John 9:18

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

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  • Gen 19:14 : 14 So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry his daughters. He said, "Hurry and get out of this place, because the LORD is about to destroy the city!" But to his sons-in-law, he seemed to be joking.
  • Isa 26:11 : 11 LORD, Your hand is lifted high, but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people and be ashamed; the fire reserved for Your enemies will consume them.
  • Isa 53:1 : 1 Who has believed our message, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
  • Luke 16:31 : 31 But Abraham said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.'
  • John 1:19 : 19 This is the testimony of John when the Jewish leaders sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, 'Who are you?'
  • John 5:44 : 44 How can you believe, when you accept glory from one another but do not seek the glory that comes from the one and only God?
  • John 9:22 : 22 His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews, for the Jewish leaders had already decided that anyone who confessed Jesus as the Christ would be put out of the synagogue.
  • John 12:37-40 : 37 Though He had performed so many signs in their presence, they did not believe in Him. 38 This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet, who said: "Lord, who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?" 39 This is why they were unable to believe, because Isaiah also said: 40 "He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they would not see with their eyes or understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them."
  • Heb 3:15-19 : 15 As it is said: 'Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion.' 16 For who were they who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those who came out of Egypt under the leadership of Moses? 17 And with whom was he angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? 18 And to whom did he swear that they would never enter his rest, if not to those who disobeyed? 19 So we see that they were not able to enter because of their unbelief.
  • Heb 4:11 : 11 Let us then make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall into the same example of disobedience.

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  • John 9:19-26
    8 verses
    86%

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

    20His parents replied, 'We know he is our son and that he was born blind.'

    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.'

    22His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews, for the Jewish leaders had already decided that anyone who confessed Jesus as the Christ would be put out of the synagogue.

    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?'

  • John 9:6-17
    12 verses
    79%

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

    7He said to him, 'Go, wash in the Pool of Siloam' (which means 'Sent'). So the man went and washed, and he came back able to see.

    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.'

    16Some 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.

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

  • John 9:1-3
    3 verses
    78%

    1As Jesus was passing by, He saw a man who had been blind from birth.

    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.'

  • John 9:32-36
    5 verses
    78%

    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.

    35Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and when He found him, He said, 'Do you believe in the Son of God?'

    36He answered, 'Who is He, Lord, that I may believe in Him?'

  • John 9:30
    76%

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

  • Mark 10:51-52
    2 verses
    73%

    51'What do you want me to do for you?' Jesus asked him. The blind man said, 'Rabboni, I want to see.'

    52Jesus said to him, 'Go, your faith has healed you.' Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road.

  • Mark 8:22-23
    2 verses
    73%

    22They came to Bethsaida. Some people brought a blind man to him and begged him to touch him.

    23Taking the blind man by the hand, he led him out of the village. After spitting on his eyes and laying his hands on him, he asked him, 'Do you see anything?'

  • John 9:39-41
    3 verses
    72%

    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?'

    41Jesus replied, 'If you were blind, you would have no sin. But now that you claim, ‘We see,’ your sin remains.

  • Luke 18:40-43
    4 verses
    72%

    40Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him. When he came near, Jesus asked him,

    41'What do you want me to do for you?' He said, 'Lord, I want to see.'

    42Jesus said to him, 'Receive your sight; your faith has healed you.'

    43Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus, glorifying God. When all the people saw this, they praised God.

  • Matt 9:28-29
    2 verses
    72%

    28When he had gone indoors, the blind men came to him, and he asked them, 'Do you believe that I can do this?' 'Yes, Lord,' they replied.

    29Then he touched their eyes and said, 'According to your faith let it be done to you.'

  • Luke 18:35
    71%

    35As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging.

  • John 11:37
    71%

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

  • John 12:39-40
    2 verses
    70%

    39This is why they were unable to believe, because Isaiah also said:

    40"He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they would not see with their eyes or understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them."

  • John 12:37
    70%

    37Though He had performed so many signs in their presence, they did not believe in Him.

  • Mark 8:25
    69%

    25Again Jesus placed his hands on the man’s eyes, and he saw clearly. His sight was restored, and he saw everything distinctly.

  • John 4:48
    69%

    48Jesus said to him, "Unless you see signs and wonders, you will never believe."

  • Matt 20:33
    69%

    33They said to him, 'Lord, let our eyes be opened.'