John 9:16

World English Bible (2000)

Some therefore of the Pharisees said, "This man is not from God, because he doesn't keep the Sabbath." Others said, "How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?" There was division among them.

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  • John 10:19 : 19 Therefore a division arose again among the Jews because of these words.
  • John 7:43 : 43 So there arose a division in the multitude because of him.
  • John 7:12 : 12 There was much murmuring among the multitudes concerning him. Some said, "He is a good man." Others said, "Not so, but he leads the multitude astray."
  • Matt 12:2 : 2 But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, "Behold, your disciples do what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath."
  • John 3:2 : 2 The same came to him by night, and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with him."
  • John 5:36 : 36 But the testimony which I have is greater than that of John, for the works which the Father gave me to accomplish, the very works that I do, testify about me, that the Father has sent me.
  • John 6:52 : 52 The Jews therefore contended with one another, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"
  • Luke 13:31-33 : 31 On that same day, some Pharisees came, saying to him, "Get out of here, and go away, for Herod wants to kill you." 32 He said to them, "Go and tell that fox, 'Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I complete my mission. 33 Nevertheless I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the next day, for it can't be that a prophet perish outside of Jerusalem.'
  • John 14:11 : 11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me; or else believe me for the very works' sake.
  • John 15:24 : 24 If I hadn't done among them the works which no one else did, they wouldn't have had sin. But now have they seen and also hated both me and my Father.
  • Acts 14:4 : 4 But the multitude of the city was divided. Part sided with the Jews, and part with the apostles.
  • John 9:24 : 24 So they called the man who was blind a second time, and said to him, "Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner."
  • John 9:30-33 : 30 The man answered them, "How amazing! You don't know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes. 31 We know that God doesn't listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshipper of God, and does his will, he listens to him. 32 Since the world began it has never been heard of that anyone opened the eyes of someone born blind. 33 If this man were not from God, he could do nothing."

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  • John 9:8-15
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    82%

    8 The neighbors therefore, and those who saw that he was blind before, said, "Isn't this he who sat and begged?"

    9 Others were saying, "It is he." Still others were saying, "He looks like him." He said, "I am he."

    10 They therefore were asking him, "How were your eyes opened?"

    11 He answered, "A man called Jesus made mud, anointed my eyes, and said to me, 'Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash.' So I went away and washed, and I received sight."

    12 Then they asked him, "Where is he?" He said, "I don't know."

    13 They brought him who had been blind to the Pharisees.

    14 It was a Sabbath when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes.

    15 Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he received his sight. He said to them, "He put mud on my eyes, I washed, and I see."

  • John 9:17-19
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    17 Therefore they asked the blind man again, "What do you say about him, because he opened your eyes?" He said, "He is a prophet."

    18 The Jews therefore did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and had received his sight, until they called the parents of him who had received his sight,

    19 and asked them, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?"

  • Luke 6:2
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    2 But some of the Pharisees said to them, "Why do you do that which is not lawful to do on the Sabbath day?"

  • John 9:39-40
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    76%

    39 Jesus said, "I came into this world for judgment, that those who don't see may see; and that those who see may become blind."

    40 Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and said to him, "Are we also blind?"

  • Mark 2:24
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    24 The Pharisees said to him, "Behold, why do they do that which is not lawful on the Sabbath day?"

  • John 9:32-34
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    32 Since the world began it has never been heard of that anyone opened the eyes of someone born blind.

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

    34 They answered him, "You were altogether born in sins, and do you teach us?" They threw him out.

  • John 9:29-30
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    75%

    29 We know that God has spoken to Moses. But as for this man, we don't know where he comes from."

    30 The man answered them, "How amazing! You don't know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes.

  • John 9:23-26
    4 verses
    75%

    23 Therefore his parents said, "He is of age. Ask him."

    24 So they called the man who was blind a second time, and said to him, "Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner."

    25 He therefore answered, "I don't know if he is a sinner. One thing I do know: that though I was blind, now I see."

    26 They said to him again, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?"

  • Matt 9:3
    74%

    3 Behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, "This man blasphemes."

  • Luke 13:14
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    14 The ruler of the synagogue, being indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the multitude, "There are six days in which men ought to work. Therefore come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day!"

  • Matt 12:2
    74%

    2 But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, "Behold, your disciples do what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath."

  • John 10:19-21
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    74%

    19 Therefore a division arose again among the Jews because of these words.

    20 Many of them said, "He has a demon, and is insane! Why do you listen to him?"

    21 Others said, "These are not the sayings of one possessed by a demon. It isn't possible for a demon to open the eyes of the blind, is it?"

  • John 5:16
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    16 For this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill him, because he did these things on the Sabbath.

  • John 9:2-3
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    2 His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?"

    3 Jesus answered, "Neither did this man sin, nor his parents; but, that the works of God might be revealed in him.

  • Luke 6:7
    73%

    7 The scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, that they might find an accusation against him.

  • Luke 14:3
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    3 Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?"

  • John 5:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9 Immediately, the man was made well, and took up his mat and walked. Now it was the Sabbath on that day.

    10 So the Jews said to him who was cured, "It is the Sabbath. It is not lawful for you to carry the mat."

  • John 11:37
    73%

    37 Some of them said, "Couldn't this man, who opened the eyes of him who was blind, have also kept this man from dying?"

  • John 11:47
    72%

    47 The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, "What are we doing? For this man does many signs.

  • Matt 12:10
    72%

    10 And behold there was a man with a withered hand. They asked him, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day?" that they might accuse him.

  • John 5:12
    71%

    12 Then they asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, 'Take up your mat, and walk'?"

  • Mark 3:4
    71%

    4 He said to them, "Is it lawful on the Sabbath day to do good, or to do harm? To save a life, or to kill?" But they were silent.

  • Luke 6:9-10
    2 verses
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    9 Then Jesus said to them, "I will ask you something: Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good, or to do harm? To save a life, or to kill?"

    10 He looked around at them all, and said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He did, and his hand was restored as sound as the other.

  • John 7:23
    71%

    23 If a boy receives circumcision on the Sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me, because I made a man completely healthy on the Sabbath?

  • John 9:21
    71%

    21 but how he now sees, we don't know; or who opened his eyes, we don't know. He is of age. Ask him. He will speak for himself."

  • John 9:6
    71%

    6 When he had said this, he spat on the ground, made mud with the saliva, anointed the blind man's eyes with the mud,

  • John 12:18
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    18 For this cause also the multitude went and met him, because they heard that he had done this sign.

  • Mark 2:7
    70%

    7 "Why does this man speak blasphemies like that? Who can forgive sins but God alone?"

  • Mark 3:2
    70%

    2 They watched him, whether he would heal him on the Sabbath day, that they might accuse him.