2 8:21Then Jesus said to them again, I go away, and you shall seek me and die in your sin; where I go, you cannot come. 8:22Then the Jews said, Will he kill himself, that he says, Where I go you cannot come? 8:23And he said to them, You are from below; I am from above; you are from this world; I am not from this world. 8:24Therefore I said to you, You shall die in your sins; for if you believe not that I am [the Christ], you shall die in your sins. 8:25Then they said to him, Who are you? And Jesus said to them, What at the beginning, and what I tell you [now]. 8:26I have many things to say and judge of you; but he that sent me is true; and what I have heard from him, these things I speak in the world. 8:27They understood not that he spoke to them of the Father. 8:28Then Jesus said to them, When you shall lift up the Son of man, then shall you know that I am [the Christ]; and I do nothing of myself; but I speak these things as the Father has taught me; 8:29and he having sent me is with me, he has not left me alone, for I always do the things which please him.
3 8:30When he said these things many believed on him. 8:31Then Jesus said to the Jews who believed on him, If you continue in my word, you are my disciples indeed; 8:32and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. 8:33They answered him, We are children of Abraham, and were never in servitude to any one; how say you, You shall become free? 8:34Jesus answered them, I tell you most truly, that every one who commits sin is a servant of the sin. 8:35But the servant continues not in the house for ever; the Son continues for ever. 8:36If, therefore, the Son shall make you free, you shall be free indeed. 8:37I know that you are children of Abraham; but you seek to kill me because my word has no place in you. 8:38What I have seen with my Father I speak, and you also do what you have heard from your father. 8:39They answered and said to him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus said to them, If you were children of Abraham, you would have done the works of Abraham; 8:40but now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth, which I have heard from God; Abraham did not do this. 8:41You do the works of your father. They said to him, We were not born by fornication, we have one father, God. 8:42Jesus said to them, If God was your father you would have loved me; for I came forth and come from God; for I came not of myself, but he sent me. 8:43Why do you not understand my speech? because you cannot hear my word. 8:44You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning and stood not by the truth; for truth is not in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own; for he is a liar, and the father of him [that lies]. 8:45But because I tell you the truth you believe me not. 8:46Who of you convicts me of a sin? If I say the truth, why do you not believe me? 8:47He that is of God hears the words of God; you, therefore, hear not, because you are not of God.
4 8:48The Jews answered and said to him, Say we not well that you are a Samaritan, and have a demon? 8:49Jesus answered, I have not a demon; but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me. 8:50But I seek not my glory; there is one that seeks and judges. 8:51I tell you most truly, if any one shall keep my word he shall never see death. 8:52The Jews said to him, Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham died, and the prophets; and you say, If any one shall keep my word he shall never taste death. 8:53Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? and the prophets died; whom do you make yourself? 8:54Jesus answered, If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing; it is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say, He is our God; 8:55and you have not known him, but I have known him; and if I should say I do not know him, I should be a liar like you; but I know him and keep his word. 8:56Abraham your father rejoiced to see my day, and he saw, and was glad. 8:57Then the Jews said to him, You have not yet fifty years, and have you seen Abraham? 8:58Jesus said to them, I tell you most truly, that before Abraham existed, I am. 8:59Then they took up stones to cast at him; but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple.
CHAPTER XII.
CHRIST CURING A MAN BORN BLIND, AND HIS PARABLE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD.
1 9:1AND passing by he saw a man that was blind from birth; 9:2and his disciples asked him, saying, Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind? 9:3Jesus answered, Neither did this man sin, nor his parents, but that the works of God might appear in him. 9:4I must perform the works of him that sent me, while it is day; night comes when no man can work. 9:5While I am in the world I am the light of the world. 9:6Saying these things he spit on the ground, and made a paste of the spittle, and put the paste on his eyes, 9:7and said to him, Go, and wash in the pool of the Siloam; which is interpreted, Sent. Then he went away and washed, and came seeing.
2 9:8Then the neighbors and those who had seen him before, because he was a beggar, said, Is not this he that sat and begged? 9:9Some said, This is he; others said, No, but he is like him; he said, I am he. 9:10Then they said to him, How then were your eyes opened? 9:11He answered, A man called Jesus made paste and anointed my eyes, and said to me, Go to the Siloam and wash; then I went and washed, and obtained sight. 9:12They said to him, Where is he? He said, I know not.
3 9:13They brought to the Pharisees him that was formerly blind; 9:14and it was on the sabbath when Jesus made the paste and opened his eyes. 9:15Then the Pharisees also asked him again how he obtained sight. And he said to them, He put a paste on my eyes, and I washed, and see. 9:16Then some of the Pharisees said, This man is not of God, for he does not keep the sabbath. Others said, How can a sinful man perform such miracles? And there was a division among them. 9:17They said to the blind man again, What do you say of him, because he opened your eyes? And he said, He is a prophet.
4 9:18Then the Jews did not believe of him that he had been blind and received his sight, till they called the parents of him that had received his sight. 9:19And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, of whom you say that he was born blind? How then does he now see? 9:20His parents answered and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind; 9:21but how he now sees we know not, or who has opened his eyes we know not; ask him, he is of age, he will speak for himself. 9:22His parents said these things because they feared the Jews; for already the Jews had agreed that if any one confessed him to be Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue; 9:23therefore his parents said, He is of age, ask him.
5 9:24Then they called the man who had been blind, a second time, and said to him, Give glory to God; we know that this man is a sinner. 9:25Then he answered, Whether he is a sinner I know not; one thing I know, that having been blind, I now see. 9:26Then they said to him, What did he do to you? how did he open your eyes? 9:27He answered them, I have told you already, and you did not hear; why do you wish to hear again? Do you also wish to be his disciples? 9:28They reproached him, and said, You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses. 9:29We know that God spoke to Moses, but we know not whence this man is. 9:30The man answered and said to them, It is a strange thing, that you know not whence he is, and he has opened my eyes. 9:31We know that God hears not sinners; but if one is a worshipper of God, and does his will, him he hears. 9:32Since the world began it has not been heard that any one opened the eyes of one born blind; 9:33unless this man was from God he would have been able to do nothing. 9:34They answered and said to him, You were born entirely in sins, and do you teach us? And they cast him without.