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  "id": "john-9-3",
  "source": "John",
  "pericope": "Jesus Heals the Man Born Blind",
  "chapter": 9,
  "verse_start": 1,
  "verse_end": 41,
  "text_web": [
    {
      "v": 1,
      "text": "As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth."
    },
    {
      "v": 2,
      "text": "His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”"
    },
    {
      "v": 3,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 3,
      "text": "Jesus answered,"
    },
    {
      "v": 3,
      "text": "“This man didn’t sin, nor did his parents, but that the works of God might be revealed in him.",
      "wj": true
    },
    {
      "v": 4,
      "text": "I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.",
      "wj": true
    },
    {
      "v": 5,
      "text": "While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”",
      "wj": true
    },
    {
      "v": 6,
      "text": "When he had said this, he spat on the ground, made mud with the saliva, anointed the blind man’s eyes with the mud,"
    },
    {
      "v": 7,
      "text": "and said to him,"
    },
    {
      "v": 7,
      "text": "“Go, wash in the pool of Siloam”",
      "wj": true
    },
    {
      "v": 7,
      "text": "(which means “Sent”). So he went away, washed, and came back seeing."
    },
    {
      "v": 8,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 8,
      "text": "Therefore the neighbors and those who saw that he was blind before said, “Isn’t this he who sat and begged?”"
    },
    {
      "v": 9,
      "text": "Others were saying, “It is he.” Still others were saying, “He looks like him.”"
    },
    {
      "v": 9,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 9,
      "text": "He said, “I am he.”"
    },
    {
      "v": 10,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 10,
      "text": "They therefore were asking him, “How were your eyes opened?”"
    },
    {
      "v": 11,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 11,
      "text": "He answered, “A man called Jesus made mud, anointed my eyes, and said to me,"
    },
    {
      "v": 11,
      "text": "‘Go to the pool of Siloam and wash.’",
      "wj": true
    },
    {
      "v": 11,
      "text": "So I went away and washed, and I received sight.”"
    },
    {
      "v": 12,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 12,
      "text": "Then they asked him, “Where is he?”"
    },
    {
      "v": 12,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 12,
      "text": "He said, “I don’t know.”"
    },
    {
      "v": 13,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 13,
      "text": "They brought him who had been blind to the Pharisees."
    },
    {
      "v": 14,
      "text": "It was a Sabbath when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes."
    },
    {
      "v": 15,
      "text": "Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he received his sight. He said to them, “He put mud on my eyes, I washed, and I see.”"
    },
    {
      "v": 16,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 16,
      "text": "Some therefore of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, because he doesn’t keep the Sabbath.”"
    },
    {
      "v": 16,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 16,
      "text": "Others said, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” So there was division among them."
    },
    {
      "v": 17,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 17,
      "text": "Therefore they asked the blind man again, “What do you say about him, because he opened your eyes?”"
    },
    {
      "v": 17,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 17,
      "text": "He said, “He is a prophet.”"
    },
    {
      "v": 18,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 18,
      "text": "The Jews therefore didn’t believe concerning him, that he had been blind and had received his sight, until they called the parents of him who had received his sight,"
    },
    {
      "v": 19,
      "text": "and asked them, “Is this your son, whom you say was born blind? How then does he now see?”"
    },
    {
      "v": 20,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 20,
      "text": "His parents answered them, “We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;"
    },
    {
      "v": 21,
      "text": "but how he now sees, we don’t know; or who opened his eyes, we don’t know. He is of age. Ask him. He will speak for himself.”"
    },
    {
      "v": 22,
      "text": "His parents said these things because they feared the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if any man would confess him as Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue."
    },
    {
      "v": 23,
      "text": "Therefore his parents said, “He is of age. Ask him.”"
    },
    {
      "v": 24,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 24,
      "text": "So they called the man who was blind a second time, and said to him, “Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.”"
    },
    {
      "v": 25,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 25,
      "text": "He therefore answered, “I don’t know if he is a sinner. One thing I do know: that though I was blind, now I see.”"
    },
    {
      "v": 26,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 26,
      "text": "They said to him again, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?”"
    },
    {
      "v": 27,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 27,
      "text": "He answered them, “I told you already, and you didn’t listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You don’t also want to become his disciples, do you?”"
    },
    {
      "v": 28,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 28,
      "text": "They insulted him and said, “You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses."
    },
    {
      "v": 29,
      "text": "We know that God has spoken to Moses. But as for this man, we don’t know where he comes from.”"
    },
    {
      "v": 30,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 30,
      "text": "The man answered them, “How amazing! You don’t know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes."
    },
    {
      "v": 31,
      "text": "We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, he listens to him."
    },
    {
      "v": 32,
      "text": "Since the world began it has never been heard of that anyone opened the eyes of someone born blind."
    },
    {
      "v": 33,
      "text": "If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.”"
    },
    {
      "v": 34,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 34,
      "text": "They answered him, “You were altogether born in sins, and do you teach us?” Then they threw him out."
    },
    {
      "v": 35,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 35,
      "text": "Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and finding him, he said,"
    },
    {
      "v": 35,
      "text": "“Do you believe in the Son of God?”",
      "wj": true
    },
    {
      "v": 36,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 36,
      "text": "He answered, “Who is he, Lord, that I may believe in him?”"
    },
    {
      "v": 37,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 37,
      "text": "Jesus said to him,"
    },
    {
      "v": 37,
      "text": "“You have both seen him, and it is he who speaks with you.”",
      "wj": true
    },
    {
      "v": 38,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 38,
      "text": "He said, “Lord, I believe!” and he worshiped him."
    },
    {
      "v": 39,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 39,
      "text": "Jesus said,"
    },
    {
      "v": 39,
      "text": "“I came into this world for judgment, that those who don’t see may see; and that those who see may become blind.”",
      "wj": true
    },
    {
      "v": 40,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 40,
      "text": "Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and said to him, “Are we also blind?”"
    },
    {
      "v": 41,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 41,
      "text": "Jesus said to them,"
    },
    {
      "v": 41,
      "text": "“If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, ‘We see.’ Therefore your sin remains.",
      "wj": true
    }
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  "text_kjv": [
    {
      "v": 1,
      "text": "And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth."
    },
    {
      "v": 2,
      "text": "And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?"
    },
    {
      "v": 3,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 3,
      "text": "Jesus answered,"
    },
    {
      "v": 3,
      "text": "Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.",
      "wj": true
    },
    {
      "v": 4,
      "text": "I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.",
      "wj": true
    },
    {
      "v": 5,
      "text": "As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.",
      "wj": true
    },
    {
      "v": 6,
      "text": "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,"
    },
    {
      "v": 7,
      "text": "And said unto him,"
    },
    {
      "v": 7,
      "text": "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam,",
      "wj": true
    },
    {
      "v": 7,
      "text": "(which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing."
    },
    {
      "v": 8,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 8,
      "text": "The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?"
    },
    {
      "v": 9,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 9,
      "text": "Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he."
    },
    {
      "v": 10,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 10,
      "text": "Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened?"
    },
    {
      "v": 11,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 11,
      "text": "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."
    },
    {
      "v": 12,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 12,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 12,
      "text": "Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not."
    },
    {
      "v": 13,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 13,
      "text": "They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind."
    },
    {
      "v": 14,
      "text": "And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes."
    },
    {
      "v": 15,
      "text": "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."
    },
    {
      "v": 16,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 16,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 16,
      "text": "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."
    },
    {
      "v": 17,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 17,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 17,
      "text": "They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet."
    },
    {
      "v": 18,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 18,
      "text": "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."
    },
    {
      "v": 19,
      "text": "And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see?"
    },
    {
      "v": 20,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 20,
      "text": "His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:"
    },
    {
      "v": 21,
      "text": "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."
    },
    {
      "v": 22,
      "text": "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."
    },
    {
      "v": 23,
      "text": "Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him."
    },
    {
      "v": 24,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 24,
      "text": "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."
    },
    {
      "v": 25,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 25,
      "text": "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."
    },
    {
      "v": 26,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 26,
      "text": "Then said they to him again, What did he to thee? how opened he thine eyes?"
    },
    {
      "v": 27,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 27,
      "text": "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?"
    },
    {
      "v": 28,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 28,
      "text": "Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses’ disciples."
    },
    {
      "v": 29,
      "text": "We know that God spake unto Moses: as for this fellow, we know not from whence he is."
    },
    {
      "v": 30,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 30,
      "text": "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."
    },
    {
      "v": 31,
      "text": "Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth."
    },
    {
      "v": 32,
      "text": "Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind."
    },
    {
      "v": 33,
      "text": "If this man were not of God, he could do nothing."
    },
    {
      "v": 34,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 34,
      "text": "They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out."
    },
    {
      "v": 35,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 35,
      "text": "Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him,"
    },
    {
      "v": 35,
      "text": "Dost thou believe on the Son of God?",
      "wj": true
    },
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      "v": 36,
      "break": "p"
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    {
      "v": 36,
      "text": "He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him?"
    },
    {
      "v": 37,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 37,
      "text": "And Jesus said unto him,"
    },
    {
      "v": 37,
      "text": "Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee.",
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      "v": 38,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 38,
      "text": "And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him."
    },
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      "v": 39,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 39,
      "text": "And Jesus said,"
    },
    {
      "v": 39,
      "text": "For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.",
      "wj": true
    },
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      "v": 40,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 40,
      "text": "And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?"
    },
    {
      "v": 41,
      "break": "p"
    },
    {
      "v": 41,
      "text": "Jesus said unto them,"
    },
    {
      "v": 41,
      "text": "If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.",
      "wj": true
    }
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  "aland_number": 248,
  "epoch": 4,
  "context_tags": [
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  "reference": "John 9:1–41",
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