John 10;1- 1.  “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber;2.  but he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.3.  To him the gatekeeper opens;...

John 9;39-41 39.  Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may become blind.”40.  Some of the Pharisees near him heard this, and they said, to him, “Are we blind?”41.  Jesus said to them, “If you were blind,...

John 9;35-38 35.  Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him said, “Do you believe in the Son of man?”36.  He answered, “And who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?”37.  Jesus said to him, “You have seen him, and it is he who speaks...

John 9;26-34 26.  They said to him, “What did he do to you?  How did he open your eyes?”27.  He answered them, “I have told you already, and you would not listen.  Why do you want to hear it again?  Do you too want to become his disciples?”28.  And they reviled him, saying,...

John 9;24&25 24.  So for the second time they called him who had been blind, and said to him, “Give God the praise; we know that this man (Jesus) is a sinner.”25.  He answered, “Whether he is a sinner, I do not know; one thing I know, that though I was blind, now...

John 9;17-23 17.  So they again said to the blind man, “What do you say about him, since he has opened your eyes?”  He said, “He is a prophet.”18.  The Jews did not believe that he had been born blind and had received his sight, until they called the parents of the...

John 9;13-16 13.  They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind.14.  Now it was a sabbath day when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes.15.  The Pharisees again asked him how he had received his sight.  And he said to them, “He put clay on my eyes,...

John 9;6-12 6.  As he (Jesus) said this, (about being the light of the world) he spat on the ground and made clay of the spittle and anointed the man’s eyes with the clay,7.  saying to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent).  So he went and washed...

John 9;5 5.  As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” Jesus said in his “Sermon on the Mount”,   “The eye is the lamp of the body.  So, if your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light; but if your eye...

John 9;4 4.  We must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day; night comes, when no man can work. When I was a child, I was often given tasks which (for a child) seemed insurmountable.  Weeding flower beds, the garden, or dandelions from the yard, these jobs overwhelmed me.  I despaired,...

John 9;1-3 1.  As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth.2.  And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”3.  Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might...

John 8;53-59 53.  (The Jews asked Jesus) ”Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? And the prophets died!  Who do you claim to be?”54.  Jesus answered, “If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing; it is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say that he is your God.55....

John 8;47-52 47.  He who is of God hears the words of God; the reason why you do not hear them is that you are not of God.48.  The Jews answered him, “Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?”49.  Jesus answered, ‘I have not...

John 8;43-46 43.  Why do you not understand what I say?  It is because you cannot bear to hear my word.44.  You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires.  He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the...

John 8;39-42 39.  They answered him, “Abraham is our father.”  Jesus said to them, “ If you were Abraham’s children, you would do what Abraham did,40.  but now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth which I heard from God; this is not what Abraham did.41....

John 8;37&38 37.  (Jesus said) I know that you are descendants of Abraham; yet you seek to kill me, because my words find no place in you.38.  I speak of what I have seen with my Father, and you do what you have heard from your father.” Jesus tells the Jews they...

John 8;31-36 31.  Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, “If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples,32.  and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”33.  They answered him, “We are descendants of Abraham, and have never been in bondage...

John 8;25-30 25.  They said to him, “Who are you?”  Jesus said to them, “Even what I have told you from the beginning.26.  I have much to say about you and much to judge; but he who sent me is true, and I declare to the world what I have heard...

John 8;21-24 21,  Again he said to them, “I go away, and you will seek me and die in your sin; where I am you cannot come.”22.  Then said the Jews, “Will he kill himself, since he says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?”23.  He said to them, “You are...

John 8;13-20 13.  The Pharisees then said to him, “You are bearing witness to yourself; your testimony is not true.”14.  Jesus answered, “Even if I do bear witness to myself, my testimony is true, for I know whence I have come and whither I am going.15.  You judge according to the...

John 8;12 12.  Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world; he who follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” At the very heart of discipleship, following Jesus, is the gift of faith which says, ‘My Lord knows the way,...

John 8;2-11 2.  Early in the morning he came again to the temple; all the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them.3.  The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst4.  they said to him, “Teacher,...

John 7;50-53, 8;1 50.  Nicodemus, who had gone to him before, and who was one of them, said to them,51.  “Does  our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning what he does?”52.  They replied, “Are you from Galilee too?  Search and you will see that no...

John 7;45-53 45.  The officers then went back to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them , “Why did you not bring him?”46.  The officers answered, “No man ever spoke like this man!”47.  The Pharisees answered them, “Are you led astray, you also?48.  Have any of the authorities or...

John 7;40-44 40.  When they heard these words, some of the people said, “This is really the prophet.”  (see, Deuteronomy 18;15-19)41.  Others said, “This is the Christ.”  But some said, “ Is the Christ to come from Galilee?42.  Has not the scripture said that the Christ is descended from David, and...

John 7;38&39 38.  He who believes in me, as the scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart shall flow rivers of living water.”39.  Now this he said about the Spirit, which those who believed in him were to receive; for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was...

John 7;37 37.  On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and proclaimed, “If any one thirst, let him come to me and drink. Spiritual thirst (for righteousness) is a gift of God.  By nature we seek fame, praise, and honor for ourselves.  It is not in our...

(Correction:  In yesterdays verse of the Day, I wrote that “David rode Solomon’s donkey…” I got that ‘bassackwards’  as they say, sorry.) John 7;31-36 31. Yet many of the people believed in him; they said, “When the Christ appears, will he do more signs than this man?”32.  The Pharisees heard the crowd thus muttering about...

John 7;30 30.  So they sought to arrest him; but no one laid hands on him, because his hour had not yet come. When Jesus speaks of “My hour”, or, as in today’s reading when John says, “his hour had not yet come”, the phrase refers to not 60 minutes of time, but...

John 7;28&29 28.  So Jesus proclaimed, as he taught in the temple, “You know me, and you know where I come from?  But I have not come of my own accord; he who sent me is true, and him you do not know.29.  I know him, for I have come from...

John 7;25-27 25.  Some of the people of Jerusalem therefore said, “Is not this the man whom they seek to kill?26.  And here he is, speaking openly, and they say nothing to him!  Can it be that the authorities really know that this is the Christ?27.  Yet we know where this...