John 9:1–12

THE SIXTH SIGN: HEALING A MAN BORN BLIND

9As he was passing by, he saw a man blind from birth. ²His disciples asked him, “Rabbi,^aj who sinned, this man^ak or his parents,^al that he was born blind?”

³“Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” Jesus answered. “This came about so that God’s works^am might be displayed in him. ⁴We^F must do the works^an of him who sent me^G while it is day.^ao Night is coming when no one can work. ⁵As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”^ap

⁶After he said these things he spit on the ground, made some mud^aq from the saliva, and spread the mud on his eyes. ⁷“Go,” he told him, “wash in the pool of Siloam”^ar (which means “Sent”). So he left, washed, and came back seeing.^as

⁸His neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar said, “Isn’t this the one who used to sit begging?” ⁹Some said, “He’s the one.” Others were saying, “No, but he looks like him.”

He kept saying, “I’m the one.”

¹⁰So they asked him, “Then how were your eyes opened?”

¹¹He answered, “The man called Jesus made mud, spread it on my eyes, and told me, ‘Go to Siloam^a and wash.’ So when I went and washed I received my sight.”^b

¹²“Where is he?” they asked.

“I don’t know,” he said.