John 9:16 Cross References - Goodspeed

¹⁶ Then some of the Pharisees said, "This man does not come from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath." But others said, "How can a sinful man show such signs as this?" And there was a division of opinion among them.

² But the Pharisees saw it and said to him, "Look! Your disciples are doing something which it is against the Law to do on the Sabbath!"

³¹ Just then some Pharisees came up and said to him, "Go! Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you!" ³² He said to them, "Go and say to that fox, 'Here I am, driving out demons and performing cures, today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will be through. ³³ But I must go on today and tomorrow and the next day, for it is not right for a prophet to die outside Jerusalem.'

² This man went to Jesus one night, and said to him, "Master, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God, for no one can show the signs that you do, unless God is with him."

³⁶ But I have higher testimony than John's, for the things that my Father has intrusted to me to accomplish, the very things that I am doing, are proof that my Father has sent me,

⁵² This led the Jews to dispute with one another. They said, "How can he give us his flesh to eat?"

¹² and there was a great deal of muttering about him among the crowds, some saying that he was a good man, and others that he was not, but was imposing on the people.

⁴³ So the people were divided about him,

²⁴ So they again summoned the man who had been blind, and they said to him, "Give God the praise. This man we know is a sinful man."

³⁰ The man answered, "There is something very strange about this! You do not know where he came from, and yet he has made me able to see! ³¹ We know that God does not listen to sinful people, but if a man is devout and obeys God, God will listen to him. ³² It was never heard of in this world that anyone made a man born blind able to see. ³³ If this man were not from God, he could not do anything."

¹⁹ These words caused a fresh division of opinion among the Jews.

¹¹ You must believe that I am in union with the Father and that the Father is in union with me, or else you must believe because of the things themselves.

²⁴ If I had not done things before them that no one else ever did they would not be guilty of sin. But as it is, they have seen both me and my Father, and they have hated us both.

⁴ But the people of the town were divided, some siding with the Jews and some with the apostles.