John 9:28

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

They answered him, "You were born in utter sin, and are you teaching us?" And they cast him out.

The Pharisees answered them, "Are you deceived, you also?

Blessed are you when they revile you and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for my sake.

And those who passed by hurled insults at him, wagging their heads

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

nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

when he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he uttered no threats, but he trusted himself to him who judges justly.

Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father; it is Moses who accuses you, on whom you set your hope.

Did not Moses give you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. Why do you seek to kill me?"

Then they secretly induced men to say, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God."

But if you call yourself a Jew, and rely on the law and boast of your relation to God

and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea;