John 9
v1
As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth.
v2
His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?“
v3
Jesus answered, “This man didn’t sin, nor did his parents; but, that the works of God might be revealed in him.
v4
I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.
v5
While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
v6
When he had said this, he spat on the ground, made mud with the saliva, anointed the blind man’s eyes with the mud,
v7
and said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So he went away, washed, and came back seeing.
v8
The neighbors therefore, and those who saw that he was blind before, said, “Isn’t this he who sat and begged?“
v9
Others were saying, “It is he.” Still others were saying, “He looks like him.” He said, “I am he.”
v10
They therefore were asking him, “How were your eyes opened?“
v11
He answered, “A man called Jesus made mud, anointed my eyes, and said to me, ‘Go to the pool of Siloam and wash.’ So I went away and washed, and I received sight.”
v12
Then they asked him, “Where is he?” He said, “I don’t know.”
v13
They brought him who had been blind to the Pharisees.
v14
It was a Sabbath when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes.
v15
Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he received his sight. He said to them, “He put mud on my eyes, I washed, and I see.”
v16
Some therefore of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, because he doesn’t keep the Sabbath.” Others said, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” So there was division among them.
v17
Therefore they asked the blind man again, “What do you say about him, because he opened your eyes?” He said, “He is a prophet.”
v18
The Jews therefore didn’t believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and had received his sight, until they called the parents of him who had received his sight,
v19
and asked them, “Is this your son, whom you say was born blind? How then does he now see?“
v20
His parents answered them, “We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;
v21
but how he now sees, we don’t know; or who opened his eyes, we don’t know. He is of age. Ask him. He will speak for himself.”
v22
His parents said these things because they feared the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if any man would confess him as Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue.
v23
Therefore his parents said, “He is of age. Ask him.”
v24
So they called the man who was blind a second time, and said to him, “Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.”
v25
He therefore answered, “I don’t know if he is a sinner. One thing I do know: that though I was blind, now I see.”
v26
They said to him again, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?“
v27
He answered them, “I told you already, and you didn’t listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You don’t also want to become his disciples, do you?“
v28
They insulted him and said, “You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.
v29
We know that God has spoken to Moses. But as for this man, we don’t know where he comes from.”
v30
The man answered them, “How amazing! You don’t know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes.
v31
We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God, and does his will, he listens to him.
v32
Since the world began it has never been heard of that anyone opened the eyes of someone born blind.
v33
If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.”
v34
They answered him, “You were altogether born in sins, and do you teach us?” Then they threw him out.
v35
Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and finding him, he said, “Do you believe in the Son of God?“
v36
He answered, “Who is he, Lord, that I may believe in him?“
v37
Jesus said to him, “You have both seen him, and it is he who speaks with you.”
v38
He said, “Lord, I believe!” and he worshiped him.
v39
Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, that those who don’t see may see; and that those who see may become blind.”
v40
Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and said to him, “Are we also blind?“
v41
Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, ‘We see.’ Therefore your sin remains.