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         <div class="label">9</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JHN.9.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JHN.9.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">His disciples asked him, &#8220;Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JHN.9.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JHN.9.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Neither this man nor his parents sinned,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> said Jesus, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JHN.9.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JHN.9.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JHN.9.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JHN.9.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">After saying this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man&#8217;s eyes. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JHN.9.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Go,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he told him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;wash in the Pool of Siloam&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> (this word means &#8220;Sent&#8221;). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JHN.9.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JHN.9.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">His neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging asked, &#8220;Isn&#8217;t this the same man who used to sit and beg?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JHN.9.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Some claimed that he was.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JHN.9.9"><span class="content">Others said, &#8220;No, he only looks like him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JHN.9.9"><span class="content">But he himself insisted, &#8220;I am the man.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JHN.9.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JHN.9.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;How then were your eyes opened?&#8221; they asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JHN.9.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JHN.9.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">He replied, &#8220;The man they call Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and then I could see.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JHN.9.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JHN.9.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;Where is this man?&#8221; they asked him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JHN.9.12"><span class="content">&#8220;I don&#8217;t know,&#8221; he said.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Pharisees Investigate the Healing</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JHN.9.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JHN.9.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JHN.9.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Now the day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened the man&#8217;s eyes was a Sabbath. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.9.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. &#8220;He put mud on my eyes,&#8221; the man replied, &#8220;and I washed, and now I see.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.9.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.9.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Some of the Pharisees said, &#8220;This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.9.16"><span class="content">But others asked, &#8220;How can a sinner perform such signs?&#8221; So they were divided.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.9.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.9.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Then they turned again to the blind man, &#8220;What have you to say about him? It was your eyes he opened.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.9.17"><span class="content">The man replied, &#8220;He is a prophet.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.9.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JHN.9.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">They still did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight until they sent for the man&#8217;s parents. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JHN.9.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;Is this your son?&#8221; they asked. &#8220;Is this the one you say was born blind? How is it that now he can see?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JHN.9.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JHN.9.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;We know he is our son,&#8221; the parents answered, &#8220;and we know he was born blind. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.9.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">But how he can see now, or who opened his eyes, we don&#8217;t know. Ask him. He is of age; he will speak for himself.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JHN.9.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders, who already had decided that anyone who acknowledged that Jesus was the Messiah would be put out of the synagogue. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.9.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">That was why his parents said, &#8220;He is of age; ask him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.9.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.9.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">A second time they summoned the man who had been blind. &#8220;Give glory to God by telling the truth,&#8221; they said. &#8220;We know this man is a sinner.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.9.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JHN.9.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">He replied, &#8220;Whether he is a sinner or not, I don&#8217;t know. One thing I do know. I was blind but now I see!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JHN.9.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JHN.9.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Then they asked him, &#8220;What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JHN.9.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JHN.9.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">He answered, &#8220;I have told you already and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his disciples too?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JHN.9.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JHN.9.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Then they hurled insults at him and said, &#8220;You are this fellow&#8217;s disciple! We are disciples of Moses! </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JHN.9.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">We know that God spoke to Moses, but as for this fellow, we don&#8217;t even know where he comes from.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JHN.9.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JHN.9.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">The man answered, &#8220;Now that is remarkable! You don&#8217;t know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JHN.9.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">We know that God does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly person who does his will. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JHN.9.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Nobody has ever heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JHN.9.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JHN.9.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JHN.9.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">To this they replied, &#8220;You were steeped in sin at birth; how dare you lecture us!&#8221; And they threw him out.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Spiritual Blindness</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JHN.9.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JHN.9.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and when he found him, he said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Do you believe in the Son of Man?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JHN.9.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JHN.9.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">&#8220;Who is he, sir?&#8221; the man asked. &#8220;Tell me so that I may believe in him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JHN.9.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JHN.9.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You have now seen him; in fact, he is the one speaking with you.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JHN.9.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JHN.9.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Then the man said, &#8220;Lord, I believe,&#8221; and he worshiped him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JHN.9.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JHN.9.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">Jesus said,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:38,39 </span><span class="ft">Some early manuscripts do not have </span><span class="fqa">Then the man said&#8230; </span><span class="fv">39 </span><span class="fqa">Jesus said,</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JHN.9.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JHN.9.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">Some Pharisees who were with him heard him say this and asked, &#8220;What? Are we blind too?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JHN.9.40"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JHN.9.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin; but now that you claim you can see, your guilt remains.</span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">13</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.13.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">A wise son heeds his father&#8217;s instruction,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.13.1"><span class="content">but a mocker does not respond to rebukes.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.13.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.13.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">From the fruit of their lips people enjoy good things,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.13.2"><span class="content">but the unfaithful have an appetite for violence.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.13.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.13.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Those who guard their lips preserve their lives,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.13.3"><span class="content">but those who speak rashly will come to ruin.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.13.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.13.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">A sluggard&#8217;s appetite is never filled,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.13.4"><span class="content">but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.13.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.13.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The righteous hate what is false,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.13.5"><span class="content">but the wicked make themselves a stench</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.13.5"><span class="content">and bring shame on themselves.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.13.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.13.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Righteousness guards the person of integrity,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.13.6"><span class="content">but wickedness overthrows the sinner.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.13.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.13.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">One person pretends to be rich, yet has nothing;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.13.7"><span class="content">another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.13.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.13.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">A person&#8217;s riches may ransom their life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.13.8"><span class="content">but the poor cannot respond to threatening rebukes.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.13.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.13.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The light of the righteous shines brightly,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.13.9"><span class="content">but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.13.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.13.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Where there is strife, there is pride,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.13.10"><span class="content">but wisdom is found in those who take advice.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.13.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.13.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Dishonest money dwindles away,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.13.11"><span class="content">but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.13.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.13.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Hope deferred makes the heart sick,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.13.12"><span class="content">but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.13.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.13.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Whoever scorns instruction will pay for it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.13.13"><span class="content">but whoever respects a command is rewarded.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.13.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.13.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.13.14"><span class="content">turning a person from the snares of death.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.13.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.13.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Good judgment wins favor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.13.15"><span class="content">but the way of the unfaithful leads to their destruction.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:15 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint and Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.13.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.13.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">All who are prudent act with</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:16 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">prudent protect themselves through</span></span></span><span class="content"> knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.13.16"><span class="content">but fools expose their folly.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.13.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.13.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">A wicked messenger falls into trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.13.17"><span class="content">but a trustworthy envoy brings healing.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.13.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.13.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Whoever disregards discipline comes to poverty and shame,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.13.18"><span class="content">but whoever heeds correction is honored.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.13.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.13.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">A longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.13.19"><span class="content">but fools detest turning from evil.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.13.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.13.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Walk with the wise and become wise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.13.20"><span class="content">for a companion of fools suffers harm.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.13.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.13.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Trouble pursues the sinner,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.13.21"><span class="content">but the righteous are rewarded with good things.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.13.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.13.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">A good person leaves an inheritance for their children&#8217;s children,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.13.22"><span class="content">but a sinner&#8217;s wealth is stored up for the righteous.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.13.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.13.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">An unplowed field produces food for the poor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.13.23"><span class="content">but injustice sweeps it away.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.13.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.13.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Whoever spares the rod hates their children,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.13.24"><span class="content">but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.13.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.13.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The righteous eat to their hearts&#8217; content,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.13.25"><span class="content">but the stomach of the wicked goes hungry.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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