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John 10:21

John 10:21 is verse 21 of John chapter 10, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

But others replied, “These are not the words of a man possessed by a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”

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King James Version

Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?

World English Bible

Others said, “These are not the sayings of one possessed by a demon. It isn’t possible for a demon to open the eyes of the blind, is it?”

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John 10:19–23 · Berean Standard Bible

19 Again there was division among the Jews because of Jesus’ message.

20 Many of them said, “He is demon-possessed and insane. Why would you listen to Him?”

21 But others replied, “These are not the words of a man possessed by a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”

22 At that time the Feast of Dedication took place in Jerusalem. It was winter,

23 and Jesus was walking in the temple courts in Solomon’s Colonnade.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

John 9:6

When Jesus had said this, He spit on the ground, made some mud, and applied it to the man’s eyes.

John 9:32

Never before has anyone heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind.

Exodus 4:11

And the LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD?

Exodus 8:19

“This is the finger of God,” the magicians said to Pharaoh. But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.

Psalms 94:9

He who affixed the ear, can He not hear? He who formed the eye, can He not see?

Psalms 146:8

the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous.

Proverbs 20:12

Ears that hear and eyes that see— the LORD has made them both.

Isaiah 35:5

Then the eyes of the blind will be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped.

Isaiah 35:6

Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.

Matthew 11:5

The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.

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