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1 As
he passed by,
he saw a
man blind from
birth.
2 His
disciples asked
him, “Rabbi,
who sinned, this
man or his
parents, that he
was born blind?”
3 Jesus answered,
“This man didn’t
sin, nor did his
parents, but
that the works
of God might
be revealed in
him.
4 I must work
the works of
him who sent
me while it
is day. The
night is coming,
when no one
can work.
5 While I am
in the world,
I am the
light of the
world.”
6 When
he had said
this, he spat
on the ground,
made mud with
the saliva, anointed
the blind man’s
eyes with the
mud,
7 and
said to him,
“Go, wash in
the pool of
Siloam”
(which means “Sent”). So he went
away, washed, and
came back seeing.
8 Therefore
the neighbors and
those who saw
that he was blind
before said, “Isn’t
this he who
sat and begged?”
9 Others
were saying, “It
is he.” Still
others were saying,
“He looks like
him.”
He said, “I
am he.”
10 They
therefore were
asking him, “How
were your eyes
opened?”
11 He
answered, “A man
called Jesus made
mud, anointed my
eyes, and said
to me,
‘Go to the pool
of Siloam and
wash.’
So I went
away and washed,
and I received
sight.”
12 Then
they asked him, “Where
is he?”
He said, “I don’t
know.”
13 They brought
him who had been
blind to the
Pharisees.
14 It
was a Sabbath
when Jesus made
the mud and opened
his eyes.
15 Again
therefore the
Pharisees also
asked him how
he received his
sight. He said
to them, “He
put mud on
my eyes, I
washed, and I see.”
16 Some
therefore of the
Pharisees said, “This
man is not
from God, because
he doesn’t keep
the Sabbath.”
Others said, “How
can a man
who is a sinner
do such signs?”
So there was
division among
them.
17 Therefore
they asked the
blind man again,
“What do you
say about him,
because he opened
your eyes?”
He said, “He
is a prophet.”
18 The
Jews therefore didn’t
believe concerning
him, that he
had been blind
and had received
his sight, until
they called the
parents of him
who had received
his sight,
19 and
asked them, “Is
this your son,
whom you say
was born blind?
How then does
he now see?”
20 His
parents answered
them, “We know
that this is
our son, and
that he was
born blind;
21 but
how he now
sees, we don’t
know; or who
opened his eyes,
we don’t know.
He is of
age. Ask him.
He will speak
for himself.”
22 His
parents said these
things because
they feared the
Jews; for the
Jews had already
agreed that if
any man would
confess him as
Christ, he would
be put out
of the synagogue.
23 Therefore
his parents said,
“He is of
age. Ask him.”
24 So
they called the
man who was
blind a second
time, and said
to him, “Give
glory to God.
We know that
this man is
a sinner.”
25 He
therefore answered, “I don’t
know if he
is a sinner. One
thing I do
know: that though
I was blind,
now I see.”
26 They
said to him again,
“What did he
do to you?
How did he open
your eyes?”
27 He
answered them, “I
told you already,
and you didn’t listen.
Why do you
want to hear
it again? You don’t
also want to
become his
disciples, do you?”
28 They insulted him
and said, “You
are his disciple,
but we are
disciples of Moses.
29 We
know that God
has spoken to
Moses. But as
for this man,
we don’t know
where he comes
from.”
30 The
man answered them,
“How amazing!
You don’t know
where he comes
from, yet he opened
my eyes.
31 We
know that
God doesn’t listen
to sinners, but if
anyone is
a worshiper of God
and does his
will, he listens
to him.
32 Since
the world began it
has never
been heard of that
anyone opened the
eyes of someone
born blind.
33 If
this man were
not from God,
he could do
nothing.”
34 They
answered him, “You
were altogether
born in sins, and
do you teach
us?” Then they
threw him out.
35 Jesus heard
that they had
thrown him out,
and finding him,
he said,
“Do you believe
in the Son
of God?”
36 He
answered, “Who is
he, Lord, that
I may believe
in him?”
37 Jesus
said to him,
“You have both
seen him, and
it is he
who speaks with
you.”
38 He
said, “Lord, I
believe!” and he
worshiped him.
39 Jesus
said,
“I came into
this world for
judgment, that
those who don’t
see may see; and
that those
who see may
become blind.”
40 Those
of the Pharisees
who were with
him heard these
things, and said
to him, “Are
we also blind?”
41 Jesus
said to them,
“If you were
blind, you would
have no sin; but
now you say, ‘We
see.’ Therefore your sin
remains.