THE LAST FEAST OF TENTS

- THE FOUR GOSPELS -

GALILEE

OCTOBER - LEAVES GALILEE

JOHN 7
²Now the Jews' feast of tents was at hand. ³His brothers therefore said to him, depart from here, and go into Judea, that your disciples also may see the works that you do. ⁴For there is no man who does any thing in secret, and he himself seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, show yourself to the world. ⁵For his brothers did not believe in him. ⁶Then Jesus said to them, My time is not yet come: but your time is always ready. ⁷The world cannot hate you; but it hates me, because I testify of it, that its works are evil. ⁸Go up to this feast: I am not going up yet to this feast; for my time is not yet fully come. ⁹When he had said these words to them, he abode still in Galilee. ¹⁰But when his brothers were gone up, then he also went up to the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.

JUDAEA

THE LAST FEAST OF THE TENTS
Officers fail to arrest the Lord Jesus

JOHN 7
¹¹Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he? ¹²And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, No; but he deceives the people. ¹³But no man spoke openly of him for fear of the Jews.
JOHN 7
¹⁴Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught. ¹⁵And the Jews marveled, saying, How does this man know letters, having never learned? ¹⁶Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his who sent me. ¹⁷If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it is of God, or whether I speak of myself. ¹⁸He who speaks of himself seeks his own glory: but he who seeks his glory who sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him. ¹⁹Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you go about to kill me? ²⁰The people answered and said, You have a demon: who goes about to kill you? ²¹Jesus answered and said to them, I have done one work, and you all marvel. ²²Moses therefore gave to you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and you on the sabbath day circumcise a man. ²³If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are you angry at me, because I have made a man whole in every way on the sabbath day? ²⁴Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment. ²⁵Then some of them of Jerusalem said , Is not this he, whom they seek to kill? ²⁶But, lo, he speaks boldly, and they say nothing to him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ? ²⁷But we know this man where he is from: but when Christ comes, no man knows where he is from. ²⁸Then Jesus cried in the temple as he taught, saying, You both know me, and you know where I am from: and I am not come of myself, but he who sent me is true, whom you do not know. ²⁹But I know him: for I am from him, and he has sent me. ³⁰Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come. ³¹And many of the people believed in him, and said, When Christ comes, will he do more miracles than these which this man has done? ³²The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him. ³³Then Jesus said to them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go to him who sent me. ³⁴You shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, there you cannot come. ³⁵Then said the Jews among themselves, Where will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go to the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles? ³⁶What manner of saying is this that he said, You shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, you cannot come there?
JOHN 7
³⁷ In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come to me, and drink. ³⁸He who believes in me, as the scripture has said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. ³⁹(But this spoke he of the Spirit, who those who believe in him should receive: for the Holy Spirit was not given yet; because Jesus was not yet glorified.) ⁴⁰Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet. ⁴¹Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee? ⁴²Has not the scripture said, That Christ comes of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was? ⁴³So there was a division among the people because of him. ⁴⁴And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.
JOHN 7
⁴⁵Then the officers came to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said to them, Why have you not brought him? ⁴⁶The officers answered, Never man spoke like this man. ⁴⁷Then the Pharisees answered them, Are you also deceived? ⁴⁸Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him? ⁴⁹But this people who do not know the law are cursed. ⁵⁰Nicodemus said to them, (he who came to Jesus by night, being one of them,) ⁵¹Does our law judge any man, before it hears him, and knows what he does? ⁵²They answered and said to him, Are you also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee arises no prophet. ⁵³And every man went to his own house.
JOHN 8
¹ Jesus went to the mount of Olives.

The woman caught in adultery

JOHN 8
²And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him; and he sat down, and taught them. ³And the scribes and Pharisees brought to him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, ⁴They said to him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. ⁵Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what do you say? ⁶ This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he did not hear them. ⁷So when they continued asking him, he lifted himself up, and said to them, He who is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. ⁸And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground. ⁹And those who heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even to the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. ¹⁰When Jesus had lifted himself up, and saw no one but the woman, he said to her, Woman, where are your accusers? has no man condemned you? ¹¹ She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said to her, Neither do I condemn you: go, and sin no more.

I am the light of the World. Before Abraham was I AM

JOHN 8
¹²Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, I am the light of the world: he who follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. ¹³The Pharisees therefore said to him, You bear record of yourself; your record is not true. ¹⁴Jesus answered and said to them, Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know where I came from, and where I go; but you cannot tell where I came from, and where I go. ¹⁵You judge after the flesh; I judge no man. ¹⁶And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father who sent me. ¹⁷ It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true. ¹⁸I am one who bears witness of myself, and the Father who sent me bears witness of me. ¹⁹Then they said to him, Where is your Father? Jesus answered, You neither know me, nor my Father: if you had known me, you would have known my Father also. ²⁰These words Jesus spoke in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come.
JOHN 8
²¹Then Jesus said to them again, I go my way, and you shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: where I go, you cannot come. ²²Then the Jews said, Will he kill himself? because he said, Where I go, you cannot come. ²³And he said to them, You are from beneath; I am from above: you are of this world; I am not of this world. ²⁴Therefore I said to you, that you shall die in your sins: for if you do not believe that I am he, you shall die in your sins. ²⁵Then they said to him, Who are you? And Jesus said to them, Even the same that I told you from the beginning. ²⁶I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he who sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard from him. ²⁷They did not understand that he spoke to them of the Father. ²⁸Then Jesus said to them, When you have lifted up the Son of man, then you shall know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father has taught me, I speak these things. ²⁹And he who sent me is with me: the Father has not left me alone; for I always do those things that please him. ³⁰As he spoke these words, many believed in him.
JOHN 8
³¹Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed in him, If you continue in my word, then you are my disciples indeed; ³²And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. ³³They answered him, We are Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how do you say, You shall be made free? ³⁴Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Who ever commits sin is the servant of sin. ³⁵And the servant does not abide in the house for ever: but the Son ever abides. ³⁶If the Son therefore shall make you free, you shall be free indeed. ³⁷I know that you are Abraham's seed; but you seek to kill me, because my word has no place in you.
JOHN 8
³⁸I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and you do that which you have seen with your father. ³⁹They answered and said to him, Abraham is our father. Jesus said to them, If you were Abraham's children, you would do the works of Abraham. ⁴⁰But now you seek to kill me, a man that has told you the truth, which I have heard of God: Abraham did not do this. ⁴¹You do the deeds of your father. Then they said to him, We are not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God. ⁴²Jesus said to them, If God were your Father, you would love me: for I proceeded and came from God; neither did I come of myself, but he sent me. ⁴³Why do you not understand my speech? even because you cannot hear my word. ⁴⁴You are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and did not abide in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. ⁴⁵And because I tell you the truth, you do not believe me.
JOHN 8
⁴⁶Which of you convicts me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do you not believe me? ⁴⁷He who is of God hears God's words: you therefore do not hear them, because you are not of God. ⁴⁸Then answered the Jews, and said to him, Do we not well say that you are a Samaritan, and have a demon? ⁴⁹Jesus answered, I do not have a demon; but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me. ⁵⁰And I do not seek my own glory: there is one who seeks and judges.
JOHN 8
⁵¹Verily, verily, I say to you, If a man keeps my sayings, he shall never see death. ⁵²Then the Jews said to him, Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and you say, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death. ⁵³Are you greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom do you make yourself? ⁵⁴Jesus answered, If I honor myself, my honor is nothing: it is my Father who honors me; of whom you say, that he is your God: ⁵⁵Yet you have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I do not know him, I shall be a liar like you: but I know him, and keep his sayings. ⁵⁶Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad. ⁵⁷Then the Jews said to him, You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham? ⁵⁸Jesus said to them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Before Abraham was, I am. ⁵⁹Then they took up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.

GALILEE

YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT MANNER OF SPIRIT YOU ARE OF

LUKE 9
⁵¹And it came to pass, when the time came that he should be received up, he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem, ⁵²And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him. ⁵³And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem. ⁵⁴And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, will you that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elijah did? ⁵⁵But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, *You do not know what manner of spirit you are of*. ⁵⁶For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them. And they went to another village. [*Though omitted in some later manuscripts, this statement is in 2nd/3rd century Syriac manuscripts, and Tatian's 2nd century 'Diatessaron']
LUKE 9
⁵⁷And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man said to him, Lord, I will follow you where ever you go. ⁵⁸And Jesus said to him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man has no where to lay his head. ⁵⁹And he said to another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father. ⁶⁰ Jesus said to him, Let the dead bury their dead: but you go and preach the kingdom of God. ⁶¹And another also said, Lord, I will follow you; but let me first go bid farewell to those who are at home at my house. ⁶²And Jesus said to him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

VIA SAMARIA

THE SEVENTY COMMISSIONED [Border country of Galilee and Samaria]

LUKE 10
¹ After these things the Lord appointed seventy others also, and sent them two by two before his face into every city and place, where he himself would come. ²Therefore he said to them, The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few: pray you therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth laborers into his harvest. ³Go your ways: behold, I send you out as lambs among wolves. ⁴Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way. ⁵And into what ever house you enter, first say, Peace be to this house. ⁶And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest on it: if not, it shall turn to you again. ⁷And remain in the same house, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the laborer is worthy of his hire. Do not go from house to house. ⁸And into what ever city you enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you: ⁹And heal the sick that are there, and say to them, The kingdom of God is come near to you. ¹⁰But into what ever city you enter, and they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say, ¹¹Even the very dust of your city, which cleaves on us, we wipe off against you: but be sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come near to you. ¹²But I say to you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city. ¹³Woe to you, Chorazin! woe to you, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they would have repented a great while ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. ¹⁴But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment, than for you.¹⁵And you, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, shall be thrust down to hell. ¹⁶He who hears you hears me; and he who despises you despises me; and he who despises me despises him who sent me.

THE SEVENTY RETURN

LUKE 10
¹⁷And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the demons are subject to us through your name. ¹⁸And he said to them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.¹⁹Behold, I give to you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. ²⁰But do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
LUKE 10
²¹In that hour Jesus rejoiced in the spirit, and said, I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and prudent, and have revealed them to babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in your sight. ²²All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knows who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him. ²³And he turned to his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that you see: ²⁴For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which you see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which you hear, and have not heard them.

JUDAEA

THE GOOD SAMARITAN [In the vicinity of Jerusalem]

LUKE 10
²⁵And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? ²⁶ He said to him, What is written in the law? how do you read? ²⁷And he answering said, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself. ²⁸And he said to him, You have answered right: this do, and you shall live. ²⁹But he, willing to justify himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbor? ³⁰And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, who stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. ³¹And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. ³²And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked at him, and passed by on the other side. ³³But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, ³⁴And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. ³⁵And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two danaria, and gave them to the host, and said to him, Take care of him; and what ever you spend more, when I come again, I will repay you. ³⁶Which now of these three, do you think was neighbor to him who fell among the thieves? ³⁷And he said, He who showed mercy on him. Then said Jesus to him, Go, and do likewise.

GUESTS OF MARTHA AND MARY [Bethany]

LUKE 10
³⁸Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. ³⁹And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word. ⁴⁰But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me. ⁴¹And Jesus answered and said to her, Martha, Martha, you are careful and troubled about many things: ⁴²But one thing is needful: and Mary has chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.

THE DISCIPLES ARE TAUGHT HOW TO PRAY

LUKE 11
¹And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. ^2aAnd he said to them,

LUKE 11
^2b When you pray, say, Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be your name. your kingdom come. your will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.³Give us day by day our daily bread. ⁴And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one who is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. Matthew 6 [Similar topic]
⁹Therefore pray after this manner: Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed is your name. ¹⁰Your kingdom come. your will be done in earth, as in heaven. ¹¹Give us this day our daily bread. ¹²And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. ¹³And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

LUKE 11
⁵And he said to them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go to him at midnight, and say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves; ⁶For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him? ⁷And he from within shall answer and say, Do not trouble me: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give to you. ⁸I say to you, Though he will not rise and give to him because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give to him as many as he needs. ⁹And I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you. ¹⁰For every one who asks receives; and he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks it shall be opened. ¹¹If a son shall ask bread of any of you who is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he asks a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? ¹²Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? ¹³If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?

THE MAN BORN BLIND CURED

JOHN 9
¹And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man who was blind from his birth. ²And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who sinned, this man, or his parents, so that he was born blind? ³Jesus answered, Neither has this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. ⁴I must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day: the night comes, when no man can work. ⁵As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. ⁶When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, ⁷And said to him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which by interpretation is, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.
JOHN 9
⁸The neighbors therefore, and those who had seen him before that he was blind, said, Is not this he who sat and begged? ⁹Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he. ¹⁰Therefore they said to him, How were your eyes opened? ¹¹He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said to me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight. ¹²Then they said to him, Where is he? He said, I do not know.
JOHN 9
¹³They brought him who previously was blind to the Pharisees. ¹⁴And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes. ¹⁵Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said to them, He put clay on my eyes, and I washed, and I see. ¹⁶Therefore some of the Pharisee said s, This man is not of God, because he does not keep the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man who is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them. ¹⁷They said again to the blind man, What do you say of him, that he has opened your eyes? He said, He is a prophet. ¹⁸But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him who had received his sight. ¹⁹And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who you say was born blind? how then does he now see? ²⁰His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind: ²¹But by what means he now sees, we do not know; or who has opened his eyes, we do not know: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself. ²²His parents spoke these words, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man confessed that he was the Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue. ²³Therefore his parents said, He is of age; ask him. ²⁴Then again they called the man who had been blind, and said to him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner. ²⁵ He answered and said, Whether he is a sinner or not, I do not know: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, I now see. ²⁶Then they said to him again, What did he do to you? how did he open your eyes? ²⁷He answered them, I have told you already, and you did not hear: why would you hear it again? will you also be his disciples? ²⁸Then they reviled him, and said, You are his disciple; but we are Moses' disciples. ²⁹We know that God spoke to Moses: as for this fellow, we do not know where he is from. ³⁰The man answered and said to them, Why herein is a marvelous thing, that you do not know where he is from, and yet he has opened my eyes. ³¹Now we know that God does not hear sinners: but if any man be a worshiper of God, and he does his will, he hears him. ³²Since the world began it has not been heard that any man opened the eyes of one who was born blind. ³³If this man was not of God, he could do nothing. ³⁴They answered and said to him, You were altogether born in sins, and do you teach us? And they cast him out.
JOHN 9
³⁵Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said to him, D you believe in the Son of God? ³⁶He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe in him? ³⁷And Jesus said to him, You have both seen him, and it is he who talks with you. ³⁸And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshiped him.
JOHN 9
³⁹And Jesus said, I am come into this world for judgment, that those who see not might see; and that those who see might be made blind. ⁴⁰And some of the Pharisees who were with him heard these words, and said to him, Are we blind also? ⁴¹Jesus said to them, If you were blind, you would have no sin: but now you say, We see; therefore your sin remains.
JOHN 10
¹Verily, verily, I say to you, He who does not enter by the door into the sheepfold, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. ²But he who enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. ³To him the porter opens; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out. ⁴And when he puts forth his own sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. ⁵And they will not follow a stranger, but will flee from him: for they do not know the voice of strangers. ⁶Jesus spoke to them this parable: but they did not understand what things they were which he spoke to them. ⁷Then Jesus said to them again, Verily, verily, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. ⁸All who ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. ⁹I am the door: if any man enters in by me, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. ¹⁰The thief does not come, except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. ¹¹I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd gives his life for the sheep. ¹²But he who is a hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep, and flees: and the wolf catches them, and scatters the sheep. ¹³ The hireling flees, because he is a hireling, and does not care for the sheep. ¹⁴I am the good shepherd, and I know my sheep, and am known of mine. ¹⁵As the Father knows me, even so I know the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. ¹⁶And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: I must bring them also, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. ¹⁷Therefore my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. ¹⁸No man takes it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. I have received this commandment from my Father.
JOHN 10
¹⁹There was a division therefore again among the Jews because of these sayings. ²⁰And many of them said, He has a devil, and is mad; why do you hear him? ²¹Others said, These are not the words of him who has a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?

The Winter Festival of Dedication.

JOHN 10
²²And it was in Jerusalem at the feast of the dedication, and it was winter. ²³And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch. ²⁴Then the Jews came round about him, and said to him, How long do you make us doubt? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly. ²⁵Jesus answered them, I told you, and you did not believed: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me. ²⁶But you do not believe because you are not of my sheep, as I said to you. ²⁷My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: ²⁸And I give to them eternal life; and they should never perish, neither will any man snatch them out of my hand. ²⁹My Father, who gave them to me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. ³⁰I and my Father are one. ³¹Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him. ³²Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shown to you from my Father; for which of those works do you stone me? ³³The Jews answered him, saying, We do not stone you for a good work; but for blasphemy; and because you, being a man, make yourself God. ³⁴Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, You are gods? ³⁵If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken; ³⁶Do you say of him, whom the Father has sanctified, and sent into the world, You blaspheme, because I said, I am the Son of God? ³⁷If I do not the works of my Father, do not believe me. ³⁸But if I do, though you do not believe me, believe the works: so that you may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.
JOHN 10³⁹Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hands, ⁴⁰And went away again beyond the Jordan into the place where John baptized at the first; and he abode there. ⁴¹And many resorted to him, and said, John did no miracles: but all things that John spoke of this man were true. ⁴²And many believed in him there.

LAZARUS RAISED FROM THE DEAD

JOHN 11
¹Now a certain man, Lazarus of Bethany, was sick, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. ² (It was that Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.) ³Therefore his sisters sent to him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom you love is sick. ⁴When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified by it. ⁵Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. ⁶When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was. ⁷Then after that he said to his disciples, Let us go into Judea again. ⁸His disciples said to him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone you; and will you go there again? ⁹Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. ¹⁰But if a man walk in the night, he stumbles, because there is no light in him. ¹¹These things he said: and after that he said to them, Our friend Lazarus sleeps; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep. ¹²Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleeps, he shall do well. ¹³But Jesus spoke of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking rest in sleep. ¹⁴Then Jesus said to them plainly, Lazarus is dead. ¹⁵And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent you may believe; nevertheless let us go to him. ¹⁶Then said Thomas, who is called Didymus, to his fellow disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.
JOHN 11
¹⁷Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already. ¹⁸Now Bethany was near to Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off: ¹⁹And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. ²⁰Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary still sat in the house. ²¹Then said Martha to Jesus, Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. ²²But I know, that even now, what ever you will ask of God, God will give it to you. ²³Jesus said to her, your brother shall rise again. ²⁴Martha said to him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day. ²⁵Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he who believes in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: ²⁶And who ever lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this? ²⁷She said to him, Yes, Lord: I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who should come into the world. ²⁸And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calls for you. ²⁹As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came to him. ³⁰Now Jesus had not yet come into the town, but was in that place where Martha met him. ³¹The Jews then who were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goes to the grave to weep there. ³²Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying to him, Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.
JOHN 11³³When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, ³⁴And said, Where have you laid him? They said to him, Lord, come and see. ³⁵Jesus wept. ³⁶Then the Jews said, Behold how he loved him! ³⁷And some of them said, Could not this man, who opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died? ³⁸Jesus therefore again groaning in himself came to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay on it. ³⁹Jesus said, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to him, Lord, by this time he stinks: for he has been dead four days. ⁴⁰Jesus said to her, Did I not say to you, that, if you would believe, you should see the glory of God? ⁴¹Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank you that you have heard me. ⁴²And I know that you hear me always: but because of the people who stand by I said it, so that they may believe that you have sent me. ⁴³And when he had thus spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. ⁴⁴And he who was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave clothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus said to them, Loose him, and let him go.
JOHN 11
⁴⁵Then many of the Jews who came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed in him. ⁴⁶But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done.

THE LORD WITHDRAWS TO EPHRAIM

JOHN 11
⁴⁷Then the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, What shall we do? for this man does many miracles. ⁴⁸If we let him thus alone, all men will believe in him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation. ⁴⁹And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said to them, You know nothing at all, ⁵⁰Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation does not perish. ⁵¹And this he spoke not from himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation; ⁵²And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God who are scattered abroad. ⁵³Then from that day forth they took counsel together to put him to death. ⁵⁴Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went from there to a country near the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there he continued with his disciples.

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