John 9

CHAPTER 9

Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind

¹As He passed by, He saw a man blind from birth.

²And His disciples asked Him, saying, “^aRabbi, who sinned, ^bthis man or his ^cparents, that he would be born blind?”

³Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this was so ^athat the works of God might be manifested in him.

⁴“We must work the works of Him who sent Me ^aas long as it is day; night is coming when no one can work.

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

⁶When He had said this, He ^aspat on the ground, made clay of the saliva, and rubbed the clay on his eyes,

⁷and said to him, “Go, wash in ^athe pool of Siloam” (which is translated, Sent). So he went away and ^bwashed, and ^ccame back seeing.

⁸Therefore the neighbors, and those who previously saw him as a beggar, were saying, “Is not this the one who used to ^asit and beg?”

⁹Others were saying, “This is he,” still others were saying, “No, but he is like him.” ¹He kept saying, “I am the one.”

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

¹¹He answered, “The man who is called Jesus made clay, and rubbed my eyes, and said to me, ‘Go to ^aSiloam and wash’; so when I went away and washed, I received sight.”

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

Controversy over the Man Born Blind

¹³They ^*brought to the Pharisees the man who was formerly blind.

^14aNow it was a Sabbath on the day when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes.

^15aSo the Pharisees also were asking him again how he received his sight. And he said to them, “He applied clay to my eyes, and I washed, and I see.”

¹⁶So then some of the Pharisees were saying, “This man is not from God, because He ^adoes not keep the Sabbath.” But others were saying, “How can a sinful man do such ^1bsigns?” And ^cthere was a division among them.

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

^18aThen, the Jews did not believe it of him that he was blind and had received sight, until they called the parents of the very one who had received his sight,

¹⁹and questioned them, saying, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?”

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

²¹but how he now sees, we do not know; or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him; he is of age, he will speak for himself.”

²²His parents said this because they ^awere afraid of the Jews; for the Jews ^bhad already agreed that if anyone confessed Him to be ¹Christ, ^che was to be put out of the synagogue.

²³For this reason his parents said, “^aHe is of age; ask him.”

²⁴Therefore, a second time they called the man who had been blind, and said to him, “^aGive glory to God; we know that ^bthis man is a sinner.”

²⁵He then answered, “Whether He is a sinner, I do not know; one thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.”

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

²⁷He answered them, “^aI told you already and you did not ^blisten. Why do you want to listen again? Do you want to become His disciples too?”

²⁸And they reviled him and said, “You are His disciple, but ^awe are disciples of Moses.

²⁹“We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, ^awe do not know where He is from.”

³⁰The man answered and said to them, “Well, here is a marvelous thing, that you do not know where He is from, and He opened my eyes.

³¹“We know that ^aGod does not listen to sinners; but if anyone is God-fearing and does His will, He listens to him.

³²“¹Since the beginning of time it has never been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a person born blind.

³³“^aIf this man were not from God, He could do nothing.”

³⁴They answered and said to him, “^aYou were born entirely in sins, and are you teaching us?” So they ^bput him out.

Jesus Affirms His Deity

³⁵Jesus heard that they had ^aput him out, and after finding him, He said, “Do you believe in the ^bSon of Man?”

³⁶He answered and said, “^aWho is He, ¹Lord, that I may believe in Him?”

³⁷Jesus said to him, “You have both seen Him, and ^aHe is the one who is talking with you.”

³⁸And he said, “Lord, I believe.” And he ^aworshiped Him.

³⁹And Jesus said, “^aFor judgment I came into this world, so that ^bthose who do not see may see, and that ^cthose who see may become blind.”

⁴⁰Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these things and said to Him, “^aAre we blind too?”

⁴¹Jesus said to them, “^aIf you were blind, you would have no sin; but now that you say, ‘^bWe see,’ your sin remains.