John 9:4

I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day; the night cometh, in which no one can work.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.

In Context

3Jesus said to them: Neither did he sin, nor his parents; but that the works of God might be seen in him.

5So long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

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Cross References

Matthew 20:7They say to him, Because no one hath hired us. He saith to them: Go ye also into the vineyard; and what is right ye shall receive.

Luke 13:32Jesus said to them: Go ye and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures, to-day and to-morrow, and on the third day I shall be consummated.

John 5:19And Jesus answered, and said to them: Verily, verily, I say to you: The Son can do nothing, of his own pleasure, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things the Father doeth, these in like manner doeth the Son.

John 10:32Jesus said to them: Many good works have I showed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?

John 11:9Jesus said to them: Are there not twelve hours in the day? And if a man walk in the daytime, he stumbleth not; because he seeth the light of the world.

Matthew Henry on John 9:2-8

Sight Given to One Born Blind. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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