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 altogether born in sins, and do you teach us!" And they cast him out.

The Pharisees; therefore, answered them, "Have ye also been led astray?

"Happy are ye, when they shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for My sake.

And those passing by were reviling Him, wagging their heads,

and we toil, laboring with our own hands; being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;

nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the Kingdom of God.

Who, when reviled, reviled not again; when suffering, was not threatening, but committed Himself to Him Who judgeth righteously;

Think not that I will accuse you to the Father; there is one who accuses you, Moses on whom ye have set your hope.

Did not Moses give you the law? and not one of you does the law. Why are ye seeking to kill Me?"

Then they suborned men, who said, "We have heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and against God."

But, if you are called a Jew, and are resting upon the law, and are boasting in God,

and were all immersed unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;