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He who is a child of God gives ear to the words of God: your ears are not open to them because you are not from God.

And his disciples put a question to him, saying, Master, was it because of this man's sin, or the sin of his father and mother, that he has been blind from birth?

Jesus said in answer, It was not because of his sin, or because of his father's or mother's; it was so that the works of God might be seen openly in him.

They said this because of their fear of the Jews: for the Jews had come to an agreement that if any man said that Jesus was the Christ he would be put out of the Synagogue.

They will not go after another who is not their keeper, but will go from him in flight, because his voice is strange to them.

Because he is a servant he has no interest in the sheep.

For this reason am I loved by the Father, because I give up my life so that I may take it again.

There was a division again among the Jews because of these words.

But you have no belief because you are not of my sheep.

This was their answer: We are not stoning you for a good work but for evil words; because being a man you make yourself God.

Do you say of him whom the Father made holy and sent into the world, Your words are evil; because I said, I am God's Son?

When this came to his ears, Jesus said, The end of this disease is not death, but the glory of God, so that the Son of God may have glory because of it.

Then Jesus said in answer, Are there not twelve hours in the day? A man may go about in the day without falling, because he sees the light of this world.

But if a man goes about in the night, he may have a fall because the light is not in him.

And because of you I am glad I was not there, so that you may have faith; but let us go to him.

I was certain that your ears are at all times open to me, but I said it because of these who are here, so that they may see that you sent me.

(He said this, not because he had any love for the poor; but because he was a thief, and, having the money-bag, took for himself what was put into it.)

Then a great number of the Jews had news that he was there: and they came, not only because of Jesus, but so that they might see Lazarus who had been dead and to whom he had given life.

For because of him a great number of the Jews went away and had belief in Jesus.

And that was the reason the people went out to him, because it had come to their ears that he had done this sign.