And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?

These {words} spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.

Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.

And they said, Stand back. And they said {again}, This one {fellow} came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, {even} Lot, and came near to break the door.

Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. {conceive...: Heb. warm me}

How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean {that is} born of a woman?

Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.

For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all {of you} be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

Who can bring a clean {thing} out of an unclean? not one. {can...: Heb. will give}

I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.

And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known. {a prince: Heb. a man, a prince}

But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.

And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

And {some} of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?

And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell {it} unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.

He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked {man getteth} himself a blot.

Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. {desires: Gr. wills}

Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.

All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.

Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you {from their company}, and shall reproach {you}, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.

We {who are} Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,

Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These {are} a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day. {nose: or, anger}

Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?

What {is} man, that he should be clean? and {he which is} born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also.

And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that {the king} said unto him, Art thou made of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel. {determined: Heb. counselled}

Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?

He, that being often reproved hardeneth {his} neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. {He...: Heb. A man of reproofs}

Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, {even} God.

Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? {there is} more hope of a fool than of him.

And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?

Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.

Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess {him}, lest they should be put out of the synagogue:

Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you {from their company}, and shall reproach {you}, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.

The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole.

And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,

If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy {are ye}; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.

But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.

These {words} spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.

And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: {that...: or, as being righteous}

They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.

Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth {them} out of the church.

If indeed ye will magnify {yourselves} against me, and plead against me my reproach:

But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in {yourselves}, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.

Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.

They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.

Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses' disciples.

And {some} of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?

I would they were even cut off which trouble you.

And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away. {forfeited: Heb. devoted}

All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

When Jesus heard {it}, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.