Listen to me, you who know righteousness, you people who have my teaching in your hearts; do not fear the reproach of others, and do not be dismayed when they revile you.
John 9:28 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Then they reviled him, saying, “You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses' disciples. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And they stormed at him [they jeered, they sneered, they reviled him] and retorted, You are His disciple yourself, but we are the disciples of Moses. American Standard Version (1901) And they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are disciples of Moses. Common English Bible They insulted him: “You are his disciple, but we are Moses’ disciples. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, they cursed him and said: "You be his disciple. But we are disciples of Moses. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They reviled him therefore, and said: Be thou his disciple; but we are the disciples of Moses. |
Listen to me, you who know righteousness, you people who have my teaching in your hearts; do not fear the reproach of others, and do not be dismayed when they revile you.
“Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.
“Did not Moses give you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. Why are you looking for an opportunity to kill me?”
They answered him, “You were born entirely in sins, and are you trying to teach us?” And they drove him out.
But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast of your relation to God
and we grow weary from the work of our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure;
thieves, the greedy, drunkards, revilers, swindlers—none of these will inherit the kingdom of God.
When he was abused, he did not return abuse; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but he entrusted himself to the one who judges justly.