John 9:28

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They heaped insults on him, saying,“You are his disciple! We are disciples of Moses!

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  • Rom 2:17 : 17 The Condemnation of the Jew But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast of your relationship to God
  • 1 Cor 4:12 : 12 We do hard work, toiling with our own hands. When we are verbally abused, we respond with a blessing, when persecuted, we endure,
  • 1 Cor 6:10 : 10 thieves, the greedy, drunkards, the verbally abusive, and swindlers will not inherit the kingdom of God.
  • 1 Pet 2:23 : 23 When he was maligned, he did not answer back; when he suffered, he threatened no retaliation, but committed himself to God who judges justly.
  • Isa 51:7 : 7 Listen to me, you who know what is right, you people who are aware of my law! Don’t be afraid of the insults of men; don’t be discouraged because of their abuse!
  • Matt 5:11 : 11 “Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil things about you falsely on account of me.
  • Matt 27:39 : 39 Those who passed by defamed him, shaking their heads
  • John 5:45-47 : 45 “Do not suppose that I will accuse you before the Father. The one who accuses you is Moses, in whom you have placed your hope. 46 If you believed Moses, you would believe me, because he wrote about me. 47 But if you do not believe what Moses wrote, how will you believe my words?”
  • John 7:19 : 19 Hasn’t Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps the law! Why do you want to kill me?”
  • John 7:47-52 : 47 Then the Pharisees answered,“You haven’t been deceived too, have you? 48 None of the members of the ruling council or the Pharisees have believed in him, have they? 49 But this rabble who do not know the law are accursed!” 50 Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus before and who was one of the rulers, said, 51 “Our law doesn’t condemn a man unless it first hears from him and learns what he is doing, does it?” 52 They replied,“You aren’t from Galilee too, are you? Investigate carefully and you will see that no prophet comes from Galilee!”
  • John 9:34 : 34 They replied,“You were born completely in sinfulness, and yet you presume to teach us?” So they threw him out.
  • Acts 6:11-14 : 11 Then they secretly instigated some men to say,“We have heard this man speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God.” 12 They incited the people, the elders, and the experts in the law; then they approached Stephen, seized him, and brought him before the council. 13 They brought forward false witnesses who said,“This man does not stop saying things against this holy place and the law. 14 For we have heard him saying that Jesus the Nazarene will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us.”

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

    27He answered,“I told you already and you didn’t listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You people don’t want to become his disciples too, do you?”

  • John 9:29-30
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    29We know that God has spoken to Moses! We do not know where this man comes from!”

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

  • John 9:40
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    40Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this and asked him,“We are not blind too, are we?”

  • John 9:34
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    34They replied,“You were born completely in sinfulness, and yet you presume to teach us?” So they threw him out.

  • Luke 19:39
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    33The Jewish leaders replied,“We are not going to stone you for a good deed but for blasphemy, because you, a man, are claiming to be God.”

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    52Then the Judeans responded,“Now we know you’re possessed by a demon! Both Abraham and the prophets died, and yet you say,‘If anyone obeys my teaching, he will never experience death.’

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    14For we have heard him saying that Jesus the Nazarene will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us.”

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    3He answered them,“What did Moses command you?”

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    34Jesus replied,“Are you saying this on your own initiative, or have others told you about me?”

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    19Hasn’t Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps the law! Why do you want to kill me?”

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    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.

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