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   [7] Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years   
   I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why   
   cumbereth it the ground?   
   [8] And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till   
   I shall dig about it, and dung it:   
   [9] And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut   
   it down.   
      
   Healing a Woman on the Sabbath   
      
   10 (Mt 4:23) He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.   
   11 (Lk 13:16) And there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity   
   for eighteen years and was bent over and could not straighten herself up.   
   12 When Jesus saw her, He called her and said to her,   
   "Woman, you are loosed from your infirmity."   
   13 (Mk 5:23; Lk 18:43) Then He laid His hands on her,   
   and immediately she was made straight and glorified God.   
   14 (Ex 20:9; Mt 12:2) But the ruler of the synagogue answered   
   with indignation, because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath,   
   and said to the people,   
   "There are six days in which men ought to work.   
   Therefore come and be healed on those days, but not on the Sabbath day."   
   15 (Lk 14:5) The Lord answered him, "You hypocrite! Does not each one   
   of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the stall   
   and lead it away to water it?   
   16 (Lk 19:9; 3:8) Then should not this woman, being a daughter   
   of Abraham whom Satan has bound these eighteen years,   
   be loosed from this bondage on the Sabbath?"   
   17 (Ps 132:18; 1Pe 3:16) When He said this, all His adversaries were ashamed.   
   And all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by Him.   
      
   [10] And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.   
   [11] And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen   
   years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself.   
   [12] And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman,   
   thou art loosed from thine infirmity.   
   [13] And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight,   
   and glorified God.   
   [14] And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that   
   Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six   
   days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and   
   not on the sabbath day.   
   [15] The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one   
   of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him   
   away to watering?   
   [16] And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath   
   bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath   
   day?   
   [17] And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed:   
   and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by   
   him.   
      
   The Parables of the Mustard Seed and the Yeast   
   Mt 13:31-33; Mk 4:30-32   
      
   18 (Lk 13:20) Then He said, "What is the kingdom of God like? To what shall   
   I compare it?   
   19 (Mt 17:20) It is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took   
   and planted in his garden. It grew and became a large tree,   
   and the birds of the air nested in its branches."   
   20 Again He said, "To what shall I compare the kingdom of God?   
   21 (Mt 13:33; 1Co 5:6) It is like yeast, which a woman took   
   and hid in sixty pounds (Gk. 3 sata, or 27 kilograms.)   
   of meal until all of it was leavened."   
      
   [18] Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall   
   I resemble it?   
   [19] It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his   
   garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged   
   in the branches of it.   
   [20] And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?   
   [21] It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of   
   meal, till the whole was leavened.   
      
   John 9   
      
   John 9   
   The Healing of a Man Born Blind   
      
   1 As Jesus passed by, He saw a man blind from birth.   
   2 (Jn 9:34; Ex 20:5) His disciples asked Him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man   
   or his parents, that he was born blind?"   
   3 (Jn 11:4) Jesus answered, "Neither this man nor his parents sinned.   
   But it happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him.   
   4 (Jn 12:35; 4:34) I must do the works of Him who sent Me while it is day.   
   Night is coming when no one can work.   
   5 (Jn 8:12; 12:46) While I am in the world, I am the light of the world."   
   6 (Mk 7:33; 8:23) When He had said this, He spat on the ground and made   
   clay with the saliva. He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,   
   7 (Jn 11:37; Isa 35:5) and said to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam"   
   (which means "Sent"). So he went away and washed, and returned seeing.   
   8 The neighbors and those who had previously seen that he was blind said,   
   "Is this not he who sat and begged?"   
   9 Some said, "This is he."   
   Others said, "He is like him."   
   But he said, "I am he."   
   10 So they said to him, "How were your eyes opened?"   
   11 (Jn 9:6-7) He answered, "A Man called Jesus made clay, anointed my eyes,   
   and said to me, 'Go to the pool of Siloam and wash.' So I went away   
   and washed, and I received my sight."   
   12 They said to him, "Where is He?"   
   He said, "I do not know."   
      
   [1] And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.   
   [2] And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or   
   his parents, that he was born blind?   
   [3] Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that   
   the works of God should be made manifest in him.   
   [4] I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night   
   cometh, when no man can work.   
   [5] As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.   
   [6] When 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,   
   [7] And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by   
   interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.   
   [8] The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he   
   was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?   
   [9] Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he.   
   [10] Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened?   
   [11] He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and   
   anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash:   
   and I went and washed, and I received sight.   
   [12] Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not.   
      
   The Pharisees Investigate the Healing   
      
   13 They brought the man who had been blind to the Pharisees.   
   14 (Jn 5:9) Now it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the clay   
   and opened his eyes.   
   15 Therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he received his sight.   
   He said to them, "He put clay on my eyes, and I washed, and I see."   
   16 (Jn 7:43; 10:19) Some of the Pharisees said, "This Man is not from God,   
   because He does not keep the Sabbath day."   
   Others said, "How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?"   
   So there was division among them.   
   17 (Jn 4:19; 6:14) Then they said to the blind man again,   
   "What do you say about Him, since He opened your eyes?"   
   He said, "He is a prophet."   
   18 But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind   
   and received his sight, until they called the parents   
   of the one who had received his sight.   
   19 They asked them, "Is this your son, whom you say was born blind?   
   How then does he now see?"   
   20 His parents answered them, "We know that this is our son   
   and that he was born blind.   
   21 But how he now sees, we do not know, or who opened his eyes,   
      
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