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Now it was a Sabbath on the day when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes.

Then the Pharisees also were asking him again how he received his sight. And he said to them, "He applied clay to my eyes, and I washed, and I see."

The Jews then did not believe it of him, that he had been blind and had received sight, until they called the parents of the very one who had received his sight,

His parents answered them and said, "We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;

but how he now sees, we do not know; or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him; he is of age, he will speak for himself."

His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone confessed Him to be Christ, he was to be put out of the synagogue.

For this reason his parents said, "He is of age; ask him."

He answered them, "I told you already and you did not listen; why do you want to hear it again? You do not want to become His disciples too, do you?"

They reviled him and said, "You are His disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.

"We know that God does not hear sinners; but if anyone is God-fearing and does His will, He hears him.

"To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

"When he puts forth all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice.

"I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.

It was the Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.

Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that He was speaking of literal sleep.

Therefore Thomas, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, "Let us also go, so that we may die with Him."

Therefore, when Mary came where Jesus was, she saw Him, and fell at His feet, saying to Him, "Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died."

So they removed the stone. Then Jesus raised His eyes, and said, "Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.

The man who had died came forth, bound hand and foot with wrappings, and his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Unbind him, and let him go."

Now he did not say this on his own initiative, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation,