A second time they called back the man who had been born blind, and said to him, "Promise before God that you will tell the truth! We know that this man who cured you is a sinner."

The man answered, "What a strange thing that is! You do not know where he comes from, but he cured me of my blindness!

Since the beginning of the world nobody has ever heard of anyone giving sight to a person born blind.

One night he went to Jesus and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher sent by God. No one could perform the miracles you are doing unless God were with him."

But I have a witness on my behalf which is even greater than the witness that John gave: what I do, that is, the deeds my Father gave me to do, these speak on my behalf and show that the Father has sent me.

Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me. If not, believe because of the things I do.

They would not have been guilty of sin if I had not done among them the things that no one else ever did; as it is, they have seen what I did, and they hate both me and my Father.

There was much whispering about him in the crowd. "He is a good man," some people said. "No," others said, "he fools the people."

So there was a division in the crowd because of Jesus.

Again there was a division among the people because of these words.

At that same time some Pharisees came to Jesus and said to him, "You must get out of here and go somewhere else, because Herod wants to kill you."

Yet I must be on my way today, tomorrow, and the next day; it is not right for a prophet to be killed anywhere except in Jerusalem.

The people of the city were divided: some were for the Jews, others for the apostles.