John 9:1–12

A Man Born Blind Receives Sight

⁹As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. ²His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” ³Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born blind so that God’s works might be revealed in him.^{* 4}Weⁱ must work the works of him who sent me^j while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.^{* 5}As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”^{* 6}When he had said this, he spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva and spread the mud on the man’s eyes,^{* 7}saying to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). Then he went and washed and came back able to see.^{* 8}The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar began to ask, “Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?” ⁹Some were saying, “It is he.” Others were saying, “No, but it is someone like him.” He kept saying, “I am he.” ¹⁰But they kept asking him, “Then how were your eyes opened?” ¹¹He answered, “The man called Jesus made mud, spread it on my eyes, and said to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ Then I went and washed and received my sight.” ¹²They said to him, “Where is he?” He said, “I do not know.”