John 9:28

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

They answered, "You were wholly born in sins, and do you teach us?" Then they cast him out.

"Surely you have not been led astray, have you? answered the Pharisees.

"Blessed are you when they shall revile you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my name's sake.

Those who passed by reviled him, wagging their heads saying.

Homeless men, we toil, working with our own hands.

or thieves, or avaricious men, or drunkards, or foul-mouthed men, or extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.

He was reviled, and reviled not back. When he suffered he never threatened but always committed his cause to the One who judges rightly.

"Do not imagine that I shall accuse you to the Father. Moses is your accuser, on whom you build your hopes.

"Did not Moses give you the Law? Yet none of you is keeping the Law. Why are you seeking to kill me?"

Then they instigated some to say, "We have heard him speaking blasphemy against Moses and against God;" and in this way they excited the people.

Now if you bear the name of a Jew, and rely upon law, and boast yourself in God,

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