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A Man Born Blind
Receives Sight
As he passed by, he saw a man blind from his birth. And his disciples asked
him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?"
Jesus answered, "It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that
the works of God might be made manifest in him. We must work the works of
him who sent me, while it is day; night comes, when no one can work. As long
as I am in the world, I am the light of the world." As he said this, he spat
on the ground and made clay of the spittle and anointed the man's eyes with
the clay, saying to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Silo'am" (which means
Sent). So he went and washed and came back seeing. The neighbors and those
who had seen him before as a beggar, said, "Is not this the man who used to
sit and beg?" Some said, "It is he"; others said, "No, but he is like him."
He said, "I am the man." They said to him, "Then how were your eyes opened?"
He answered, "The man called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes and said
to me, `Go to Silo'am and wash'; so I went and washed and received my
sight." They said to him, "Where is he?" He said, "I do not know."
The Pharisees Investigate the Healing
They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind. Now it
was a sabbath day when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes. The
Pharisees again asked him how he had received his sight. And he said to
them, "He put clay on my eyes, and I washed, and I see." Some of the
Pharisees said, "This man is not from God, for he does not keep the sabbath."
But others said, "How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?" There was a
division among them. 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." The
Jews did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight,
until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight, and
asked them, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he
now see?" His parents answered, "We know that this is our son, and that he
was born blind; but how he now sees we do not know, nor do we know who
opened his eyes. Ask him; he is of age, he will speak for himself." His
parents said this because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had already
agreed that if any one should confess him to be Christ, he was to be put out
of the synagogue. Therefore his parents said, "He is of age, ask him."
So for the second time they called the man who had been blind, and said to
him, "Give God the praise; we know that this man is a sinner." He answered,
"Whether he is a sinner, I do not know; one thing I know, that though I was
blind, now I see." They said to him, "What did he do to you? How did he open
your eyes?" 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?" And they reviled him, saying, "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 comes from." The man answered, "Why, this is a
marvel! You do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes. We
know that God does not listen to sinners, but if any one is a worshiper of
God and does his will, God listens to him. Never since the world began has
it been heard that any one opened the eyes of a man born blind. If this man
were not from God, he could do nothing." They answered him, "You were born
in utter sin, and would you teach us?" And they cast him out.
Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him he said, "Do
you believe in the Son of man?" He answered, "And who is he, sir, that I may
believe in him?" Jesus said to him, "You have seen him, and it is he who
speaks to you." He said, "Lord, I believe"; and he worshiped him.
John 9:1-13(14-27)28-38
Feeding the Five
Thousand
Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand. Lifting up his eyes,
then, and seeing that a multitude was coming to him, Jesus said to Philip,
"How are we to buy bread, so that these people may eat?" This he said to
test him, for he himself knew what he would do. Philip answered him, "Two
hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each of them to get a
little." One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him,
"There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two fish; but what are
they among so many?" Jesus said, "Make the people sit down." Now there was
much grass in the place; so the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
Jesus then took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed
them to those who were seated; so also the fish, as much as they wanted. And
when they had eaten their fill, he told his disciples, "Gather up the
fragments left over, that nothing may be lost." So they gathered them up and
filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves, left by
those who had eaten. When the people saw the sign which he had done, they
said, "This is indeed the prophet who is to come into the world!" Perceiving
then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king,
Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself.
John 6:4-15
 The
Parable of the Prodigal and His Brother
And he said, "There was a man who had two sons; and the younger of them said
to his father, `Father, give me the share of property that falls to me.' And
he divided his living between them. Not many days later, the younger son
gathered all he had and took his journey into a far country, and there he
squandered his property in loose living. And when he had spent everything, a
great famine arose in that country, and he began to be in want. So he went
and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into
his fields to feed swine. And he would gladly have fed on the pods that the
swine ate; and no one gave him anything. But when he came to himself he
said, `How many of my father's hired servants have bread enough and to
spare, but I perish here with hunger! I will arise and go to my father, and
I will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I
am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me as one of your hired
servants."' And he arose and came to his father. But while he was yet at a
distance, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and embraced him
and kissed him. And the son said to him, `Father, I have sinned against
heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.' But the
father said to his servants, `Bring quickly the best robe, and put it on
him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet; and bring the fatted
calf and kill it, and let us eat and make merry; for this my son was dead,
and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.' And they began to make
merry.
"Now his elder son was in the field; and as he came and drew near to the
house, he heard music and dancing. And he called one of the servants and
asked what this meant. And he said to him, `Your brother has come, and your
father has killed the fatted calf, because he has received him safe and
sound.' But he was angry and refused to go in. His father came out and
entreated him, but he answered his father, `Lo, these many years I have
served you, and I never disobeyed your command; yet you never gave me a kid,
that I might make merry with my friends. But when this son of yours came,
who has devoured your living with harlots, you killed for him the fatted
calf!' And he said to him, `Son, you are always with me, and all that is
mine is yours. It was fitting to make merry and be glad, for this your
brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found.'"
Luke 15:11-32 |
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