9As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. ²And his disciples asked him, ^c“Rabbi, ^dwho sinned, ^ethis man or ^fhis parents, that he was born blind?” ³Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but ^gthat the works of God might be displayed in him. ⁴We must ^hwork the works of him who sent me ⁱwhile it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. ⁵As long as I am in the world, ^jI am the light of the world.” ⁶Having said these things, ^khe spit on the ground and made mud with the saliva. ^lThen he anointed the man’s eyes with the mud

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John 9:3: Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him.

Cross references

cSee ch. 1:38
d[Luke 13:2, 4]
e[ver. 34]
f Ex. 20:5
g[ch. 11:4]
hSee ch. 4:34
ich. 11:9; 12:35; [Rom. 13:12; Gal. 6:10]
jSee ch. 1:4, 5, 9; 8:12
k Mark 7:33; 8:23
lSee Matt. 9:29

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”

“Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him. As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

After saying this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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

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

After he said these things he spit on the ground, made some mud from the saliva, and spread the mud on his eyes.

NLTNew Living Translation

As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man who had been blind from birth. “Rabbi,” his disciples asked him, “why was this man born blind? Was it because of his own sins or his parents’ sins?”

“It was not because of his sins or his parents’ sins,” Jesus answered. “This happened so the power of God could be seen in him. We must quickly carry out the tasks assigned us by the one who sent us. The night is coming, and then no one can work. But while I am here in the world, I am the light of the world.”

Then he spit on the ground, made mud with the saliva, and spread the mud over the blind man’s eyes.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And as he went away, he saw a man blind from birth. And his disciples asked him, saying, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he should be born blind?” Jesus replied, “Neither this man sinned nor his parents, but it happened so that the works of God could be revealed in him. It is necessary for us to do the deeds of the one who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work! While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” When he had said these things, he spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva, and smeared the clay on his eyes.

KJV 1900King James Version

And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. 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,

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