John 9:18

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Now the Jewish religious leaders refused to believe that he had really been blind and had gained his sight until at last they summoned the parents of the man who had become able to see.

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  • Gen 19:14 : 14 Then Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law who were going to marry his daughters. He said,“Quick, get out of this place because the LORD is about to destroy the city!” But his sons-in-law thought he was ridiculing them.
  • Isa 26:11 : 11 O LORD, you are ready to act, but they don’t even notice. They will see and be put to shame by your angry judgment against humankind, yes, fire will consume your enemies.
  • Isa 53:1 : 1 Who would have believed what we just heard? When was the LORD’s power revealed through him?
  • Luke 16:31 : 31 He replied to him,‘If they do not respond to Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’”
  • John 1:19 : 19 The Testimony of John the Baptist Now this was John’s testimony when the Jewish leaders sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him,“Who are you?”
  • John 5:44 : 44 How can you believe, if you accept praise from one another and don’t seek the praise that comes from the only God?
  • John 9:22 : 22 (His parents said these things because they were afraid of the Jewish religious leaders. For the Jewish leaders had already agreed that anyone who confessed Jesus to be the Christ would be put out of the synagogue.
  • John 12:37-40 : 37 The Outcome of Jesus’ Public Ministry Foretold Although Jesus had performed so many miraculous signs before them, they still refused to believe in him, 38 so that the word of the prophet Isaiah would be fulfilled. He said,“Lord, who has believed our message, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?” 39 For this reason they could not believe, because again Isaiah said, 40 “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, so that they would not see with their eyes and understand with their heart, and turn to me, and I would heal them.”
  • Heb 3:15-19 : 15 As it says,“Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks! Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.” 16 For which ones heard and rebelled? Was it not all who came out of Egypt under Moses’ leadership? 17 And against whom was God provoked for forty years? Was it not those who sinned, whose dead bodies fell in the wilderness? 18 And to whom did he swear they would never enter into his rest, except those who were disobedient? 19 So we see that they could not enter because of unbelief.
  • Heb 4:11 : 11 Thus we must make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.

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  • John 9:19-26
    8 verses
    86%

    19They asked the parents,“Is this your son, whom you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?”

    20So his parents replied,“We know that this is our son and that he was born blind.

    21But 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.”

    22(His parents said these things because they were afraid of the Jewish religious leaders. For the Jewish leaders had already agreed that anyone who confessed Jesus to be the Christ would be put out of the synagogue.

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

    24Then they summoned the man who used to be blind a second time and said to him,“Promise before God to tell the truth. We know that this man is a sinner.”

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

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

  • John 9:6-17
    12 verses
    79%

    6Having said this, he spat on the ground and made some mud with the saliva. He smeared the mud on the blind man’s eyes

    7and said to him,“Go wash in the pool of Siloam”(which is translated“sent”). So the blind man went away and washed, and came back seeing.

    8Then 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?”

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

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

    11He replied,“The man called Jesus made mud, smeared it on my eyes and told me,‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed, and was able to see.”

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

    13The 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.)

    15So 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.”

    16Then 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.

    17So 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.

  • John 9:1-3
    3 verses
    78%

    1Healing a Man Born Blind Now as Jesus was passing by, he saw a man who had been blind from birth.

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

    3Jesus 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.

  • John 9:32-36
    5 verses
    78%

    32Never before has anyone heard of someone causing a man born blind to see.

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

    34They replied,“You were born completely in sinfulness, and yet you presume to teach us?” So they threw him out.

    35The Man’s Response to Jesus Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, so he found the man and said to him,“Do you believe in the Son of Man?”

    36The man replied,“And who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?”

  • John 9:30
    76%

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

  • Mark 10:51-52
    2 verses
    73%

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

    52Jesus said to him,“Go, your faith has healed you.” Immediately he regained his sight and followed him on the road.

  • Mark 8:22-23
    2 verses
    73%

    22A Two-stage Healing Then they came to Bethsaida. They brought a blind man to Jesus and asked him to touch him.

    23He took the blind man by the hand and brought him outside of the village. Then he spit on his eyes, placed his hands on his eyes and asked,“Do you see anything?”

  • John 9:39-41
    3 verses
    72%

    39Jesus 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.”

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

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

  • Luke 18:40-43
    4 verses
    72%

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

    41“What do you want me to do for you?” He replied,“Lord, let me see again.”

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

    43And immediately he regained his sight and followed Jesus, praising God. When all the people saw it, they too gave praise to God.

  • Matt 9:28-29
    2 verses
    72%

    28When he went into the house, the blind men came to him. Jesus said to them,“Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They said to him,“Yes, Lord.”

    29Then he touched their eyes saying,“Let it be done for you according to your faith.”

  • Luke 18:35
    71%

    35Healing a Blind Man As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road begging.

  • John 11:37
    71%

    37But 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 12:39-40
    2 verses
    70%

    39For this reason they could not believe, because again Isaiah said,

    40“He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, so that they would not see with their eyes and understand with their heart, and turn to me, and I would heal them.”

  • John 12:37
    70%

    37The Outcome of Jesus’ Public Ministry Foretold Although Jesus had performed so many miraculous signs before them, they still refused to believe in him,

  • Mark 8:25
    69%

    25Then Jesus placed his hands on the man’s eyes again. And he opened his eyes, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly.

  • John 4:48
    69%

    48So Jesus said to him,“Unless you people see signs and wonders you will never believe!”

  • Matt 20:33
    69%

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