John 9:28

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Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses' disciples.

They answered and said to him: You were wholly born in sins, and do you teach us? And they cast him out.

Then the Pharisees answered them: Are you also deceived?

Blessed are you, when they shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say every evil thing against you, falsely, on my account.

And they that passed by reviled him, shaking their heads,

and labor, working with our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure;

nor thieves, nor defrauders, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

When he was reviled, he did not revile again; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but committed himself to him that judges righteously.

Think not that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuses you, Moses, in whom you trust.

Did not Moses give you the law? and not one of you keeps the law. Why do you seek to kill me?

Then they instigated men to say: We have heard him speak impious words against Moses, and against God.

But if you are named Jew, and rest in the law, and make your boast in God.

and were all immersed into Moses, in the cloud and in the sea;