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John 9:8

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.

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?

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BSB
At this, his neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging began to ask, “Isn’t this the man who used to sit and beg?”
KJV
The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?
WEB
Therefore the neighbors and those who saw that he was blind before said, “Isn’t this he who sat and begged?”
ASV
The neighbors therefore, and they that saw him aforetime, that he was a beggar, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?
DARBY
The neighbours therefore, and those who used to see him before, that he was a beggar, said, Is not this he that was sitting and begging?
BLB
Therefore the neighbors and those seeing him before, that he was a beggar, were saying, “Is this not the one sitting and begging?”
ÅB
Grannene og de som før hadde sett ham sitte og tigge, sa da: Er det ikke han som satt og tigget?
OTB
Hans naboer og de som tidligere hadde sett ham tigge spurte: «Er ikke dette den samme mannen som pleide å sitte og tigge?»
B1930
Grannene og de som før hadde sett ham sitte og tigge, sa da: Er det ikke han som satt og tigget?

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  • 1 Samuel 2:8

    He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD’s, and he hath set the world upon them.

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  • Luke 18:35

    And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging:

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  • 1 Samuel 21:11

    And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

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  • Acts 3:2–11

    And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;

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  • Luke 16:20–22

    And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,

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  • Mark 10:46

    And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimæus, the son of Timæus, sat by the highway side begging.

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  • Ruth 1:19

    So they two went until they came to Beth-lehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth-lehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?

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