He therefore answered, Whether he is a sinner, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.

Then they said to him, What did he do to you? how did he give you the use of your eyes?

His answer was: I have said it before, but your ears were shut: why would you have me say it again? is it your desire to become his disciples?

We know that God spake unto Moses: as for this fellow, we know not from whence he is.

The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes.

We know [according to your tradition] that God does not hear sinners; but if anyone fears God and does His will, He hears him.

From the beginning of the world such a thing was never heard of as that any one should open the eyes of a man blind from his birth.

They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.

Jesus heard that they had excommunicated him: and as soon as he had found him he said unto him, "Dost thou believe on the son of God?"

He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him?

And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee.

Then Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment [to separate those who believe in Me from those who reject Me—to declare judgment on those who choose to be separated from God], so that the sightless would see, and those who see would become blind.”

"If you were blind," answered Jesus, "you would have no sin; but as a matter of fact you boast that you see. So your sin remains!"

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.

But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

As soon as, all his own, he hath put forth, before them, he moveth on, and, the sheep, follow him, because they know his voice;

They will not go after another who is not their keeper, but will go from him in flight, because his voice is strange to them.

all, as many as came before me, are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them;

"I am the good shepherd; and a good shepherd [is willing] to die for the sheep.

But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.

The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.

This is why the Father loves Me, because I am laying down My life so I may take it up again.

No one takes it away from Me, but I lay it down voluntarily. I am authorized and have power to lay it down and to give it up, and I am authorized and have power to take it back. This command I have received from My Father.”

And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?

Others said, These sayings are not those of one that is possessed by a demon. Can a demon open blind people's eyes?

During the winter, when the Festival of Dedication was being held in Jerusalem [Note: This was the Jewish festival commemorating the rededication of the Temple in BC after its pagan desecration by Greeks. It is still observed today by Jews as "Hanukkah."],

as Jesus therefore was walking in the temple in Solomon's portico,

Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.

If thou art the Christ, tell us openly. Jesus responded, I told you, and you do not believe: the works which I do in the name of my Father, these testify concerning me.

But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.

according as I said to you: My sheep my voice do hear, and I know them, and they follow me,

And I give them eternal life, and they will never, ever [by any means] perish; and no one will ever snatch them out of My hand.

My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.

Jesus remonstrated with them. "Many good deeds," He said, "have I shown you as coming from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?"

"It is not for any good action that we would stone you," answered the Jews, "but for blasphemy; and because you, who are only a man, make yourself out to be God."

Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?

if them he did call gods unto whom the word of God came, (and the Writing is not able to be broken,)

[if that is true] then do you say of Him whom the Father sanctified and set apart for Himself and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?

If I am not doing the work that my Father is doing, do not believe me;

But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.

and many came unto him, and said -- 'John, indeed, did no sign, and all things, as many as John said about this one were true;'

Now a man named Lazarus, of Bethany, was lying ill; he belonged to the same village as Mary and her sister Martha.

(It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)

Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.

When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.

When therefore he heard, He is sick, he remained two days then in the place where he was.

Then after that saith he to his disciples, Let us go into Judaea again.

upon which his disciples said, master, it is not long since the Jews attempted to stone you; and are you for going thither again?

Jesus answered, "Is not the day twelve hours long? If a man travels by day he will not stumble, for he can see the light of this world;

But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.

These things spake he: and after this he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus is fallen asleep; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.

The disciples therefore said unto him, Lord, if he is fallen asleep, he will recover.

Jesus, however, had been speaking of his death; but as they imagined he meant natural sleep,

Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.

And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him.

Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellowdisciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.

Now Bethany is only about two miles from Jerusalem,

Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary sat still in the house.

But I know even now that as many things as thou may ask of God, God will give to thee.

Jesus said to her, 'I am the rising again, and the life; he who is believing in me, even if he may die, shall live;

and every one who is living and believing in me shall not die -- to the age;

believest thou this?' she saith to him, 'Yes, sir, I have believed that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming to the world.'

And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee.

As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came unto him.

& 31] Now as Bethany is not far from Jerusalem, only about two miles away,

Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and were consoling her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up quickly and went out, followed her, saying, "She is going to the tomb to weep there."

As soon as Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell down at his feet and told him, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother wouldn't have died."

Then the Jews were saying, Behold, how He loved him as a friend!

But some of them said, "This is the man who caused the blind man to see! Couldn't he have done something to keep Lazarus from dying?"

So, Jesus again felt distressed within Himself [as He] went to the grave site, which was a cave with a stone [slab] across its entrance.

Jesus says, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of the dead, says to him, Lord, he stinks already, for he is four days there.

and I knew that Thou always dost hear me, but, because of the multitude that is standing by, I said it, that they may believe that Thou didst send me.'

And he that was dead, came forth bound hand and foot, with grave bonds after the manner as they were wont to bind their dead withal. And his face was bound with a napkin. Jesus said unto them, "Loose him, and let him go."

So the chief priests and the Pharisees called together the Sanhedrin and said, "What are we doing? For this man is performing many signs!

If we let him alone as we are doing, every one will believe in him; and the Romans will come and will take from us both our City and our Nationality."

But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said, "You know nothing about it ??50 you do not understand it is in your own interests that one man should die for the People, instead of the whole nation being destroyed."

Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.

It was not as a mere man that he thus spoke. But being High Priest that year he was inspired to declare that Jesus was to die for the nation,

As a result, Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews. Instead, he went from there to a town called Ephraim in the region near the wilderness. There he remained with his disciples.

Then sought they for Jesus, and spake among themselves, as they stood in the temple, What think ye, that he will not come to the feast?

and both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a command, that if any one may know where he is, he may shew it, so that they may seize him.

Therefore saith one of his disciples -- Judas Iscariot, of Simon, who is about to deliver him up --

(Now Judas said this not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money box, he used to steal what was put into it.)

So, Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Let her keep [the rest of] it for [use on] the day of my burial.

A great multitude, therefore, of the Jews knew that he is there, and they came, not because of Jesus only, but that Lazarus also they may see, whom he raised out of the dead;

The Chief Priests, however, plotted to put Lazarus, as well as Jesus, to death,

On the morrow a great crowd who came to the feast, having heard that Jesus is coming into Jerusalem,

Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.

And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written,

Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt.

This is also why the crowd met Him, because they heard He had done this sign.

The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.

these then came near to Philip, who is from Bethsaida of Galilee, and were asking him, saying, 'Sir, we wish to see Jesus;'

And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified.

Truly I say to you, If a seed of grain does not go into the earth and come to an end, it is still a seed and no more; but through its death it gives much fruit.

he who is loving his life shall lose it, and he who is hating his life in this world -- to life age-during shall keep it;

If any man is my servant, let him come after me; and where I am, there will my servant be. If any man becomes my servant, my Father will give him honour.

Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.

"It is not for my sake," said Jesus, "that that voice came, but for your sakes.