The Bible (Old and New Testaments)

Some said, This is he: and other sayd, He is like him: but he himselfe sayd, I am he.

Therefore they sayd vnto him, Howe were thine eyes opened?

He answered, and sayd, The man that is called Iesus, made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and sayde vnto me, Goe to the poole of Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and receiued sight.

Then they sayd vnto him, Where is he? He sayd, I can not tell.

They brought to the Pharises him that was once blinde.

And it was the Sabbath day, when Iesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.

Then againe the Pharises also asked him, how he had receiued sight. And hee sayd vnto them, He layd clay vpon mine eyes, and I washed, and doe see.

Then said some of the Pharises, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the Sabbath day. Others sayd, Howe can a man that is a sinner, doe such miracles? and there was a dissension among them.

Then spake they vnto the blinde againe, What sayest thou of him, because he hath opened thine eyes? And he sayd, He is a Prophet.

Then the Iewes did not beleeue him (that he had bene blinde, and receiued his sight) vntill they had called the parents of him that had receiued sight.

And they asked them, saying, Is this your sonne, whom ye say was borne blinde? How doeth he nowe see then?

His parents answered them, and sayd, We know that this is our sonne, and that he was borne blinde:

But by what meanes hee nowe seeth, we know not: or who hath opened his eyes, can we not tell: he is olde ynough: aske him: hee shall answere for himselfe.

These wordes spake his parents, because they feared the Iewes: for the Iewes had ordeined already, that if any man did confesse that he was Christ, he should be excommunicate out of the Synagogue.

Therefore sayde his parents, Hee is olde ynough: aske him.

Then againe called they the man that had bene blinde, and sayd vnto him, Giue glory vnto God: we know that this man is a sinner.

Then he answered, and sayd, Whether hee be a sinner or no, I can not tell: one thing I know, that I was blinde, and nowe I see.

Then sayd they to him againe, What did he to thee? howe opened he thine eyes?

Hee answered them, I haue tolde you already, and yee haue not heard it: wherefore would yee heare it againe? will yee also be his disciples?

Then reuiled they him, and sayd, Be thou his disciple: we be Moses disciples.

We know that God spake with Moses: but this man we know not from whence he is.

The man answered, and sayde vnto them, Doutlesse, this is a marueilous thing, that ye know not whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes.

Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him heareth he.

Since the world began, was it not heard, that any man opened the eyes of one that was borne blinde.

If this man were not of God, hee could haue done nothing.

They answered, and sayd vnto him, Thou art altogether borne in sinnes, and doest thou teach vs? so they cast him out.

Iesus heard that they had cast him out: and when he had found him, he sayd vnto him, Doest thou beleeue in the Sonne of God?

He answered, and sayd, Who is he, Lord, that I might beleeue in him?

And Iesus sayd vnto him, Both thou hast seene him, and he it is that talketh with thee.

Then he sayd, Lord, I beleeue, and worshipped him.

And Iesus sayd, I am come vnto iudgement into this world, that they which see not, might see: and that they which see, might be made blinde.

And some of the Pharises which were with him, heard these things, and sayd vnto him, Are we blinde also?

Iesus sayd vnto them, If ye were blinde, ye should not haue sinne: but nowe ye say, We see: therefore your sinne remaineth.

Verely, verely I say vnto you, Hee that entreth not in by the doore into the sheepefolde, but climeth vp another way, he is a theefe and a robber.

But he that goeth in by the doore, is the shepheard of the sheepe.

To him the porter openeth, and the sheepe heare his voyce, and he calleth his owne sheepe by name, and leadeth them out.

And when hee hath sent foorth his owne sheepe, he goeth before them, and the sheepe follow him: for they know his voyce.

And they will not follow a stranger, but they flee from him: for they know not the voyce of strangers.

This parable spake Iesus vnto them: but they vnderstoode not what things they were which he spake vnto them.

Then sayd Iesus vnto them againe, Verely, verely I say vnto you, I am that doore of the sheepe.

All, that euer came before me, are theeues and robbers: but the sheepe did not heare them.

I am that doore: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saued, and shall go in, and go out, and finde pasture.

The theefe commeth not, but for to steale, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might haue life, and haue it in abundance.

I am that good shepheard: that good shepheard giueth his life for his sheepe.

But an hireling, and hee which is not the shepheard, neither the sheepe are his owne, seeth the wolfe comming, and hee leaueth the sheepe, and fleeth, and the wolfe catcheth them, and scattreth the sheepe.

So the hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheepe.

I am that good shepheard, and knowe mine, and am knowen of mine.

As the Father knoweth me, so know I the Father: and I lay downe my life for my sheepe.

Other sheepe I haue also, which are not of this folde: them also must I bring, and they shall heare my voyce: and there shalbe one sheepefolde, and one shepheard.

Therefore doeth my Father loue me, because I lay downe my life, that I might take it againe.

No man taketh it from me, but I lay it downe of my selfe: I haue power to lay it downe, and haue power to take it againe: this commandement haue I receiued of my Father.

Then there was a dissension againe among the Iewes for these sayings,

And many of them sayd, He hath a deuill, and is mad: why heare ye him?

Other sayd, These are not the wordes of him that hath a deuill: can the deuill open the eyes of the blinde?

And it was at Hierusalem the feast of the Dedication, and it was winter.

And Iesus walked in the Temple, in Salomons porche.

Then came the Iewes round about him, and sayd vnto him, Howe long doest thou make vs dout? If thou be that Christ, tell vs plainely.

Iesus answered them, I tolde you, and ye beleeue not: the workes that I doe in my Fathers Name, they beare witnes of me.

But ye beleeue not: for ye are not of my sheepe, as I sayd vnto you.

My sheepe heare my voyce, and I knowe them, and they follow me,

And I giue vnto them eternall life, and they shall neuer perish, neither shall any plucke them out of mine hand.

My Father which gaue them me, is greater then all, and none is able to take them out of my Fathers hand.

I and my Father are one.

Then ye Iewes againe tooke vp stones, to stone him.

Iesus answered them, Many good workes haue I shewed you from my Father: for which of these workes doe ye stone me?

The Iewes answered him, saying, For the good worke we stone thee not, but for blasphemie, and that thou being a man, makest thy selfe God.

Iesus answered them, Is it not written in your Lawe, I sayd, Ye are gods?

If hee called them gods, vnto whome the worde of God was giuen, and the Scripture cannot be broken,

Say ye of him, whome the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the worlde, Thou blasphemest, because I said, I am the Sonne of God?

If I doe not the workes of my Father, beleeue me not.

But if I doe, then though ye beleeue not mee, yet beleeue the workes, that ye may knowe and beleeue, that the Father is in me, and I in him.

Againe they went about to take him: but he escaped out of their handes,

And went againe beyonde Iordan, into the place where Iohn first baptized, and there abode.

And many resorted vnto him, and saide, Iohn did no miracle: but all thinges that Iohn spake of this man, were true.

And many beleeued in him there.

And a certaine man was sicke, named Lazarus of Bethania, the towne of Marie, and her sister Martha.

(And it was that Mary which anointed the Lord with oyntment, and wiped his feete with her heare, whose brother Lazarus was sicke.)

Therefore his sisters sent vnto him, saying, Lord, beholde, he whome thou louest, is sicke.

When Iesus heard it, he saide, This sickenes is not vnto death, but for the glorie of God, that the Sonne of God might be glorified thereby.

Nowe Iesus loued Martha and her sister, and Lazarus.

And after he had heard that he was sicke, yet abode hee two dayes still in the same place where he was.

Then after that, said he to his disciples, Let vs goe into Iudea againe.

The disciples saide vnto him, Master, the Iewes lately sought to stone thee, and doest thou goe thither againe?

Iesus answered, Are there not twelue houres in the day? If a man walke in the day, hee stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.

But if a man walke in the night, hee stumbleth, because there is no light in him.

These things spake he, and after, he said vnto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth: but I goe to wake him vp.

Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleepe, he shalbe safe.

Howbeit, Iesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of the naturall sleepe.

Then saide Iesus vnto them plainely, Lazarus is dead.

And I am glad for your sakes, that I was not there, that ye may beleeue: but let vs go vnto him.

Then saide Thomas (which is called Didymus) vnto his felow disciples, Let vs also goe, that we may die with him.

Then came Iesus, and found that he had lien in the graue foure dayes alreadie.

(Nowe Bethania was neere vnto Hierusalem, about fifteene furlongs off.)

And many of ye Iewes were come to Martha and Marie to comfort them for their brother.

Then Martha, when shee heard that Iesus was comming, went to meete him: but Mary sate still in the house.

Then said Martha vnto Iesus, Lord, if thou hadst bene here, my brother had not bene dead.

But now I know also, that whatsoeuer thou askest of God, God will giue it thee.

Iesus said vnto her, Thy brother shall rise againe.

Martha said vnto him, I know that he shall rise againe in the resurrection at the last day.

Iesus saide vnto her, I am the resurrection and the life: he that beleeueth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he liue.