John 10:21

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Others said,“These are not the words of someone possessed by a demon. A demon cannot cause the blind to see, can it?”

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  • Exod 4:11 : 11 The LORD said to him,“Who gave a mouth to man, or who makes a person mute or deaf or seeing or blind? Is it not I, the LORD?
  • Ps 146:8 : 8 The LORD gives sight to the blind. The LORD lifts up all who are bent over. The LORD loves the godly.
  • Prov 20:12 : 12 The ear that hears and the eye that sees– the LORD has made them both.
  • Isa 35:5-6 : 5 Then blind eyes will open, deaf ears will hear. 6 Then the lame will leap like a deer, the mute tongue will shout for joy; for water will burst forth in the wilderness, streams in the arid rift valley.
  • Matt 4:24 : 24 So a report about him spread throughout Syria. People brought to him all who suffered with various illnesses and afflictions, those who had seizures, paralytics, and those possessed by demons, and he healed them.
  • Matt 11:5 : 5 The blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news proclaimed to them
  • John 9:6 : 6 Having said this, he spat on the ground and made some mud with the saliva. He smeared the mud on the blind man’s eyes
  • John 9:32-33 : 32 Never before has anyone heard of someone causing a man born blind to see. 33 If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.”
  • Exod 8:19 : 19 The magicians said to Pharaoh,“It is the finger of God!” But Pharaoh’s heart remained hard, and he did not listen to them, just as the LORD had predicted.
  • Ps 94:9 : 9 Does the one who makes the human ear not hear? Does the one who forms the human eye not see?

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  • 20 Many of them were saying,“He is possessed by a demon and has lost his mind! Why do you listen to him?”

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    22 Jesus and Beelzebul Then they brought to him a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute. Jesus healed him so that he could speak and see.

    23 All the crowds were amazed and said,“Could this one be the Son of David?”

    24 But when the Pharisees heard this they said,“He does not cast out demons except by the power of Beelzebul, the ruler of demons!”

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    14 Jesus and Beelzebul Now he was casting out a demon that was mute. When the demon had gone out, the man who had been mute began to speak, and the crowds were amazed.

    15 But some of them said,“By the power of Beelzebul, the ruler of demons, he casts out demons!”

    16 Others, to test him, began asking for a sign from heaven.

  • John 9:13-17
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    13 The Pharisees’ Reaction to the Healing They brought the man who used to be blind to the Pharisees.

    14 (Now the day on which Jesus made the mud and caused him to see was a Sabbath.)

    15 So the Pharisees asked him again how he had gained his sight. He replied,“He put mud on my eyes and I washed, and now I am able to see.”

    16 Then some of the Pharisees began to say,“This man is not from God, because he does not observe the Sabbath.” But others said,“How can a man who is a sinner perform such miraculous signs?” Thus there was a division among them.

    17 So again they asked the man who used to be blind,“What do you say about him, since he caused you to see?”“He is a prophet,” the man replied.

  • 48 The Judeans replied,“Aren’t we correct in saying that you are a Samaritan and are possessed by a demon?”

  • John 9:8-10
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    8 Then the neighbors and the people who had seen him previously as a beggar began saying,“Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?”

    9 Some people said,“This is the man!” while others said,“No, but he looks like him.” The man himself kept insisting,“I am the one!”

    10 So they asked him,“How then were you made to see?”

  • Mark 3:21-23
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    21 When his family heard this they went out to restrain him, for they said,“He is out of his mind.”

    22 The experts in the law who came down from Jerusalem said,“He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and,“By the ruler of demons he casts out demons!”

    23 So he called them and spoke to them in parables:“How can Satan cast out Satan?

  • 21 At that very time Jesus cured many people of diseases, sicknesses, and evil spirits, and granted sight to many who were blind.

  • 26 Then they said to him,“What did he do to you? How did he cause you to see?”

  • 30 The man replied,“This is a remarkable thing, that you don’t know where he comes from, and yet he caused me to see!

  • 21 But we do not know how he is now able to see, nor do we know who caused him to see. Ask him, he is a mature adult. He will speak for himself.”

  • Matt 9:32-34
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    32 As they were going away, a man who was demon-possessed and unable to speak was brought to him.

    33 After the demon was cast out, the man who had been mute began to speak. The crowds were amazed and said,“Never has anything like this been seen in Israel!”

    34 But the Pharisees said,“By the ruler of demons he casts out demons!”

  • 37 But some of them said,“This is the man who caused the blind man to see! Couldn’t he have done something to keep Lazarus from dying?”

  • John 9:32-33
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    32 Never before has anyone heard of someone causing a man born blind to see.

    33 If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.”

  • 20 The crowd answered,“You’re possessed by a demon! Who is trying to kill you?”

  • 33 They said to him,“Lord, let our eyes be opened.”

  • 36 Those who had seen it told them how the man who had been demon-possessed had been healed.

  • 33 Now in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,

  • 40 Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this and asked him,“We are not blind too, are we?”

  • 51 Then Jesus said to him,“What do you want me to do for you?” The blind man replied,“Rabbi, let me see again.”

  • 14 The blind and lame came to him in the temple courts, and he healed them.

  • 18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say,‘He has a demon!’

  • Mark 1:23-24
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    23 Just then there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit, and he cried out,

    24 “Leave us alone, Jesus the Nazarene! Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are– the Holy One of God!”

  • 30 (because they said,“He has an unclean spirit”).

  • 22 Jesus at the Feast of Dedication Then came the feast of the Dedication in Jerusalem.

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    18 So if Satan too is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? I ask you this because you claim that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.

    19 Now if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.

  • 41 Demons also came out of many, crying out,“You are the Son of God!” But he rebuked them, and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.

  • 37 People were completely astounded and said,“He has done everything well. He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”

  • 31 As a result, the crowd was amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled healthy, the lame walking, and the blind seeing, and they praised the God of Israel.

  • 34 So he healed many who were sick with various diseases and drove out many demons. But he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.

  • 25 Now when Jesus saw that a crowd was quickly gathering, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it,“Mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and never enter him again.”

  • 16 Those who had seen what had happened to the demon-possessed man reported it, and they also told about the pigs.

  • 35 But Jesus rebuked him:“Silence! Come out of him!” Then, after the demon threw the man down in their midst, he came out of him without hurting him.