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9:1 |
As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. |
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9:2 |
His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" |
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9:3 |
"Neither this man nor his parents sinned," said Jesus, "but this happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life. |
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9:4 |
As long as it is day, we must do the work of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. |
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9:5 |
While I am in the world, I am the light of the world." |
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9:6 |
Having said this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man's eyes. |
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9:7 |
"Go," he told him, "wash in the Pool of Siloam" (this word means Sent). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing. |
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9:8 |
His neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging asked, "Isn't this the same man who used to sit and beg?" |
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9:9 |
Some claimed that he was. Others said, "No, he only looks like him." But he himself insisted, "I am the man." |
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9:10 |
"How then were your eyes opened?" they demanded. |
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9:11 |
He replied, "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." |
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6:7 |
Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. |
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6:8 |
The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. |
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12:13 |
Then David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against the LORD." Nathan replied, "The LORD has taken away your sin. You are not going to die. |
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12:14 |
But because by doing this you have made the enemies of the LORD show utter contempt, the son born to you will die." |
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20:5 |
You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, |
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20:6 |
but showing love to a thousand {generations} of those who love me and keep my commandments. |
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14:13 |
And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. |
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14:14 |
You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it. |
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1:4 |
who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. |
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1:5 |
For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows. |
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1:6 |
If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer. |
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1:12 |
Now I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel. |
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1:13 |
As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ. |
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1:14 |
Because of my chains, most of the brothers in the Lord have been encouraged to speak the word of God more courageously and fearlessly. |