John 9:16

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Some of the Pharisees said, 'This man is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath.' But others said, 'How can a sinful man perform such signs?' So there was division among them.

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  • John 10:19 : 19 Again, there was division among the Jews because of these words.
  • John 7:43 : 43 So a division arose among the crowd because of Him.
  • John 7:12 : 12 And there was a lot of murmuring among the crowds about Him. Some were saying, 'He is a good man,' but others were saying, 'No, He is deceiving the people.'
  • Matt 12:2 : 2 But when the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, 'Look, Your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.'
  • John 3:2 : 2 He came to Jesus at night and said to Him, 'Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher, for no one can perform these signs You do unless God is with him.'
  • John 5:36 : 36 But I have testimony greater than John's: the works the Father has given Me to complete, the very works I am doing, testify about Me that the Father has sent Me.
  • John 6:52 : 52 Then the Jews argued sharply among themselves, 'How can this man give us his flesh to eat?'
  • Luke 13:31-33 : 31 At that time, some Pharisees came to Jesus and said to him, 'Leave this place and go somewhere else. Herod wants to kill you.' 32 He replied, 'Go tell that fox, ‘I will keep driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach my goal.’ 33 Nevertheless, I must keep going today and tomorrow and the next day, for surely no prophet can die outside Jerusalem.
  • John 14:11 : 11 Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me. Or at least believe because of the works themselves.
  • John 15:24 : 24 If I had not done the works among them that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen these works, and yet they have hated both me and my Father.
  • Acts 14:4 : 4 The people of the city were divided; some sided with the Jews, while others supported the apostles.
  • John 9:24 : 24 A second time, they called for the man who had been blind and told him, 'Give glory to God! We know this man is a sinner.'
  • John 9:30-33 : 30 The man answered, 'This is remarkable! You do not know where He is from, yet He opened my eyes!' 31 We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is God-fearing and does His will, He listens to them. 32 Never before in history has it been heard that someone opened the eyes of a man born blind. 33 If this man were not from God, He would not be able to do anything.

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  • John 9:8-15
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    8His neighbors and those who had previously seen him begging asked, 'Isn’t this the man who used to sit and beg?'

    9Some said, 'This is he.' Others said, 'No, he just looks like him.' But he kept saying, 'I am the one.'

    10They asked him, 'Then how were your eyes opened?

    11The man replied, 'The man called Jesus made mud, spread it on my eyes, and told me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed, and then I could see.'

    12They asked him, 'Where is He?' He answered, 'I don’t know.'

    13They brought the man who had been blind to the Pharisees.

    14Now it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes.

    15So the Pharisees also asked him again how he had received his sight. He replied, 'He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and now I see.'

  • John 9:17-19
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    17Again they asked the blind man, 'What do you say about Him, since He opened your eyes?' He replied, 'He is a prophet.'

    18The Jews refused to believe that the man had been blind and had received his sight until they summoned the man’s parents.

    19They asked them, 'Is this your son, the one you say was born blind? How then does he now see?'

  • Luke 6:2
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    2Some of the Pharisees said to them, "Why are you doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?"

  • John 9:39-40
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    39Jesus said, 'For judgment I came into this world, so that those who are blind may see and those who see may become blind.'

    40Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard this and asked, 'Are we also blind?'

  • Mark 2:24
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    24The Pharisees said to Jesus, 'Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?

  • John 9:32-34
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    32Never before in history has it been heard that someone opened the eyes of a man born blind.

    33If this man were not from God, He would not be able to do anything.

    34They answered him, 'You were born entirely in sin, and you are teaching us?' And they threw him out.

  • John 9:29-30
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    29'We know that God spoke to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where He is from.'

    30The man answered, 'This is remarkable! You do not know where He is from, yet He opened my eyes!'

  • John 9:23-26
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    23That was why his parents said, 'He is of age; ask him.'

    24A second time, they called for the man who had been blind and told him, 'Give glory to God! We know this man is a sinner.'

    25He answered, 'Whether He is a sinner, I do not know. One thing I do know: I was blind, but now I see!'

    26Then they asked him, 'What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?'

  • Matt 9:3
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    3At this, some of the scribes said to themselves, 'This man is blaspheming.'

  • Luke 13:14
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    14But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the crowd, 'There are six days for work. So come to be healed on those days, not on the Sabbath.'

  • Matt 12:2
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    2But when the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, 'Look, Your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.'

  • John 10:19-21
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    19Again, there was division among the Jews because of these words.

    20Many of them were saying, 'He has a demon and is insane. Why listen to him?'

    21Others were saying, 'These are not the words of someone possessed by a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?'

  • John 5:16
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    16Because of this, the Jews began to persecute Jesus and tried to kill Him, because He was doing these things on the Sabbath.

  • John 9:2-3
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    2His disciples asked Him, 'Teacher, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?'

    3Jesus answered, 'Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that the works of God might be revealed in him.'

  • Luke 6:7
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    7The scribes and Pharisees were watching Him closely to see if He would heal on the Sabbath, so they could find an accusation against Him.

  • Luke 14:3
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    3Jesus responded to the experts in the law and the Pharisees, asking, 'Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?'

  • John 5:9-10
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    9Immediately, the man was made well; he picked up his mat and began to walk. Now that day was the Sabbath.

    10So the Jewish leaders said to the man who had been healed, 'It is the Sabbath; it is not lawful for you to carry your mat.'

  • John 11:37
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    37But some of them said, 'Couldn't he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?'

  • John 11:47
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    47So the chief priests and the Pharisees convened a council and said, 'What are we going to do since this man is performing so many signs?'

  • Matt 12:10
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    10And a man with a withered hand was there. They asked Jesus, 'Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?' so that they might accuse Him.

  • John 5:12
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    12So they asked him, 'Who is the man who told you, ‘Pick up your mat and walk’?'

  • Mark 3:4
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    4Then He said to them, "Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save a life or to kill?" But they remained silent.

  • Luke 6:9-10
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    9Then Jesus said to them, "I ask you, is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save a life or to destroy it?"

    10Looking around at all of them, He said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." The man did so, and his hand was restored, as sound as the other.

  • John 7:23
    71%

    23If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses is not broken, why are you angry at Me because I made a man entirely well on the Sabbath?

  • John 9:21
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    21'But how he can now see or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him. He is of age; he will speak for himself.'

  • John 9:6
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    6After saying this, He spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and spread it on the man's eyes.

  • John 12:18
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    18This is why the crowd went to meet Him—because they heard that He had performed this sign.

  • Mark 2:7
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    7‘Why does this man speak like this? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?’

  • Mark 3:2
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    2They were watching Jesus closely to see if He would heal on the Sabbath, so they might accuse Him.