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He replied, and said to them: Whether he is a sinner, I know not; but, one thing I know, that I was blind, and lo, now I see.

But they reproached him, and said to him: Thou art his disciple, but we are the disciples of Moses.

And we know that God conversed with Moses; but as for this man, we know not whence he is.

Now we know, that God heareth not the voice of sinners; but him that feareth him, and doeth his pleasure, him he heareth.

Jesus said to them: If ye were blind, ye would be without sin; but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin is established.

Verily, verily, I say to you, That he who doth not enter by the door into the fold of the flock, but climbeth up in some other place, he is a thief and a robber.

But he that entereth by the door, is the shepherd of the flock.

But after a stranger the flock will not follow, but it fleeth from him; because it knoweth not the voice of a stranger.

This allegory spake Jesus to them; but they knew not what he said to them.

All those who have come, were thieves and robbers: but the flock did not hear them.

The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy. I have come, that they may have life, and may have that which is excellent.

But a hireling, who is not the shepherd, and to whom the sheep do not belong, when he seeth the wolf coming, leaveth the flock, and fleeth; and the wolf cometh, and teareth, and disperseth the flock.

There is no one that taketh it from me; but I lay it down of my own pleasure: for I have authority to lay it down, and authority to resume it again; because I have received this command from my Father.

But others said: These are not the discourses of a demoniac: can a demon open the eyes of one blind?

But ye do not believe, because ye are not of my sheep, as I have said to you.

The Jews said to him: It is not on account of good works, that we stone thee: but because thou blasphemest; and, whilst thou art a man, thou makest thyself God.

38 But if I do [fn] , although ye believe not me, yet believe the works; that ye may know and believe, that my Father is in me, and I in my Father.

And again they sought to lay hold of him; but he escaped out of their hands;

And many persons came to him: and they said, John indeed wrought not even one sign; but every thing that John said of his man, was true.

And Jesus said: This sickness is not that of death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified by means of it.