Jesus and Abraham
The people told Jesus, "We were right to say that you are a Samaritan and that you have a demon in you!" Jesus answered, "I don?t have a demon in me. I honor my Father, and you refuse to honor me. I don?t want honor for myself. But there is one who wants me to be honored, and he is also the one who judges. 51 I tell you for certain that if you obey my words, you will never die."
52 Then the people said, "Now we are sure that you have a demon. Abraham is dead, and so are the prophets. How can you say that no one who obeys your words will ever die? 53 Are you greater than our father Abraham? He died, and so did the prophets. Who do you think you are?"
54 Jesus replied, "If I honored myself, it would mean nothing. My Father is the one who honors me. You claim that he is your God, 55 even though you don?t really know him. If I said I didn?t know him, I would be a liar, just like all of you. But I know him, and I do what he says. 56 Your father Abraham was really glad to see me." 57 "You are not even fifty years old!" they said. "How could you have seen Abraham?" 58 Jesus answered, "I tell you for certain that even before Abraham was, I was, and I am." 59 The people picked up stones to kill Jesus, but he hid and left the temple.
Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind
9 As Jesus walked along, he saw a man who had been blind since birth. 2 Jesus? disciples asked, "Teacher, why was this man born blind? Was it because he or his parents sinned?"
3 "No, it wasn?t!" Jesus answered. "But because of his blindness, you will see God work a miracle for him. 4 As long as it is day, we must do what the one who sent me wants me to do. When night comes, no one can work. 5 While I am in the world, I am the light for the world."
6 After Jesus said this, he spit on the ground. He made some mud and smeared it on the man?s eyes. 7 Then he said, "Go and wash off the mud in Siloam Pool." The man went and washed in Siloam, which means "One Who Is Sent." When he had washed off the mud, he could see.
8 The man?s neighbors and the people who had seen him begging wondered if he really could be the same man. 9 Some of them said he was the same beggar, while others said he only looked like him. But he told them, "I am that man." 10 "Then how can you see?" they asked.
11 He answered, "Someone named Jesus made some mud and smeared it on my eyes. He told me to go and wash it off in Siloam Pool. When I did, I could see." 12 "Where is he now?" they asked. "I don?t know," he answered.