John 9:31

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

We know that God does not listen to sinners [i.e., when they pray]; but God does listen to the person who reveres Him and does what He wants.

Cross References

John 15:16

I command you to do these things so that you will [demonstrate your] love for one another. [Note: Or this may mean that His command was to love one another, as in verse 12].

John 4:34

Jesus answered them; “My food is doing what God, who sent me, wants me to, and accomplishing His work.

John 7:17

If anyone [really] desires to do what God wants, he will know whether my teaching comes from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority [only].

Hebrews 10:7

Then I said, ‘Look, I have come to do what you want, O God, [just as] it is written in the scroll of the book [about me].’”

John 9:30

The man replied, “Is not that strange! You do not know where he came from and yet he restored my sight! [Note: The next sentence may be the beggar stating the Pharisees’ argument. See verse 24].

John 9:32

It has never been heard of, since the world was created, that anyone has restored sight to a man born blind.

John 11:22

And I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask Him for.”