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CHAP. unto you, Before Abraham was born, I am he." Then they took 59 up stones to throw at him; but Jesus screened himself by passing through the midst of them, and so went out of the temple.

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asked him the same question that
had been put to him before, and he 15
said unto them, "He put clay on
mine eyes, and I washed them, and
now see. Wherefore some of the 16
Pharisees said, "This man is not
from God, because he keepeth not
the Sabbath." Others said, "How
can a sinner do such miracles?"
And there was a division among
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They said unto the blind man 17 again, What sayest thou of him, as are his since he hath opened thine eyes. He said, "That he is a prophet." But the Jews would not believe, 18 that he had been blind, and received his sight, till they had called his parents, and asked them, saying,

As he was passing along, he saw IX. a man who had been blind from gives sight his birth. And the disciples asked Jesus, saying, "Master, who sinned, this man, or his parents, that 3 he was born blind?" Jesus answered, "He was born blind, neither for his own sin, nor that of his parents; but that the works of God might be manifested in him. 4 I must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day, for night is coming, when no man can work. 5 While I am in the world, I am a 6 light to the world." When he had said this, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, and said unto him, "Go wash thine eyes in the pool of Siloam (which means, Sent)." 7 He went therefore, and washed 8 himself and came seeing. Upon this, the neighbours, and they who had seen him before, when he used to beg, said, "Is not this he, that 9 used to sit begging?" Some said, "It is he;" others said, "It is like him;" but he said himself, " I am 10 he." Then they said unto him, "How were thine eyes opened ?" The Pharisees called a second 24 11 He answered, "A man, called Je- time the man who had been blind; The man sus, made clay, and anointed mine and said unto him, "Give God answers eyes with it, and said unto me, the praise. We know that this man sees very "Go to the pool of Siloam, and is a sinner." The man answered, sensibly, wash thine eyes; and I went, and" I do not know that he is a sinwashed myself, and received sight." ner. One thing I know, that I was 12 Then they said unto him, "Where blind once, but now I sec.' And 26 is that man?" He saith, "I do they said to him again, "What did not know." he to thee? How did he open 13 Then they bring to the Pharisees thine eyes?" He answered them, 27 who is ex- him that had been blind. Now it" I have told you already, but you amined by the Phari was a Sabbath-day, on which Je- did not regard me. Why do ye wish sus had made the clay, and opened to hear it again? Would ye also be

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If this be your son, who ye say 19 was born blind, how doth he now see?" His parents answered, “We 20 know that this is our son, and that 21 he was born blind; but by what means he now seeth, we know not, or who opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age, ask him; he will speak for himself." His parents 22 spake thus, because they feared the Jews; for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man confessed Jesus to be the Christ, he should be forbidden the synagogue. There- 23 fore, said his parents," He is of age, ask him."

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CHAP. his disciples?" Then they reviled him, and said, "Thou mayest be 28 his disciple, but we are disciples of 29 Moses. We know that God spake to Moses; but we do not know 30 whence this man came." The man answered, "In this now is a wonderful thing, that ye know not whence he came, though he hath 31 opened mine eyes. Now we know that God heareth not sinners, but if any man be a worshipper of God and do his will, him he heareth. 32 Never was it heard yet, that any one opened the eyes of a man born 33 blind. If he were not from God, he could have done no such thing.' 34 They replied, "Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou 35 teach us?" And they sent him away with contempt.

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whom ye will into your fold, and CHAP.
excluding whom ye will, hear this
parable, "Verily, verily, I say un- A true
to you, he who goeth not into the shepherd
sheep-fold by the door, but climb- by a pa
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is a thief, and a murderer. But he 2
who goeth in by the door is the
shepherd of the sheep. To him 3
the porter openeth, and the sheep
hear his voice, and he calleth his
own sheep by name, and leadeth
them out.

And when he hath 4
brought his own sheep out, he go-
eth before them, and the sheep fol-
low him; for they know his voice.
But a stranger they will not follow, 5
but will flee from him; for they
know not the voice of strangers.'
This parable Jesus spake unto 6
them, but they understood not
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to him, "Dost thou believe in the son of God!" He answered, "Who is he, Sir, that I may believe in him?" Jesus said unto 37 him, "It is he whom thou both seest, and hearest talking with 38 thee." Then the man said, "Sir, I believe," and he did Jesus obei39 sance. Then Jesus said, "For displaying the just judgment of God, am I come into this world, that they who see not, being plain and good persons, may see the truth, and that those who see, being learned and wicked, may be40 come blind." And some of the Pharisees who were with him, hearing this, said unto him, "Are we 41 then blind?” Jesus said unto them, If ye were unavoidably blind, ye would have had no sin; but since ye say, we see, therefore your sin remaineth."

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verily I say unto you, I am this herd. door of the sheep. All that have come in my name are thieves, and 8 murderers, but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door. By 9 me if any sheep enter, it will be safe, and may go in and out, and find pasture. The thief cometh 10/ only to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I am come that the sheep may have life, and abundance of all good things. I am the good shep- 11 herd, the good shepherd exposcth his life for the sheep. But when 19 he who is not the shepherd, nor the owner of the sheep, but a hireling, seeth the wolf coming, he leaveth the sheep, and fleeth; and the wolf seizeth and scattereth the sheep. The hireling fleeth, be- 13 cause he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep. I am the good 14 shepherd, and know my sheep, and As ye Pharisees think your-am known by them as the Father selves true shepherds, admitting knoweth me, and I know the Fa-15

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CHAP. ther; and I lay down my life for the sheep. And I have other 16 sheep which are not of this fold, those also I must bring, and they will hear my voice, and 2 both will become one fold, under one shep17 herd. For this my Father loveth me, because I lay down my life to 18 receive it again. No one taketh it from me without my consent, but I lay it down of myself. I have a commission to lay it down, and I have a commission to receive it again. This charge I received from my Father."

19 There was a division therefore again People among the Jews, because of these think dif- words. And many of them said, terently of him. "He hath a demon, and is mad, 21 why do you listen to him?" Others said, "These are not the words or actions of a demoniac. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”

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Now the feast of3 dedication was kept at Jerusalem, and the weather being rainy, Jesus was walking in others had the temple, in Solomon's porch. Then the Jews came about him, calling and said unto him, "How long son of God. dost thou keep us in suspence? If 24 thou be the Christ, tell us plain25 ly." Jesus answered, "I have told you, but ye do not believe me. The works which I do in my Father's name, bear testimony to me. 26 But ye believe not, for ye are not 27 of my sheep; my sheep, as I told you, hear my voice, and I know 28 tnem, and they follow me : And I give unto them everlasting life, and they shall never perish, and no one shall tear them from my hand. 29 My Father who gave them to me, is greater than all; and no one is

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one in design and action." Then CHAP. the Jews took up stones again, to throw at him, and Jesus said unto 31 them, "Many good works I have 32 shown you from my Father; for which of those works would ye stone me?" The Jews answered, 33 "We would not stone thee for a good work, but for a wicked speech, because thou who art a man, makest thyself God." Jesus replied, "Is it 34 not written in your law, I said, Psalm ye are Gods! If those be called lxxxii. 6. Gods, to whom the word of God 35 came, and this scripture cannot be set aside, do ye say that I whom 36 the Father set apart, and sent into the world, speak wickedly, because I called myself the son of God? If I perform not the works of my 37 Father, believe me not; but if I do perform them, though ye believe 38 not me, believe the works, that ye may firmly believe the Father to be in me, and I in him."

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Then the Jews sought again to 39 lay hold on him; but he escaped out of their hands, and went away 40 again to the side of Jordan, to the place where John at first baptized, and there he abode. And many 41 resorted to him, saying, "John did no miracle, but all things which John spake of this man were true." And many believed in him 42 there.

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Now, one Lazarus of Bethany, CHAP. the town of Mary, and Martha her sister, was sick. This was the Sickness same Mary that anointed the Lord of Lazarus. with perfumes, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. His sisters therefore 3 sent to Jesus, saying, "Master,

able to pluck them out of my Fa-behold! thy friend is sick." When 4 30 ther's hand. I and the Father are

Jesus heard this, he said, "This

A prophecy, that the Gentiles should be pollution by Antiochus Epiphanes.

admitted into the Christian church.

Jews and Gentiles.

3 A feast to commemorate the cleansing of the temple, by Judas Maccabeus, after its

4 Your sacred books.

As he did in effect, in verses 29 and 30.

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hadst been here, my brother had CHAP.
not died. But I know that
even now, whatsoever thou shalt 22
ask of God, God will give it thee."
Jesus saith unto her, Thy bro- 23
ther shall rise again." Martha saith 24
unto him, "I know that he will
rise again in the resurrection, at the
last day." Jesus said unto her, "I 25
am the resurrection, and the life; he
who believeth in me, though he
die, yet shall he live; and no man 26

CHAP. sickness is unto death only for the
glory of God, that the son of God
5 may be glorified by it." Now Je-
sus loved Martha and her sister,
6 and Lazarus. And he remained,
after hearing of the sickness of
Lazarus, in the place where he was
7 two days. Afterwards he said to
his disciples, "Let us go again in-
8 to Judea." His disciples say unto
him, "Master, the Jews were
seeking just now to stone thee, and
9 art thou going thither again?" Je-living, who believeth in me, shall
sus answered, "Are there not die for ever. Dost thou believe 27
twelve hours in the day? If a man
this?" She saith unto him, "Yes
walk by day, he stumbleth not, Master, I believe that thou art the
because he seeth the light of this Christ, the son of God, who was to
10 world; but if he walk by night, he come into the world." And when 28
doth stumble, because the light is she had said this, she went away,
not in the world, visible to him." and called her sister Mary, saying
11 After speaking thus, he saith fur-to her secretly, "The teacher is
ther to his disciples, "Our friend come, and asketh for thee." As 29
Lazarus is asleep; but I am going soon as she heard this, she riseth
12 to awake him." Then said his dis-up quickly, and goeth to him. Now 30
ciples, "Master, if he be asleep, Jesus was not yet come to the vil-
13 he will do well."
"Jesus meant that lage, but was at the place, where
he was dead; but they supposed Martha met him. The Jews then 31
him to be speaking of customary who were with Mary in the house,
14 sleep. Then said Jesus to them and were comforting her, when
15 plainly: "Lazarus is dead, and I they saw how hastily she rose up,
am glad that I was not there, for and went out, followed her, saying,
your sakes, that ye may believe
"She is going to the tomb to weep
16 but let us go to him." Then said there."
Thomas, who was called Didymus,
to his fellow-disciples, "Must we
also go, and expose ourselves to de-
struction with him ?"

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So Jesus went, and found that sus finds Lazarus had been already four days im dead; in the tomb. Now Bethany was 18 nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off: and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their bro19 ther. Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, 20 went to meet him; but Mary con21 tinued in the house. Then Martha said to Jesus, "Master, if thou

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As soon then as Mary came 32 where Jesus was, and saw him, she expresses fell down at his feet, and said unto him, "Master, if thou hadst been here, my brother would not have died." When Jesus therefore saw 33 her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her, weeping also, he groaned in himself, and was troubled, and said, "Where have ye laid him?" They say unto him, 34

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man to die for the people, than for CHAP.
the whole nation to be destroyed?"
Now, he spake not this entirely of 51
his own accord, but being high
priest that year, he may be con-
sidered as having prophesied, that
Jesus would die for that nation;
and indeed it is true that he died 52
not for that nation only, but that
he might gather together into one
place, and make of them one fold,
the children of God who were scat-
tered abroad.

CHAP. the blind man, have also hindered this man's death?" Jesus then, 38 again groaning in himself, cometh to the tomb, which was a cave, and a stone was lying against it. 39 Jesus saith, "Take away the stone." Martha, the sister of the dead man, saith unto him, "Master, by this time he smelleth, for he hath been buried four days." 40 Jesus saith unto her, "Did I not tell thee, that if thou wilt believe, thou shalt see the glory of God?" 41 Then they took away the stone from the place, where the dead man was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, "Fa-ly among the Jews, but departed to death. ther, I thank thee that thou hast thence to a country near the desert 31 42 heard me. I know indeed that thou to a city called Ephraim, and conhearest me always, but because of tinued there with his disciples. the multitude about me I said this, Now, when the passover of the 55 that they may believe that thou hast Jews was at hand, many went up to Jerusalem out of that country, before the passover, to purify them

him from the dead.

sent me."

From that day, they took coun- 53 sel to kill Jesus. He therefore and conwalked no more at that time open

sult how

to put him

Then they sought for Je- 56 sus, and said among themselves as they stood in the temple, "What think ye? that he will not come to

43 And when he had spoken thus, and raises he cried with a loud voice, "Laza-selves. rus, come forth!" And the dead 44 man came forth, bound hand and foot, with burial-clothes, and his face was bound about with a nap-the festival." Now, both the chief 57 kin. Jesus saith unto them, "Loose priests and the Pharisees had given him, and let him go freely." orders, that if any one knew where Jesus was, he should discover him, that they might lay hold on him.

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Upon this, many of those Jews Pharisees who had come to Mary, and saw what Jesus had done, believed on him. But some of them went to 46 the Pharisees, and told them what 47 Jesus had done. Then the chief priests and Pharisees assembled a council, and said, "What shall we do? for this man worketh many 48 miracles. If we let him alone thus, all will believe on him; and the Romans will come, and destroy both this place and our nation." 49 But one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said 50 unto them, "Are ye so entirely without understanding, as not to consider, that it is better for one

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Then six days before the pass- CHAP. over, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom he had raised Mary from the dead. Now there they of made him a supper; and Martha Jesus; was waiting, and Lazarus sit- 2 ting at table with him; when Ma- 3 ry took a pound of perfumed ointment, pure and very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair, and the house was filled with the odourof the ointment. Upon this, one 4 of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, who afterwards deliver ed him up, saith, "Why was not 5

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