works of God might be displayed in him. 4 We must work the works of him who sent me ^cwhile it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, ^dI am the ^elight of the world.” 6 Having said these things, he ^fspit on the ground and made mud with the saliva. Then he ^ganointed the man’s eyes with the mud 7 and said to him, ^h“Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). So he went and washed and came back seeing.

8 The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar were saying, ⁱ“Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?” 9 Some said, “It is he.” ^jOthers said, “No, but he is like him.” He kept saying, “I am the man.” 10 So they said to him, “Then how were your eyes opened?” 11 He answered, “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.” 12 They said to him, “Where is he?” He said, “I do not know.”

13 They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind. 14 ^kNow it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes. 15 So the Pharisees again asked him how he had received his sight. And he said to them, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.” 16 Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not ^lfrom God, ^mfor he does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” And there was a ⁿdivision among them. 17 So they said again to the blind man, “What do you say about him, since he has ^oopened your eyes?” He said, ^p“He is a prophet.”

18 The Jews¹ did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight, until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight 19 and asked them, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?” 20 His parents answered, “We know that this is our son and that he was born blind. 21 But how he now sees we do not know, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he is of age. He will speak for himself.” 22 (His parents said these things because they ^qfeared the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone should confess Jesus² to be Christ, he was to be ^rput out of the synagogue. 23 Therefore his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.”)

24 So ^sfor the second time they called the man who had been blind and said to him, ^t“Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.” 25 He answered, “Whether he is a ^usinner I do not know. One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.” 26 They said to him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?” 27 He answered them, “I have told you ^valready, and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become his disciples?” 28 And they reviled him, saying, “You are his disciple, but ^wwe are disciples of ^xMoses. 29 We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, ^ywe do not know where he comes from.” 30 The man answered, “Why, ^zthis is an amazing thing! You do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes. 31 We know that God ^adoes not listen to sinners, but ^bif anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, God listens to him. 32 Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a man born blind. 33 If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.” 34 They answered him, “You were born in utter sin, and would you teach us?” And they cast him out.

35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him he said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”³ 36 He answered, “And who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?” 37 Jesus said to him, “You have seen him, and ^cit is he who is speaking to you.” 38 He said, ^d“Lord, I believe,” and he worshiped him. 39 Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.” 40 Some of the Pharisees near him heard these things, and said to him, “Are we also blind?” 41 Jesus said to them, ^e“If you were blind, you would have no guilt;⁴ but now that you say, ‘We see,’ your guilt remains.

I Am the Good Shepherd

1 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. 2 But he who enters by the door is the ^fshepherd of the sheep. 3 To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep ^ghear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. 5 A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” 6 This ^hfigure of speech Jesus used with them, but they did ⁱnot understand what he was saying to them.

7 So Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, ^jI am the door of the sheep. 8 All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. 9 I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will ^kbe saved and will ^lgo in and out and find ^mpasture. 10 The thief comes only to steal and ⁿkill and destroy. I came that they may ^ohave life and have it abundantly. 11 I am ^pthe good shepherd. The good shepherd ^qlays down his life for the sheep. 12 He who is a hired hand and not a ^rshepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and ^sleaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. 13 He flees because he is a hired hand and ^tcares nothing for the sheep. 14 I am the good shepherd. ^uI know my own and my own know me, 15 just as ^vthe Father knows me and ^wI know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 And I have ^xother sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and ^ythey will listen to my voice. So there will be ^zone flock, ^aone shepherd. 17 For this reason ^bthe Father loves me, because I lay down my life ^cthat I may take it up again. 18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This ^dcharge I have received from my Father.”

19 There was again a ^edivision among the Jews because of these words. 20 Many of them said, “He ^fhas a demon, and is ^ginsane; why listen to him?” 21 ^hOthers said, “These are not the words of one who is oppressed by a demon. Can a demon ⁱopen the eyes of the blind?”

I and the Father Are One

22 At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter, 23 and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the ^jcolonnade of Solomon. 24 So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? ^kIf you are the Christ, tell us ^lplainly.” 25 Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father’s name ^mbear witness about me, 26 but ⁿyou do not believe because you are not among my sheep. 27 My sheep ^ohear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 I ^pgive them eternal life, and they will never perish, and ^qno one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, ^rwho has given them to me,⁵ is ^sgreater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. 30 ^tI and the Father are one.”

31 The Jews picked up stones ^uagain to stone him. 32 Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?” 33 The Jews answered him, “It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but for ^vblasphemy, ^wbecause you, being a man, ^xmake yourself God.” 34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ^y‘I said, you are gods’? 35 If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—^zand Scripture cannot be broken— 36 do you say of him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ ^abecause I said, ‘I am the Son of God’? 37 If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me; 38 but if I do them, even though you do not believe me, ^bbelieve the works, that you may know and understand that ^cthe Father is in me and I am in the Father.” 39 Again they sought to ^darrest him, ^ebut he escaped from their hands.

40 He went away again across the Jordan to ^fthe place where John had been baptizing at first, and there he remained. 41 And many came to him. And they said, “John did no sign, but ^geverything that John said about this man was true.” 42 And ^hmany believed in him there.

Book Five

Let the Redeemed of the Lord Say So