He confesseth Christ The blind man excommunicated: JOHN, 26 Then said they to him believe on him? 37 And Jesus said unto him Thou hast both seen him, and it 27 He answered them, I have is he that talketh with thee. told you already, and ye did 38 And he said, Lord, I benot hear: wherefore would ye lieve. hear it again? will ye also be 39 his disciples? And he worshipped him. And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this 28 Then they reviled him, world; that they which see not and said, Thou art his disciple; might see, and that they which but we are Moses' disciples. see, might be made blind. 29 We know that God spake 40 And some of the Pharisees unto Moses; as for this fellow, which were with him heard these we know not from whence he is. words, and said unto him, Are 30 The man answered and we blind also? said unto them, Why, herein 41 Jesus said unto them, If is a marvellous thing, that ye ye were blind, ye should have know not from whence he is, no sin but now ye say, We and yet he hath opened mine see; therefore your maineth. CHAP. X. sin re eyes. 31 Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any Christ the good shepherd. man be a worshipper of God, VERILY, verily, I say unto and doeth his will, him he you, He that entereth not heareth. by the door into the sheepfold, 32 Since the world began but climbeth up some other was it not heard that any man way, the same is a thief and a opened the eyes of one that was robber. born blind. 2 But he that entereth in by 33 If this man were not of the door, is the shepherd of the God, he could do nothing. sheep. 34 They answered and said 3 To him the porter openeth; unto him, Thou wast altogether and the sheep hear his voice: born in sins, and dost thou and he calleth his own sheep by teach us? And they cast him name, and leadeth them out. out. 4 And when he putteth forth 35 Jesus heard that they had his own sheep, he goeth before cast him out and when he had them, and the sheep follow him: found him, he said unto him, for they know his voice. Dost thou believe on the Son of God? 5 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from Christ declareth himself to be him for they know not the voice 16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them CHAP. X. the door, and the good shephera. of strangers. 6 This parable spake Jesus also I must bring, and they unto them: but they understood shall hear my voice; and there not what things they were which shall be one fold, and one shephe spake unto them. herd. 7 Then said Jesus unto 17 Therefore doth my Fathem again, Verily, verily, Ither love me, because I lay say unto you, I am the door of down my life, that I might take the sheep. it again. 8 All that ever came before 18 No man taketh it from me, me are thieves and robbers: but I lay it down of myself. I but the sheep did not hear have power to lay it down, and them. I have power to take it again. 9 I am the door: by me if This commandment have I reany man enter in, he shall be ceived of my Father. saved, and shall go in and out, 19 There was a division and find pasture. therefore again among the Jews 10 The thief cometh not, but for these sayings. for to steal, and to kill, and to 20 And many of them said, destroy: I am come that they He hath a devil, and is mad; might have life, and that they why hear ye him? might have it more abundantly. 21 Others said, These are 11 I am the good shepherd: not the words of him that hath the good shepherd giveth his life a devil. Can a devil open the for the sheep. eyes of the blind? 12 But he that is a hireling, 22 And it was at Jerusalem and not the shepherd, whose the feast of the dedication, and own the sheep are not, seeth it was winter. the wolf coming, and leaveth 23 And Jesus walked in the the sheep, and fleeth; and the temple in Solomon's porch. wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. 13 The hireling fleeth, cause he is a hireling, and reth not for the sheep. 24 Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, be- How long dost thou make us ca- to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly. 25 Jesus answered them, I 14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am told you, and ye believed not: known of mine. the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me. 15 As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. 26 But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, las I said unto you. Christ's unity with the Father. JOHN, The sickness and 27 My sheep hear my voice, 39 Therefore they sought and I know them, and they fol-again to take him; but he eslow me: caped out of their hand, 28 And I give unto them eter- 40 And went away again benal life; and they shall never yond Jordan, into the place perish, neither shall any pluck where John at first baptized; them out of my hand. and there he abode. 29 My Father, which gave 41 And many resorted unto them me, is greater than all; and him, and said, John did no minone is able to pluck them out racle; but all things that John of my Father's hand. spake of this man were true. 42 And many believed on him 30 I and my Father are one. 31 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him. there. CHAP. XI. 32 Jesus answered them, Lazarus raised from death. Many good works have I shewed NOW a certain man was sick, you from my Father; for which named Lazarus, of Bethany, of those works do ye stone me? the town of Mary and her sister 33 The Jews answered him, Martha. saying, For a good work we 2 (It was that Mary which stone thee not; but for blas- anointed the Lord with ointphemy, and because that thou, ment, and wiped his feet with being a man, makest thyself her hair, whose brother Lazarus God. was sick.) 34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, said, Ye are gods? 3 Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick. 35 If he called them gods, 4 When Jesus heard that, he unto whom the word of God said, This sickness is not unto came, and the scripture cannot death, but for the glory of God, be broken; that the Son of God might be 36 Say ye of him whom the glorified thereby. Father hath sanctified, and sent 5 Now Jesus loved Martha, into the world, Thou blas- and her sister, and Lazarus. phemest; because I said, I am 6 When he had heard therethe Son of God? of fore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was. 7 Then after that saith he to 37 If I do not the works my Father, believe me not. 38 But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: his disciples, Let us go into that ye may know and believe Judea again. that the Father is in me, and I 8 His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought in him. CHAP. XI. death of Lazarus. Martha's faith in Christ. to stone thee; and goest thou she heard that Jesus was coming, thither again? went and met him: but Mary 9 Jesus answered, Are there sat still in the house. not twelve hours in the day? If 21 Then said Martha unto any man walk in the day, he Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been stumbleth not, because he seeth here, my brother had not died. the light of this world. 22 But I know that even now, but I : 10 But if a man walk in the whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, night, he stumbleth, because God will give it thee. there is no light in him. 23 Jesus saith unto her, Thy 11 These things said he and brother shall rise again. after that he saith unto them, 24 Martha saith unto him, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; I know that he shall rise again in go that I may awake him the resurrection at the last day. out of sleep. 25 Jesus said unto her, I am 12 Then said his disciples, the resurrection, and the life: Lord, if he sleep, he shall do he that believeth in me, though well. he were dead, yet shall he live: 13 Howbeit Jesus spake of 26 And whosoever liveth, and his death: but they thought that believeth in me, shall never die he had spoken of taking of rest Believest thou this? in sleep. 27 She saith unto him, Yea, 14 Then said Jesus unto them Lord: I believe that thou art plainly, Lazarus is dead. the Christ, the Son of God, 15 And I am glad for your which should come into the sakes that I was not there, to the world. intent ye may believe; never- 28 And when she had so said, theless, let us go unto him. she went her way, and called 16 Then said Thomas, which Mary her sister secretly, saying, s is called Didymus, unto his The Master is come, and calleth I fellow-disciples, Let us also go, for thee. that we may die with him. 29 As soon as she heard that, 17 Then when Jesus came, she arose quickly, and came unhe found that he had lain in the to him. grave four days already. 30 Now Jesus was not yet 18 (Now Bethany was nigh come into the town, but was in unto Jerusalem, about fifteen that place where Martha met furlongs off:) him. 19 And many of the Jews 31 The Jews then which came to Martha and Mary, to were with her in the house, and comfort them concerning their comforted her, when they saw brother. Mary that she rose up hastily, 20 Then Martha, as soon as and went out, followed her, Christ raiseth Lazarus. JOHN, Caiaphas prophesieth. the 42 And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because was of the people which stand by, come where Jesus was, and saw I said it, that they may believe him, she fell down at his feet, that thou hast sent me. saying unto him, Lord, if thou 43 And when he thus had hadst been here, my brother spoken, he cried with a loud had not died. voice, Lazarus, come forth. 44 And he that was dead 33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also came forth, bound hand and weeping which came with her, foot with grave-clothes: and he groaned in the spirit, and his face was bound about with was troubled, a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, 34 And said, Where have ye Loose him, and let him laid him? They say unto him, Lord, come and see. 35 Jesus wept. 36 Then said the Jews, hold how he loved him! go. 45 Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, Be-believed on him. 46 But some of them went 37 And some of them said, their ways to the Pharisees, and Could not this man, which open- told them what things Jesus had ed the eyes of the blind, have done. caused that even this man should not have died? 47 ¶ Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a coun38 Jesus therefore again cil, and said, What do we? for groaning in himself, cometh to this man doeth many miracles. the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it. 48 If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and 39 Jesus said, Take ye away the Romans shall come, and the stone. Martha, the sister take away both our place and of him that was dead, saith unto nation. him, Lord, by this time he stink- 49 And one of them, named eth: for he hath been dead four Caiaphas, being the high priest days. that same year, said unto them, 40 Jesus saith unto her, Said Ye know nothing at all, I not unto thee, that if thou 50 Nor consider that it is wouldest believe, thou shouldest expedient for us, that one man see the glory of God? should die for the people, and 41 Then they took away the that the whole nation perish not. stone from the place where the 51 And this spake he not of dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up himself: but being high priest his eyes, and said, Father, I thank that year, he prophesied that thee that thou hast heard me: Jesus should die for that nation, |