John 11:9

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Jesus replied,“Are there not twelve hours in a day? If anyone walks around in the daytime, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.

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  • John 9:4 : 4 We must perform the deeds of the one who sent me as long as it is daytime. Night is coming when no one can work.
  • John 12:35 : 35 Jesus replied,“The light is with you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
  • Jer 31:9 : 9 They will come back shedding tears of contrition. I will bring them back praying prayers of repentance. I will lead them besides streams of water, along smooth paths where they will never stumble. I will do this because I am Israel’s father; Ephraim is my firstborn son.’”
  • Luke 13:31-33 : 31 Going to Jerusalem At that time, some Pharisees came up and said to Jesus,“Get away from here, because Herod wants to kill you.” 32 But he said to them,“Go and tell that fox,‘Look, I am casting out demons and performing healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will complete my work. 33 Nevertheless I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the next day, because it is impossible that a prophet should be killed outside Jerusalem.’
  • Prov 3:23 : 23 Then you will walk on your way with security, and you will not stumble.

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  • 89%

    10 But if anyone walks around at night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”

    11 After he said this, he added,“Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep. But I am going there to awaken him.”

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    35 Jesus replied,“The light is with you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

    36 While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become sons of light.” When Jesus had said these things, he went away and hid himself from them.

  • 12 Jesus as the Light of the World Then Jesus spoke out again,“I am the light of the world! The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

  • 8 The disciples replied,“Rabbi, the Jewish leaders were just now trying to stone you to death! Are you going there again?”

  • John 9:1-5
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    1 Healing a Man Born Blind Now as Jesus was passing by, he saw a man who had been blind from birth.

    2 His disciples asked him,“Rabbi, who committed the sin that caused him to be born blind, this man or his parents?”

    3 Jesus answered,“Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but he was born blind so that the acts of God may be revealed through what happens to him.

    4 We must perform the deeds of the one who sent me as long as it is daytime. Night is coming when no one can work.

    5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

  • 46 I have come as a light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in darkness.

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    35 Therefore see to it that the light in you is not darkness.

    36 If then your whole body is full of light, with no part in the dark, it will be as full of light as when the light of a lamp shines on you.”

  • John 1:8-9
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    8 He himself was not the light, but he came to testify about the light.

    9 The true light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.

  • 39 Jesus answered,“Come and you will see.” So they came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. Now it was about four o’clock in the afternoon.

  • 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!

  • 5 And the light shines on in the darkness, but the darkness has not mastered it.

  • John 9:39-41
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    39 Jesus said,]“For judgment I have come into this world, so that those who do not see may gain their sight, and the ones who see may become blind.”

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

    41 Jesus replied,“If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin, but now because you claim that you can see, your guilt remains.

  • 33 Internal Light“No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a hidden place or under a basket, but on a lampstand, so that those who come in can see the light.

  • John 3:10-11
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    10 Jesus answered,“Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you don’t understand these things?

    11 I tell you the solemn truth, we speak about what we know and testify about what we have seen, but you people do not accept our testimony.

  • 12 They asked him,“Who is the man who said to you,‘Pick up your mat and walk’?”

  • 6 If we say we have fellowship with him and yet keep on walking in the darkness, we are lying and not practicing the truth.

  • 21 But the one who practices the truth comes to the light, so that it may be plainly evident that his deeds have been done in God.

  • 35 He was a lamp that was burning and shining, and you wanted to rejoice greatly for a short time in his light.

  • 19 Now this is the basis for judging: that the light has come into the world and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil.

  • 10 The one who loves his fellow Christian resides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.

  • John 9:14-15
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    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.”

  • 12 They said to him,“Where is that man?” He replied,“I don’t know.”

  • John 9:25-26
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    25 He replied,“I do not know whether he is a sinner. I do know one thing– that although I was blind, now I can see.”

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

  • 23 Jesus replied,“The time has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.

  • 12 The night has advanced toward dawn; the day is near. So then we must lay aside the works of darkness, and put on the weapons of light.

  • 50 Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus before and who was one of the rulers, said,

  • 16 Showing the Light“No one lights a lamp and then covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a lampstand so that those who come in can see the light.

  • 20 (Jesus spoke these words near the offering box while he was teaching in the temple courts. No one seized him because his time had not yet come.)

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

  • 12 These men change night into day; they say,‘The light is near in the face of darkness.’

  • 14 They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope about in the noontime as if it were night.

  • 25 They grope about in darkness without light; he makes them stagger like drunkards.

  • 21 The Parable of the Lamp He also said to them,“A lamp isn’t brought to be put under a basket or under a bed, is it? Isn’t it to be placed on a lampstand?

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    18 So they kept on repeating,“What is the meaning of what he says,‘In a little while’? We do not understand what he is talking about.”

    19 Jesus could see that they wanted to ask him about these things, so he said to them,“Are you asking each other about this– that I said,‘In a little while you will not see me; again after a little while, you will see me’?

  • 23 For this reason his parents said,“He is a mature adult, ask him.”)