The Future of Bible Study Is Here.
Almost there!
Sign Up to Use Our
Free Bible Study Tools
By registering for an account, you agree to Logos’ Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
|
Sorry, an error was encountered while loading comparison.
Sorry, an error was encountered while loading the book.
Sorry, you don't have permission to view that book.
No matches.
Sorry, an error was encountered while loading part of the book.
An error occurred while marking the devotional as read.
An error occurred while accessing favorites
The Future of Bible Study Is Here.
You have not started any reading plans.
Sign in or register for a free account to set your preferred Bible and rate books.
The Sixth Sign: Healing a Man Born Blind
9 As He was passing by, He saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples questioned Him: “* Rabbi, w who sinned, this man x or his parents, y that he was born blind?”
3 “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” Jesus answered. “This came about so that God’s works z might be displayed in him. 4 We a must do the works b of Him who sent Me c while it is day. d Night is coming when no one can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” e
6 After He said these things He spit on the ground, made some mud f from the saliva, and spread the mud on his eyes. 7 “Go,” He told him, “wash in the pool of Siloam” g (which means “Sent”). So he left, washed, and came back seeing. h
8 His neighbors and those who formerly had seen him as a beggar said, “Isn’t this the man who sat begging?” 9 Some said, “He’s the one.” “No,” others were saying, “but he looks like him.”
He kept saying, “I’m the one!”
10 Therefore they asked him, “Then how were your eyes opened?”
11 He answered, “The man called Jesus made mud, spread it on my eyes, and told me, ‘Go to Siloam i and wash.’ So when I went and washed I received my sight.” j
“I don’t know,” he said.
13 They brought the man who used to be blind to the * Pharisees. k 14 The day that Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes was a Sabbath. l 15 So again the Pharisees asked him how he received his sight.
“He put mud on my eyes,” he told them. “I washed and I can see.”
16 Therefore some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, m for He doesn’t keep the Sabbath!” But others were saying, “How can a sinful man n perform such signs?” And there was a division o among them.
17 Again they asked the blind man, p “What do you say about Him, since He opened your eyes?”
“He’s a prophet,” q he said.
18 The * Jews did not believe this about him—that he was blind and received sight—until they summoned the parents of the one who had received his sight.
19 They asked them, “Is this your son, the one you say was born blind? How then does he now see?”
20 “We know this is our son and that he was born blind,” his parents answered. 21 “But we don’t know how he now sees, and we don’t know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he’s of age. He will speak for himself.” 22 His parents said these things because they were afraid of the Jews, since the Jews had already agreed that if anyone confessed Him as * Messiah, r he would be banned from the * synagogue. 23 This is why his parents said, “He’s of age; ask him.”
24 So a second time they summoned the man who had been blind and told him, “Give glory s to God. t u We know that this man is a sinner!”
25 He answered, “Whether or not He’s a sinner, I don’t know. One thing I do know: I was blind, and now I can see!”
26 Then they asked him, “What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?”
27 “I already told you,” he said, “and you didn’t listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You don’t want to become His disciples too, do you?”
28 They ridiculed him: “You’re that man’s disciple, but we’re Moses’ v disciples. 29 We know that God has spoken to Moses. But this man—we don’t know where He’s from!” w
30 “This is an amazing thing,” the man told them. “You don’t know where He is from, yet He opened my eyes! 31 We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, x but if anyone is God-fearing and does His will, y He listens to him. z 32 Throughout history a no one has ever heard of someone opening the eyes of a person born blind. b 33 If this man were not from God, He wouldn’t be able to do anything.” c
34 “You were born entirely in sin,” d they replied, “and are you trying to teach us?” Then they threw him out. e f
The Blind Man’s Sight and the Pharisees’ Blindness
35 When Jesus heard that they had thrown the man out, He found him and asked, “Do you believe in the * Son of Man?” g h
36 “Who is He, Sir, i that I may believe in Him?” he asked.
37 Jesus answered, “You have seen Him; in fact, He is the One speaking with you.”
38 “I believe, Lord!” he said, and he worshiped Him.
39 Jesus said, “I came into this world j for judgment, k in order that those who do not see will see and those who do see will become blind.” l
40 Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these things and asked Him, “We aren’t blind too, are we?”
41 “If you were blind,” Jesus told them, “you wouldn’t have sin. m n But now that you say, ‘We see’—your sin remains.
10 “* I assure you: Anyone who doesn’t enter the sheep pen by the door but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber. o 2 The one who enters by the door is the shepherd p of the sheep. q 3 The doorkeeper opens it for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 When he has brought all his own outside, he goes ahead of them. The sheep follow him because they recognize his voice. 5 They will never follow a stranger; instead they will run away from him, because they don’t recognize the voice of strangers.”
6 Jesus gave them this illustration, but they did not understand r what He was telling them.
7 So Jesus said again, “I assure you: I am s the door of the sheep. t 8 All who came before Me u are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn’t listen to them. 9 I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved and will come in and go out and find pasture. 10 A thief comes only to steal v and to kill and to destroy. w I have come so that they may have life and have it in abundance.
11 “I am the good shepherd. x The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. y 12 The hired man, since he is not the shepherd and doesn’t own the sheep, leaves them z and runs away when he sees a wolf a coming. The wolf then snatches and scatters them. 13 This happens because he is a hired man and doesn’t care about the sheep.
14 “I am the good shepherd. I know My own sheep, and they know Me, 15 as the Father knows Me, and I know the Father. b I lay down My life c for the sheep. 16 But I have other sheep d that are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock, one shepherd. e 17 This is why the Father loves Me, f because I am laying down My life g so I may take it up again. 18 No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down on My own. I have the right to lay it down, and I have the right to take it up again. I have received this command from My Father.” h
19 Again a division i took place among the * Jews because of these words. 20 Many of them were saying, “He has a demon j and He’s crazy! Why do you listen to Him?” 21 Others were saying, “These aren’t the words of someone demon-possessed. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?” k
Jesus at the Festival of Dedication
22 Then the Festival of Dedication l took place in Jerusalem, and it was winter. 23 Jesus was walking in the * temple complex in Solomon’s Colonnade. m n 24 Then the Jews surrounded Him and asked, “How long are You going to keep us in suspense? o If You are the * Messiah, p tell us plainly.” q r
25 “I did tell you and you don’t believe,” Jesus answered them. “The works s that I do in My Father’s name testify about Me. 26 But you don’t believe because you are not My sheep. t u 27 My sheep hear My voice, I know them, and they follow Me. 28 I give them eternal life, v and they will never perish w—ever! No one will snatch x them out of My hand. 29 My Father, y who has given them to Me, is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. 30 The Father and I are one.” z a
Renewed Efforts to Stone Jesus
31 Again the Jews picked up rocks to stone Him. b
32 Jesus replied, “I have shown you many good works c from the Father. Which of these works are you stoning Me for?”
33 “We aren’t stoning d You for a good work,” the Jews answered, “but for blasphemy, because You—being a man—make Yourself God.”
34 Jesus answered them, “Isn’t it written in your scripture, e I said, you are gods? f g 35 If He called those whom the word h of God came to ‘gods’—and the Scripture i cannot be broken— 36 do you say, ‘You are blaspheming’ to the One the Father set apart and sent into the world, because I said: I am the Son of God? j 37 If I am not doing My Father’s works, k don’t believe Me. 38 But if I am doing them and you don’t believe Me, believe the works. This way you will know and understand l that the Father is in Me and I in the Father.” m 39 Then they were trying again to seize Him, n yet He eluded their grasp. o
Many beyond the Jordan Believe in Jesus
40 So He departed again across the Jordan p to the place where John q had been baptizing earlier, and He remained there. 41 Many came to Him r and said, “John never did a sign, but everything John said about this man was true.” 42 And many believed in Him there.
11 Now a man was sick, Lazarus, from Bethany, s the village of Mary and her sister Martha. t 2 Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with fragrant oil and wiped His feet with her hair, u and it was her brother Lazarus who was sick. 3 So the sisters sent a message to Him: “Lord, the one You love is sick.”
4 When Jesus heard it, He said, “This sickness will not end in death but is for the glory of God, v so that the Son of God w may be glorified through it.” 5 Now Jesus loved Martha, her sister, and Lazarus. 6 So when He heard that he was sick, He stayed two more days in the place where He was. 7 Then after that, He said to the disciples, “Let’s go to Judea x again.”
8 “* Rabbi,” y the disciples told Him, “just now the * Jews tried to stone You, z and You’re going there again?”
9 “Aren’t there 12 hours in a day?” Jesus answered. “If anyone walks during the day, he doesn’t stumble, because he sees the light of this world. a 10 If anyone walks during the night, b he does stumble, because the light is not in him.” 11 He said this, and then He told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen * asleep, c but I’m on My way to wake him up.”
12 Then the disciples said to Him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will get well.”
13 Jesus, however, was speaking about his death, but they thought He was speaking about natural sleep. 14 So Jesus then told them plainly, “Lazarus has died. 15 I’m glad for you that I wasn’t there so that you may believe. But let’s go to him.”
16 Then Thomas d (called “Twin”) said to his fellow disciples, “Let’s go so that we may die with Him.”
17 When Jesus arrived, He found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb e four days. 18 Bethany was near Jerusalem f (about two miles g away). 19 Many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother. 20 As soon as Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet Him. But Mary remained seated in the house.
21 Then Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother wouldn’t have died. 22 Yet even now I know that whatever You ask from God, God will give You.”
23 “Your brother will rise h again,” Jesus told her.
24 Martha said, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.” i
25 Jesus said to her, “I am j the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in Me, k even if he dies, will live. l 26 Everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die—ever. m Do you believe this?”
27 “Yes, Lord,” she told Him, “I believe You are the * Messiah, n the Son o of God, who comes into the world.” p
Jesus Shares the Sorrow of Death
28 Having said this, she went back and called her sister Mary, saying in private, “The Teacher is here and is calling for you.”
29 As soon as she heard this, she got up quickly and went to Him. q 30 Jesus had not yet come into the village but was still in the place where Martha had met Him. 31 The Jews who were with her in the house consoling her saw that Mary got up quickly and went out. So they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb r to cry there.
32 When Mary came to where Jesus was and saw Him, she fell at His feet s and told Him, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died!”
33 When Jesus saw her crying, and the Jews who had come with her crying, He was angry t in His spirit u and deeply moved. 34 “Where have you put him?” He asked.
“Lord,” they told Him, “come and see.”
35 Jesus wept. v
36 So the Jews said, “See how He loved w him!” 37 But some of them said, “Couldn’t He who opened the blind man’s eyes x also have kept this man from dying?”
The Seventh Sign: Raising Lazarus from the Dead
38 Then Jesus, angry y in Himself again, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying against it. z 39 “Remove the stone,” Jesus said.
Martha, the dead man’s sister, told Him, “Lord, he’s already decaying. a It’s been four days.”
40 Jesus said to her, “Didn’t I tell you that if you believed you would see the glory b of God?” c
41 So they removed the stone. Then Jesus raised His eyes and said, “Father, I thank d You that You heard Me. e 42 I know that You always hear Me, but because of the crowd standing here I said this, so they may believe You sent f Me.” 43 After He said this, He shouted with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” 44 The dead man came out bound hand and foot with linen strips and with his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Loose him and let him go.”
45 Therefore, many of the Jews who came to Mary and saw what He did believed in Him. g 46 But some of them went to the * Pharisees h and told them what Jesus had done.
47 So the * chief priests and the Pharisees convened the * Sanhedrin i and said, “What are we going to do since this man does many signs? 48 If we let Him continue in this way, everyone will believe in Him! Then the Romans j will come and remove both our place k and our nation.”
49 One of them, Caiaphas, l who was high priest m that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all! 50 You’re not considering that it is to your n advantage that one man should die for the people rather than the whole nation perish.” o 51 He did not say this on his own, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus was going to die p for the nation, 52 and not for the nation only, but also to unite the scattered children q of God. 53 So from that day on they plotted to kill Him. r 54 Therefore Jesus no longer walked openly s among the Jews but departed from there to the countryside near the wilderness, t to a town called Ephraim. And He stayed there with the disciples.
55 The Jewish * Passover u was near, and many went up to Jerusalem v from the country to purify w themselves before the Passover. 56 They were looking for Jesus and asking one another as they stood in the * temple complex: x “What do you think? He won’t come to the festival, y will He?” 57 The chief priests z and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where He was, he should report it so they could arrest Him.
![]() |
About The Holman Christian Standard BibleThe complete Holman Christian Standard Bible® is now available for the first time ever! More than fifteen years in the making, crafted by the shared expertise of nearly a hundred conservative scholars and English stylists, the Holman CSB® sets the standard in painstaking biblical accuracy and pure literary form. Accurate, yet highly readable, it's a translation committed to leaving both the grace and gravity of the original languages intact while carefully creating a smooth flow of wording for the reader. Stylistically, this inaugural edition contributes to the clarity of the written Word, arranging the poetic portions of the Scripture into complete lines of thought, and revering God's presence on each page by capitalizing all the pronouns that refer to Him. |
Support Info | hcsb |
Sign Up to Use Our
Free Bible Study Tools
By registering for an account, you agree to Logos’ Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
|