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1 Eyewitnesses begin their amazing testimony.2 The ancestry of Jesus is recorded.3 An angel meets Zechariah in the Temple.4 A child is miraculously conceived.5 Mary visits her aunt Elizabeth.6 John, son of Zechariah, is born.7 Shepherds hear news about a baby in a manger.8 Wise men search for the new king of the Jews.9 Jesus grows up in Nazareth.10 John, son of Zechariah, becomes John the Baptizer.
11 John baptizes Jesus.12 The Holy Spirit leads Jesus to an encounter with Satan.13 John the Baptizer recognizes Jesus as the Lamb of God.14 Disciples of John the Baptizer meet Jesus for the first time.15 The wedding feast continues after Jesus changes water into wine.16 The merchants are driven out of the Temple.17 Nicodemus learns about spiritual birth.18 Jesus and his disciples baptize many in Judea.19 A Samaritan woman comes for water and finds life.20 A government official seeks healing for his sick son.
21 At his boyhood home, Jesus is rejected.22 Jesus invites some men to follow him.23 A man possessed by an evil spirit is delivered.24 Peter’s mother-in-law is healed.25 Jesus works after sunset.26 Fishermen are taught about fishing.27 A leper is cleansed.28 A paralyzed man is lowered through the roof to see Jesus.29 Matthew is invited to follow Jesus.30 The disciples don’t follow religious tradition.
31 A man with a shriveled hand is healed on the Sabbath.32 Jesus teaches a large crowd at the Galilean seashore.33 Jesus selects twelve apostles out of his group of followers.34 Jesus teaches about blessings that follow tough times.35 God’s people are to let their light shine.36 God seeks righteous behavior that is more than the Law required.37 People are to show kindness to even their enemies.38 Jesus teaches about prayer.39 What you treasure needs to have lasting value.40 Jesus teaches the principles of God’s Kingdom.
41 A Roman officer recognizes Jesus as a man under God’s command.42 A widow’s son at Nain is raised from the dead.43 Jesus gives testimony about John the Baptizer.44 People are rebuked for not believing.45 A Pharisee invites Jesus to dinner and learns about forgiveness.46 Jesus is accused of using satanic power when he casts out evil spirits.47 Jesus identifies his true family.48 Jesus uses a farming illustration to teach about hearing God’s word.49 Jesus describes what the Kingdom of God is like.50 Jesus calms a violent storm.
51 Jesus delivers a man who was possessed by many evil spirits.52 Jairus’s daughter is raised from the dead.53 Jesus is like the prophet who isn’t appreciated in his own country.54 Jesus sends workers into the fields.55 A lame man at the Bethesda pool is healed.56 Jesus claims equality with God.57 Herod thinks John the Baptizer has returned from the dead.58 With five loaves, Jesus feeds five thousand men.59 Jesus walks with Peter on the water.60 Jesus is the bread of life.
61 Traditions of men don’t make people right with God.62 A Greek woman begs help for her daughter.63 Jesus does spectacular miracles.64 With seven loaves, Jesus feeds four thousand men.65 Religious leaders ask for undeniable proof.66 Jesus warns of danger in religious teachings.67 A man sees trees that walk.68 Peter recognizes Jesus as the Messiah sent from God.69 Three disciples see Jesus talk with Moses and Elijah.70 Jesus delivers when the disciples can’t.
71 The disciples receive private tutoring.72 Jesus goes to Jerusalem unannounced.73 Guards are sent to arrest Jesus.
74 Jesus forgives a woman who was caught in adultery.75 Jesus teaches in the Temple.76 Jesus sends another seventy-two disciples into the fields of ministry.77 A good Samaritan helping a Jew shows how to love others.78 Jesus heals a man who was born blind.79 The good shepherd cares for his sheep.80 Martha becomes frustrated with her sister’s behavior.
74 Jesus forgives a woman who was caught in adultery.75 Jesus teaches in the Temple.76 Jesus sends another seventy-two disciples into the fields of ministry.77 A good Samaritan helping a Jew shows how to love others.78 Jesus heals a man who was born blind.79 The good shepherd cares for his sheep.80 Martha becomes frustrated with her sister’s behavior.
81 The disciples learn more about how to pray.82 from an evil spirit, a man is able to speak.83 A Pharisee asks Jesus to dinner.84 Jesus warns against religious hypocrisy.85 A rich man shows how greed is never satisfied.86 The Lord’s coming requires constant readiness.87 Jesus stresses the importance of bearing fruit.88 The Kingdom demands a wholehearted effort.89 People start to stone Jesus for blasphemy.90 Pharisees reveal a threat on Jesus’ life.
91 Jesus teaches about the banquet table.92 A builder must count the cost.93 That which is lost is especially important.94 Jesus teaches on faithfulness.95 Jesus teaches about divorce.96 A dead man wants to tell his brothers about his eternal torment.97 Servants must be faithful to their duties.98 Lazarus is raised from the dead.99 One of ten lepers thanks Jesus.100 Jesus tells about the day of his return.
101 Jesus teaches about prayer.102 The value of children is stressed.103 People should recognize the value of eternal rewards.104 The disciples are told that Jesus must suffer and die.105 Two disciples seek the highest honor.106 Zacchaeus climbs a tree to see Jesus.
107 Two blind men want to see.108 Mary anoints Jesus with expensive perfume.109 People cheer as Jesus rides into Jerusalem on a donkey.110 Some Greek men want to see Jesus.
107 Two blind men want to see.108 Mary anoints Jesus with expensive perfume.109 People cheer as Jesus rides into Jerusalem on a donkey.110 Some Greek men want to see Jesus.
111 Jesus curses a fig tree.112 Religious leaders question Jesus’ authority.113 Sharecroppers kill the landowner’s son.114 Jesus compares the Kingdom to a wedding feast.115 Religious leaders seek to trap Jesus with a question about taxes.116 Jesus teaches about life after death.117 A man asks what is the most important commandment.118 Jesus answers a question about the Messiah.119 Jesus condemns the religious leaders.120 A widow gives everything to God.
121 Jesus reveals what will happen before his return.122 A good servant works without supervision.123 A story about ten virgins shows the importance of being ready.124 People have a responsibility to use what they have been given.125 Jesus compares God’s judgment to the separation of sheep and goats.126 Judas agrees to betray Jesus.127 Two disciples prepare for Passover.128 Jesus celebrates Passover with the disciples.129 Jesus washes the disciples’ feet.130 Jesus predicts his betrayal.
131 Peter declares his loyalty, but Jesus predicts denial.132 Jesus gives final words to his disciples.133 On the way to Gethsemane, Jesus teaches his disciples.134 Jesus gives an intercessory prayer.135 Jesus prays at Gethsemane.136 Religious leaders arrest Jesus.137 Jesus is tried before Caiaphas.138 The ruling council gives Jesus the death sentence.139 Judas commits suicide.140 Jesus stands before Pilate.
141 Pilate sends Jesus to Herod Antipas.142 Pilate pacifies the mob by ordering Jesus to be crucified.143 On the way to crucifixion, Simon of Cyrene is forced to carry Jesus’ cross.144 Jesus is nailed to the cross and dies.145 Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus give Jesus a hasty burial before sundown.146 The tomb is opened, and people can’t find Jesus’ body.147 Jesus appears to two of his followers on the way to Emmaus.148 Jesus appears to his disciples for the first time.149 The disciples watch Jesus ascend into the clouds
78 Jesus heals a man who was born blind.
John 9:1–41
As Jesus walked down the street, he saw a man who had been blind since birth.
John 9:1 As Jesus walked down the street, he saw a man who had been blind since birth.
John 9:1 And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.
His disciples said, “Teacher, why was this man born blind? Was his condition caused by the man’s sin or the sin of his parents?”
John 9:2 His disciples said, “Teacher, why was this man born blind? Was his condition caused by the man’s sin or the sin of his parents?”
John 9:2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?
“Neither one. His blindness is not due to sin but was given so the works of God could be revealed in him. While we have daylight, we must do the work of the one who sent me, because the night will come when no one can work. For as long as I am here, I am the light of the world.”
John 9:3–5 “Neither one. His blindness is not due to sin but was given so the works of God could be revealed in him. While we have daylight, we must do the work of the one who sent me, because the night will come when no one can work. For as long as I am here, I am the light of the world.”
John 9:3–5 Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
After saying this, Jesus spat on the ground, made mud from the saliva, and smeared the ointment on the blind man’s eyes. “Go wash in the Pool of Siloam,” he said. The meaning of the pool’s name was sent.
John 9:6–7 After saying this, Jesus spat on the ground, made mud from the saliva, and smeared the ointment on the blind man’s eyes. “Go wash in the Pool of Siloam,” he said. The meaning of the pool’s name was sent. The man washed his eyes and came back, able to see.
John 9:6–7 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 unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.
The man washed his eyes and came back, able to see.
John 9:7 “Go wash in the Pool of Siloam,” he said. The meaning of the pool’s name was sent. The man washed his eyes and came back, able to see.
John 9:7 And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.
His neighbors and others who knew him when he was blind said, “Is this the same man we used to see sitting and begging?” Some said, “Yes,” but others said, “No, he just looks like him.”
John 9:8–9 His neighbors and others who knew him when he was blind said, “Is this the same man we used to see sitting and begging?” Some said, “Yes,” but others said, “No, he just looks like him.” But he said, “I am the man, all right.”
John 9:8–9 The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged? Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he.
But he said, “I am the man, all right.”
John 9:9 Some said, “Yes,” but others said, “No, he just looks like him.” But he said, “I am the man, all right.”
John 9:9 Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he.
So they said to him, “How is it that you now can see?”
John 9:10 So they said to him, “How is it that you now can see?”
John 9:10 Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened?
“A man called Jesus made mud and anointed my eyes. He said, ‘Go to the Pool of Siloam and wash.’ So I did, and now I can see.”
John 9:11 “A man called Jesus made mud and anointed my eyes. He said, ‘Go to the Pool of Siloam and wash.’ So I did, and now I can see.”
John 9:11 He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight.
“Where is this man?”
John 9:12 “Where is this man?” “I don’t know,” he said.
John 9:12 Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not.
“I don’t know,” he said.
John 9:12 “Where is this man?” “I don’t know,” he said.
John 9:12 Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not.
They took the formerly blind man to the Pharisees because Jesus had made the mud and healed him on the Sabbath. The Pharisees began their interrogation, asking how he had received his sight. He detailed how Jesus had anointed his eyes with mud, sent him to wash, and then he could see.
John 9:13–15 They took the formerly blind man to the Pharisees because Jesus had made the mud and healed him on the Sabbath. The Pharisees began their interrogation, asking how he had received his sight. He detailed how Jesus had anointed his eyes with mud, sent him to wash, and then he could see.
John 9:13–15 They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind. And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes. Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see.
Some said, “This Jesus cannot be from God, because he violates the Sabbath.” Others disagreed, saying, “How can a sinner do such miracles?” The controversy deepened. They could not reach an agreement about him. Again, they said to the man, “What do you have to say about the man who opened your eyes?”
John 9:16–17 Some said, “This Jesus cannot be from God, because he violates the Sabbath.” Others disagreed, saying, “How can a sinner do such miracles?” The controversy deepened. They could not reach an agreement about him. Again, they said to the man, “What do you have to say about the man who opened your eyes?” “He is a prophet.”
John 9:16–17 Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them. They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet.
“He is a prophet.”
John 9:17 Again, they said to the man, “What do you have to say about the man who opened your eyes?” “He is a prophet.”
John 9:17 They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet.
The Jewish leaders did not believe the man had been blind until they heard the testimony of his parents. “Is this your son?” they said. “Do you affirm that he was born blind? Then how does he now see?”
John 9:18–19 The Jewish leaders did not believe the man had been blind until they heard the testimony of his parents. “Is this your son?” they said. “Do you affirm that he was born blind? Then how does he now see?”
John 9:18–19 But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight. And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see?
His parents said, “Yes, he is our son. He was born blind. But we do not know how he can now see. We do not know who gave him his sight. He is of legal age, so ask him. He can speak for himself.” They answered in this way because the Jewish leaders had made it known that they would put out of the synagogue anyone who said Jesus was the Messiah.
John 9:20–23 “Yes, he is our son. He was born blind. But we do not know how he can now see. We do not know who gave him his sight. He is of legal age, so ask him. He can speak for himself.” They answered in this way because the Jewish leaders had made it known that they would put out of the synagogue anyone who said Jesus was the Messiah. That’s why they said, “He is of age, so ask him.”
John 9:20–23 His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind: But by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who hath opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself. These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue. Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him.
For the second time, the Jewish leaders called the formerly blind man to appear before them. “Give God the glory for this miracle,” they said, “because we know this man Jesus is a sinner.”
John 9:24 For the second time, the Jewish leaders called the formerly blind man to appear before them. “Give God the glory for this miracle,” they said, “because we know this man Jesus is a sinner.”
John 9:24 Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner.
“I do not know whether he is a sinner or not,” the man said. “Of one thing I am sure. I used to be blind. Now I can see.”
John 9:25 “I do not know whether he is a sinner or not,” the man said. “Of one thing I am sure. I used to be blind. Now I can see.”
John 9:25 He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.
They said to him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?”
John 9:26 They said to him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?”
John 9:26 Then said they to him again, What did he to thee? how opened he thine eyes?
“I already told you. Weren’t you listening? Why do you want to hear it all over again? Are you interested in becoming his disciples?”
John 9:27 “I already told you. Weren’t you listening? Why do you want to hear it all over again? Are you interested in becoming his disciples?”
John 9:27 He answered them, I have told you already, and ye did not hear: wherefore would ye hear it again? will ye also be his disciples?
They cursed and ridiculed him. “You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses. We know God spoke to Moses. As for this man, we do not even know where he came from.”
John 9:28 They cursed and ridiculed him. “You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.
John 9:28 Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses’ disciples.
“This is amazing. You do not know where he came from, but he healed my blind eyes. We know God does not listen to sinners. He listens to a man who worships him and does his will. Never in the world’s history has anyone heard of a man healing someone who was born blind. If this man did not come from God, he could do nothing.”
John 9:30–33 “This is amazing. You do not know where he came from, but he healed my blind eyes. We know God does not listen to sinners. He listens to a man who worships him and does his will. Never in the world’s history has anyone heard of a man healing someone who was born blind. If this man did not come from God, he could do nothing.”
John 9:30–33 The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes. Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth. Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind. If this man were not of God, he could do nothing.
“You were born a sinner,” they said. “Who are you to lecture us?” And they threw him out of the synagogue.
John 9:34 “You were born a sinner,” they said. “Who are you to lecture us?” And they threw him out of the synagogue.
John 9:34 They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.
After hearing what had happened, Jesus found the man. “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”
John 9:35 After hearing what had happened, Jesus found the man. “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”
John 9:35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?
“Tell me who he is, sir, and I will believe in him.”
John 9:36 “Tell me who he is, sir, and I will believe in him.”
John 9:36 He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him?
“You have already seen him,” Jesus said. “He is the one talking with you.”
John 9:37 “You have already seen him,” Jesus said. “He is the one talking with you.”
John 9:37 And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee.
He knelt before Jesus. “Yes, I do believe, sir.”
John 9:38 He knelt before Jesus. “Yes, I do believe, sir.”
John 9:38 And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him.
Jesus said, “I came to this world to bring people to a point of decision, to give sight to the blind and blindness to those who think they see.”
John 9:39 Jesus said, “I came to this world to bring people to a point of decision, to give sight to the blind and blindness to those who think they see.”
John 9:39 And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.
Some Pharisees overheard him. “Are you saying we are blind?”
John 9:40 Some Pharisees overheard him. “Are you saying we are blind?”
John 9:40 And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?
“If you were blind,” Jesus said, “you would be blameless. But because you say you can see, you remain blind.”
John 9:41 “If you were blind,” Jesus said, “you would be blameless. But because you say you can see, you remain blind.”
John 9:41 Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.