John 9:1–12

Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind

9As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. ²His disciples asked him, “Rabbi,^p who sinned,^q this man^r or his parents,^s that he was born blind?”

³“Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him.^{t 4}As long as it is day,^u we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. ⁵While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”^v

⁶After saying this, he spit^w on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes. ⁷“Go,” he told him, “wash in the Pool of Siloam”^x (this word means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing.^y

⁸His neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging asked, “Isn’t this the same man who used to sit and beg?”^{z 9}Some claimed that he was.

Others said, “No, he only looks like him.”

But he himself insisted, “I am the man.”

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

¹¹He replied, “The man they call Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and then I could see.”^a

¹²“Where is this man?” they asked him.

“I don’t know,” he said.