MORE SPOKEN ENGLISH – MORE ABOUT JESUS:  #23 Jesus Heals a Blind Man (part 4)

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<< For help understanding the meaning, read this story from a Bible written in your language.  The story is found in:

John 9:28-34



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28 Then they cursed him and said,  (Then they cursed him and said,)

"You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.  ("You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.)

28 Then they cursed him and said, "You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.  (Then they cursed him and said, "You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.)

29 We know God spoke to Moses,  (We know God spoke to Moses,)

but as for this man, we don't know anything about him."  (but as for this man, we don't know anything about him.")

29 We know God spoke to Moses, but as for this man, we don't know anything about him."  (We know God spoke to Moses, but as for this man, we don't know anything about him.")

30 "Why, that's very strange!" the man replied.  ("Why, that's very strange!" the man replied.)

"He healed my eyes, and yet you don't know anything about him!  ("He healed my eyes, and yet you don't know anything about him!)

31 Well, God doesn't listen to sinners,  (Well, God doesn't listen to sinners,)

but he is ready to hear those who worship him and do his will.  (but he is ready to hear those who worship him and do his will.)

31 Well, God doesn't listen to sinners, but he is ready to hear those who worship him and do his will.  (Well, God doesn't listen to sinners, but he is ready to hear those who worship him and do his will.) 

32 Never since the world began has anyone been able to open the eyes of someone born blind.  (Never since the world began has anyone been able to open the eyes of someone born blind.)

33 If this man were not from God, he couldn't do it."  (If this man were not from God, he couldn't do it.")

34 "You were born in sin!" they answered.  ("You were born in sin!" they answered.)

"Are you trying to teach us?"  ("Are you trying to teach us?")

And they threw him out of the synagogue.  (And they threw him out of the synagogue.)


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Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved. 


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VOCABULARY  (Suggestion: To understand the meaning better, read  John 9:28-34 from a Bible written in your language.)

able (to be able)
about
and
answered (to answer)
anyone
anything
are (to be)
as
been (to be)
began (to begin)
blind
born (to be born)
but
couldn't (= could not)
cursed (to curse)
disciple
do (to do)
doesn't (= does not)
don't (= do not)
eye
for
from
God
has (to have)
he
healed (to heal)
hear (to hear)
him
his
if
in
is (to be)
it
know (to know)
listen (to listen)
man (men)
Moses = a man’s name
my
never
not
of
open
out
ready (ready, readier, readiest, readily) 
replied (to reply)
said (to say)
sin
since
sinner
someone
spoke (to speak)
strange (strange, stranger, strangest, strangely)
synagogue = a religious meeting place
teach (to teach)
that's (= that is)
the
then
they
this
those
threw (to throw)
to
to answer
to be
to be able
to begin
to curse
to do
to have
to heal
to hear
to know
to listen
to reply
to say
to speak
to teach
to throw
to try
trying (to try)
us
very
we
well
were (to be)
who
why
will
world
worship
yet
you