John 9

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Jesus Heals the Man Born Blind

¹Now as Jesus was passing by, He saw a man blind from birth,

¹And passing by, He saw a man blind from birth.

²and His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”

²And His disciples asked Him, saying, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he should be born blind?”

³Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that the works of God would be displayed in him.

³Jesus answered, “Neither this man sinned, nor his parents; but it was so that the works of God should be displayed in him.

⁴While it is daytime, we must do^a the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.

⁴It is necessary for us to work the works of the One having sent Me while it is day; night is coming, when no one is able to work.

⁵While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

⁶When Jesus had said this, He spit on the ground, made some mud, and applied it to the man’s eyes.

⁶Having said these things, He spit on the ground and made clay of the spittle, and He applied the clay to his eyes.

⁷Then He told him, “Go, wash in the Pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came back seeing.

⁷And He said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). Therefore he went away and washed and came back seeing.

⁸At 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?”

⁸Therefore the neighbors and those seeing him before, that he was a beggar, were saying, “Is this not the one sitting and begging?”

⁹Some claimed that he was, but others said, “No, he just looks like him.”

But the man kept saying, “I am the one.”

⁹Others were saying, “This is he.” Others were saying, “No, but he is like him.” He was saying, “I am he.”

¹⁰“How then were your eyes opened?” they asked.

¹⁰Therefore they were saying to him, “How then were your eyes opened?”

¹¹He answered, “The man they call Jesus made some mud and anointed my eyes, and He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed and received my sight.”

¹¹He answered, “The man called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes, and He said to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ Therefore, having gone away and having washed, I received sight.”

¹²“Where is He?” they asked.

“I do not know,” he answered.

¹²And they said to him, “Where is He?” He says, “I do not know.”

The Pharisees Investigate the Healing

¹³They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind.

¹³They bring him who once was blind to the Pharisees.

¹⁴Now the day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened his eyes was a Sabbath.

¹⁴Now it was a Sabbath—the day on which Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes.

¹⁵So the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight.

The man answered, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and now I can see.”

¹⁵Again, therefore, the Pharisees also were asking him how he received sight. And he said to them, “He put clay on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.”

¹⁶Because of this, some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for He does not keep the Sabbath.”

But others said, “How can a sinful man perform such signs?”

And there was division among them.

¹⁶Therefore some of the Pharisees were saying, “This man is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath.” But others were saying, “How is a man, a sinner, able to do such signs?” And there was division among them.

¹⁷So once again they asked the man who had been blind, “What do you say about Him, since it was your eyes He opened?”

“He is a prophet,” the man replied.

¹⁷Therefore they say to the blind man again, “What do you say about Him, since He opened your eyes?” And he said, “He is a prophet.”

¹⁸The Jews still did not believe that the man had been blind and had received his sight until they summoned his parents

¹⁸Therefore the Jews did not believe concerning him that he was blind and received sight, until they called the parents of him having received sight

¹⁹and asked, “Is this your son, the one you say was born blind? So how is it that he can now see?”

¹⁹and asked them, saying, “Is this your son, of whom you say that he was born blind? Then how does he now see?”

²⁰His parents answered, “We know he is our son, and we know he was born blind.

²⁰Therefore his parents answered and said, “We know that this is our son and that he was born blind.

²¹But how he can now see or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him. He is old enough to speak for himself.”

²¹But how he sees now, we do not know; or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him. He has age. He will speak concerning himself.”

²²His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews. For the Jews had already determined that anyone who confessed Jesus as the Christ would be put out of the synagogue.

²²His parents said these things because they were afraid of the Jews. For the Jews already had agreed together that if anyone should confess Him as Christ, he would be expelled from the synagogue.

²³That was why his parents said, “He is old enough. Ask him.”

²³Because of this, his parents said, “He has age. Ask him.”

²⁴So a second time they called for the man who had been blind and said, “Give glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner.”

²⁴Therefore they called out a second time the man who was blind, and they said to him, “Give glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner.”

²⁵He answered, “Whether He is a sinner I do not know. There is one thing I do know: I was blind, but now I see!”

²⁵Therefore he answered, “Whether He is a sinner I do not know. One thing I know, that being blind, now I see!”

²⁶“What did He do to you?” they asked. “How did He open your eyes?”

²⁶Therefore they said to him, “What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?”

²⁷He replied, “I already told you, and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become His disciples?”

²⁷He answered them, “I told you already, and you did not hear. Why do you want to hear again? Do you also want to become His disciples?”

²⁸Then they heaped insults on him and said, “You are His disciple; we are disciples of Moses.

²⁸And they reviled him and said, “You are a disciple of that One, but we are disciples of Moses.

²⁹We know that God spoke to Moses, but we do not know where this man is from.”

²⁹We know that God has spoken to Moses, but we do not know from where this man is.”

³⁰“That is remarkable indeed!” the man said. “You do not know where He is from, and yet He opened my eyes.

³⁰The man answered and said to them, “In this, indeed, is an amazing thing, that you do not know from where He is, and yet He opened my eyes.

³¹We know that God does not listen to sinners, but He does listen to the one who worships Him and does His will.

³¹We know that God does not hear sinners, but if anyone may be God-fearing and may do His will, He hears him.

³²Never before has anyone heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind.

³²From the age it was not heard that anyone opened the eyes of one having been born blind.

³³If this man were not from God, He could do no such thing.”

³³If this man were not from God, He would be able to do nothing.”

³⁴They replied, “You were born in utter sin, and you are instructing us?” And they threw him out.

³⁴They answered and said to him, “You were born entirely in sins, and do you teach us?” And they cast him out.

Spiritual Blindness

³⁵When Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, He found the man and said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”^a

³⁵Jesus heard that they cast him out, and having found him, He said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”

³⁶“Who is He, Sir?” he replied. “Tell me so that I may believe in Him.”

³⁶He answered and said, “And who is He, Lord, that I may believe in Him?”

³⁷“You have already seen Him,” Jesus answered. “He is the One speaking with you.”

³⁷Jesus said to him, “You have both seen Him, and He is the One speaking with you.”

³⁸“Lord, I believe,” he said. And he worshiped Jesus.

³⁸And he was saying, “I believe, Lord.” And he worshiped Him.

³⁹Then Jesus declared, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind may see and those who see may become blind.”^a

³⁹And Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, so that those not seeing may see and those seeing may become blind.”

⁴⁰Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard this, and they asked Him, “Are we blind too?”

⁴⁰Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these things, and they said to Him, “Are we also blind?”

⁴¹“If you were blind,” Jesus replied, “you would not be guilty of sin. But since you claim you can see, your guilt remains.”

⁴¹Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would not have sin. But now that you say, ‘We see,’ your sin remains.”