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Therefore some of the Pharisees were saying, "This Man is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath." But others were saying, "How can a man who is a sinner perform such signs?" And there was dissension among them.

but how he now sees, we do not know; or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him; he is of age, he will speak for himself."

They spoke abusively to him and said, "You are His disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.

"We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this Man, we do not know where He is from."

"We know that God does not listen to sinners; but if someone is God-fearing and does His will, He listens to him.

Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now that you maintain, 'We see,' your sin remains.

"Truly, truly I say to you, the one who does not enter by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up some other way, he is a thief and a robber.

"But the one who enters by the door is a shepherd of the sheep.

"However, a stranger they simply will not follow, but will flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers."

Jesus told them this figure of speech, but they did not understand what the things which He was saying to them meant.

"All those who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.

"No one has taken it away from Me, but I lay it down on My own. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it back. This commandment I received from My Father."

"But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep.

The Jews answered Him, "We are not stoning You for a good work, but for blasphemy; and because You, being a man, make Yourself out to be God."

but if I do them, even though you do not believe Me, believe the works, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I in the Father."

But when Jesus heard this, He said, "This sickness is not meant for death, but is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified by it."

"But if anyone walks during the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him."

This He said, and after this He said to them, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going so that I may awaken him from sleep."

Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that He was speaking about actual sleep.

and I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe; but let's go to him."