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John 9:30

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

"Well," the man replied, "this is very strange; you do not know where he comes from, and yet he has given me my sight!

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The blind recover their sight and the lame walk, the lepers are made clean and the deaf hear, the dead, too, are raised to life, and the good news is told to the poor.

Then Jesus added: "Have you never read in the Scriptures?-- 'The very stone which the builders despised--Has now itself become the corner-stone; This corner-stone has come from the Lord, And is marvelous in our eyes.'

And he wondered at the want of faith shown by the people. Jesus went round the villages, one after another, teaching.

So his answer to the question was: "Go and report to John what you have witnessed and heard--the blind recover their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are made clean, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised to life, the Good News is told to the poor.

But, though Jesus had given so many signs of his mission before their eyes, they still did not believe in him,

"What! You a teacher of Israel," exclaimed Jesus, "and yet do not understand this!

We know that God spoke to Moses; but, as for this man, we do not know where he comes from."

We know that God never listens to bad men, but, when a man is god-fearing and does God's will, God listens to him.

Indeed, the same God who said 'Out of darkness light shall shine,' has shone in upon our hearts, so that we should bring out into the light the knowledge of the glory of God, seen in the face of Christ.




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