John 9:16

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Then some of the Pharisees began to say,“This man is not from God, because he does not observe the Sabbath.” But others said,“How can a man who is a sinner perform such miraculous signs?” Thus there was a division among them.

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  • John 10:19 : 19 Another sharp division took place among the Jewish people because of these words.
  • John 7:43 : 43 So there was a division in the crowd because of Jesus.
  • John 7:12 : 12 There was a lot of grumbling about him among the crowds. Some were saying,“He is a good man,” but others,“He deceives the common people.”
  • Matt 12:2 : 2 But when the Pharisees saw this they said to him,“Look, your disciples are doing what is against the law to do on the Sabbath.”
  • John 3:2 : 2 came to Jesus at night and said to him,“Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signs that you do unless God is with him.”
  • John 5:36 : 36 “But I have a testimony greater than that from John. For the deeds that the Father has assigned me to complete– the deeds I am now doing– testify about me that the Father has sent me.
  • John 6:52 : 52 Then the Jews who were hostile to Jesus began to argue with one another,“How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”
  • Luke 13:31-33 : 31 Going to Jerusalem At that time, some Pharisees came up and said to Jesus,“Get away from here, because Herod wants to kill you.” 32 But he said to them,“Go and tell that fox,‘Look, I am casting out demons and performing healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will complete my work. 33 Nevertheless I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the next day, because it is impossible that a prophet should be killed outside Jerusalem.’
  • John 14:11 : 11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me, but if you do not believe me, believe because of the miraculous deeds themselves.
  • John 15:24 : 24 If I had not performed among them the miraculous deeds that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen the deeds and have hated both me and my Father.
  • Acts 14:4 : 4 But the population of the city was divided; some sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles.
  • John 9:24 : 24 Then they summoned the man who used to be blind a second time and said to him,“Promise before God to tell the truth. We know that this man is a sinner.”
  • John 9:30-33 : 30 The man replied,“This is a remarkable thing, that you don’t know where he comes from, and yet he caused me to see! 31 We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is devout and does his will, God listens to him. 32 Never before has anyone heard of someone causing a man born blind to see. 33 If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 9:8-15
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    82%

    8Then the neighbors and the people who had seen him previously as a beggar began saying,“Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?”

    9Some people said,“This is the man!” while others said,“No, but he looks like him.” The man himself kept insisting,“I am the one!”

    10So they asked him,“How then were you made to see?”

    11He replied,“The man called Jesus made mud, smeared it on my eyes and told me,‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed, and was able to see.”

    12They said to him,“Where is that man?” He replied,“I don’t know.”

    13The Pharisees’ Reaction to the Healing They brought the man who used to be blind to the Pharisees.

    14(Now the day on which Jesus made the mud and caused him to see was a Sabbath.)

    15So the Pharisees asked him again how he had gained his sight. He replied,“He put mud on my eyes and I washed, and now I am able to see.”

  • John 9:17-19
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    17So again they asked the man who used to be blind,“What do you say about him, since he caused you to see?”“He is a prophet,” the man replied.

    18Now the Jewish religious leaders refused to believe that he had really been blind and had gained his sight until at last they summoned the parents of the man who had become able to see.

    19They asked the parents,“Is this your son, whom you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?”

  • Luke 6:2
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    2But some of the Pharisees said,“Why are you doing what is against the law on the Sabbath?”

  • John 9:39-40
    2 verses
    76%

    39Jesus said,]“For judgment I have come into this world, so that those who do not see may gain their sight, and the ones who see may become blind.”

    40Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this and asked him,“We are not blind too, are we?”

  • Mark 2:24
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    24So the Pharisees said to him,“Look, why are they doing what is against the law on the Sabbath?”

  • John 9:32-34
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    32Never before has anyone heard of someone causing a man born blind to see.

    33If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.”

    34They replied,“You were born completely in sinfulness, and yet you presume to teach us?” So they threw him out.

  • John 9:29-30
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    29We know that God has spoken to Moses! We do not know where this man comes from!”

    30The man replied,“This is a remarkable thing, that you don’t know where he comes from, and yet he caused me to see!

  • John 9:23-26
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    23For this reason his parents said,“He is a mature adult, ask him.”)

    24Then they summoned the man who used to be blind a second time and said to him,“Promise before God to tell the truth. We know that this man is a sinner.”

    25He replied,“I do not know whether he is a sinner. I do know one thing– that although I was blind, now I can see.”

    26Then they said to him,“What did he do to you? How did he cause you to see?”

  • Matt 9:3
    74%

    3Then some of the experts in the law said to themselves,“This man is blaspheming!”

  • Luke 13:14
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    14But the president of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the crowd,“There are six days on which work should be done! So come and be healed on those days, and not on the Sabbath day.”

  • Matt 12:2
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    2But when the Pharisees saw this they said to him,“Look, your disciples are doing what is against the law to do on the Sabbath.”

  • John 10:19-21
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    19Another sharp division took place among the Jewish people because of these words.

    20Many of them were saying,“He is possessed by a demon and has lost his mind! Why do you listen to him?”

    21Others said,“These are not the words of someone possessed by a demon. A demon cannot cause the blind to see, can it?”

  • John 5:16
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    16Responding to Jewish Leaders Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders began persecuting him.

  • John 9:2-3
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    2His disciples asked him,“Rabbi, who committed the sin that caused him to be born blind, this man or his parents?”

    3Jesus answered,“Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but he was born blind so that the acts of God may be revealed through what happens to him.

  • Luke 6:7
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    7The experts in the law and the Pharisees watched Jesus closely to see if he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they could find a reason to accuse him.

  • Luke 14:3
    73%

    3So Jesus asked the experts in religious law and the Pharisees,“Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?”

  • John 5:9-10
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    9Immediately the man was healed, and he picked up his mat and started walking.(Now that day was a Sabbath.)

    10So the Jewish leaders said to the man who had been healed,“It is the Sabbath, and you are not permitted to carry your mat.”

  • John 11:37
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    37But some of them said,“This is the man who caused the blind man to see! Couldn’t he have done something to keep Lazarus from dying?”

  • John 11:47
    72%

    47So the chief priests and the Pharisees called the council together and said,“What are we doing? For this man is performing many miraculous signs.

  • Matt 12:10
    72%

    10A man was there who had a withered hand. And they asked Jesus,“Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?” so that they could accuse him.

  • John 5:12
    71%

    12They asked him,“Who is the man who said to you,‘Pick up your mat and walk’?”

  • Mark 3:4
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    4Then he said to them,“Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath, or evil, to save a life or destroy it?” But they were silent.

  • Luke 6:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9Then Jesus said to them,“I ask you, is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil, to save a life or to destroy it?”

    10After looking around at them all, he said to the man,“Stretch out your hand.” The man did so, and his hand was restored.

  • John 7:23
    71%

    23But if a male child is circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses is not broken, why are you angry with me because I made a man completely well on the Sabbath?

  • John 9:21
    71%

    21But we do not know how he is now able to see, nor do we know who caused him to see. Ask him, he is a mature adult. He will speak for himself.”

  • John 9:6
    71%

    6Having said this, he spat on the ground and made some mud with the saliva. He smeared the mud on the blind man’s eyes

  • John 12:18
    70%

    18Because they had heard that Jesus had performed this miraculous sign, the crowd went out to meet him.

  • Mark 2:7
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    7“Why does this man speak this way? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

  • Mark 3:2
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    2They watched Jesus closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they could accuse him.