…So the man went and washed and came back seeing! 

His neighbors and others who knew him as a blind beggar 

asked each other, 

“Isn’t this the man who used to sit and beg?” 

The pharisees asked the man all about it. 

So he told them, 

“He put the mud over my eyes, 

and when I washed it away, 

I could see!” 

The Jewish leaders still refused 

to believe the man had been blind and could now see…

“Look!” 

the man exclaimed. 

“I told you once. 

Didn’t you listen?” 

“He healed my eyes, 

and yet you don’t know where he comes from?” 

“Ever since the world begain, 

no one has been able to open the eys of someone born blind. 

If this man were not from God, 

he couldn’t have done it.”

John 9:8, 15, 18, 27, 30, 32-33

Anyone who belongs to God listens gladly 

to the words of God. 

But you don’t listen because you don’t belong to God.”

The people retorted, 

“You Samaritan devil! 

Didn’t we say all along

that you were possessed by a demon?”

“No,” 

Jesus said, 

“I have no demon in me. 

For I honor my Father—

and you dishonor me. 

And though I have no wish to glorify myself, 

God is going to glorify me. 

He is the true judge. 

I tell you the truth, 

anyone who obeys my teaching will never die!”

John 8:47-51

Jesus replied, 

“I tell you the truth, 

everyone who sins is a slave of sin. 

A slave is not a permanent member of the family, 

but a son is part of the family forever. 

So if the Son sets you free, 

you are truly free. 

John 8:34-36

(Big Bend National Park)

Jesus said to the people who believed in him, 

“You are truly my disciples 

if you remain faithful to my teachings. 

And you will know the truth, 

and the truth will set you free.” 

John 8:31-32 

“Who are you?”

they demanded.

Jesus replied,

“The one I have always claimed to be.”

“When you have lifted up the Son of Man on the cross,

then you will understand that I AM he.

I do nothing on my own

but say only what the Father taught me.” 

John 8:25, 28

Jesus spoke to the people once more and said, 

“I am the light of the world. 

If you follow me, 

you won’t have to walk in darkness, 

because you will have the light that leads to life.” 

John 8:12

“…those the Father has given me will come to me, 

and I will never reject them. 

For it is my Father’s will that all who see his Son 

and believe in him 

should have eternal life. 

I will raise them up at the last day.”

John 6:37, 40  

But to all who believed him and accepted him, 

he gave the right to become children of God. 

They are reborn—

not with a physical birth resulting from human passion or plan, 

but a birth that comes from God. 

John 1:12-13

Then Jesus called for the children 

and said to the disciples, 

“Let the children come to me. 

Don’t stop them! 

For the Kingdom of God belongs to those 

who are like these children. 

I tell you the truth, 

anyone who doesn’t receive the Kingdom of God 

like a child

will never enter it.”

Luke 18:16-17  

“But the tax collector stood at a distance 

and dared not even lift his eyes to heaven as he prayed. 

Instead, 

he beat his chest in sorrow, 

saying, 

‘O God, be merciful to me, 

for I am a sinner.’ 

I tell you, 

this sinner, 

not the Pharisee, 

returned home justified before God. 

For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, 

and those who humble themselves will be exalted.” 

Luke 18:13-14