John 9:1-5
The Message
True Blindness
9 1-2 Walking down the street, Jesus saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked, “Rabbi, who sinned: this man or his parents, causing him to be born blind?”
3-5 Jesus said, “You’re asking the wrong question. You’re looking for someone to blame. There is no such cause-effect here. Look instead for what God can do. We need to be energetically at work for the One who sent me here, working while the sun shines. When night falls, the workday is over. For as long as I am in the world, there is plenty of light. I am the world’s Light.”
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Giovanni 9:1-3
La Nuova Diodati
9 Mentre passava, vide un uomo che era cieco fin dalla nascita.
2 E i suoi discepoli lo interrogarono, dicendo: «Maestro, chi ha peccato, lui o i suoi genitori, perché sia nato cieco?».
3 Gesú rispose: «Né lui né i suoi genitori hanno peccato, ma ciò è accaduto, affinché siano manifestate in lui le opere di Dio.
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