You are of your father the devil and you will do the wicked deeds of
your father. He was a murderer from the beginning. He never dealt in
the truth because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he
speaks on his own because he is a liar, and the father of all lies.
Yet, I tell you the truth and you do not believe me. Who of you can
convict me of sin? And if I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?
He who is of God hears God's words. You do not hear them because you
are not of God.
The Jews said, Are we wrong in saying you are a Samaritan and have a
devil? Jesus answered, I do not have a devil. I honor my Father and you
dishonor me. I do not seek my own glory. There is one who seeks and
judges. I tell you, if anyone keeps my word he will never see death.
Then the Jews said, Now we know you are possessed by a devil. Abraham
is dead and so are the prophets. Yet you say, If anyone keeps my word
he will never taste of death. Are you greater than our father Abraham
and the prophets who are dead? Who do you make yourself out to be?
Jesus answered, If I honor myself, my honor is nothing. It is my
Father, who you claim is your God, who honors me. Yet you have not
known Him. But I know Him and, if I say I do not know Him, I am a liar
like you. But I know Him and keep His word. Your father Abraham
rejoiced to see my day. He looked forward to it and was glad.
Then the Jews questioned, You are not yet fifty years old and say you
have seen Abraham? Jesus said, Verily, I say to you, Before Abraham
was, I am. Then they took up stones to cast at Him. But Jesus hid
Himself and left the temple by passing through the midst of them.
9. Jesus passed by a man who was blind from birth. His disciples
asked Him, Master, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was
born blind? Jesus answered, Neither has this man sinned nor his
parents; but he is blind so the works of God may be made manifest in
him. I must work the works of the one who sent me while it is day. The
night comes when no man can work. As long as I am in the world, I am
the light of the world. When He had thus spoken, He spat on the ground,
and made clay of the spittle, and He anointed the eyes of the blind man
with the clay, and said to him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam.
He went and washed and came out of the pool seeing. The neighbors and
those who knew him when he was blind, said, Is this not he who sat and
begged? Some said, This is he. Others said, He is like him. But he
said, I am that man. They asked him, How were your eyes opened? He
answered, A man called Jesus made clay, put it on my eyes, and said, Go
to the pool of Siloam and wash. I went and washed and I got my sight
back. Then they said, Where is He? The man answered, I do not know.
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