9:1 As He passed by, He saw a man blind from birth. |
9:2 And His disciples asked Him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he would be born blind?" |
9:3 Jesus answered, "{It was} neither {that} this man sinned, nor his parents; but {it was} so that the works of God might be displayed in him. |
9:4 "We must work the works of Him who sent Me as long as it is day; night is coming when no one can work. |
9:5 "While I am in the world, I am the Light of the world." |
9:6 When He had said this, He spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and applied the clay to his eyes, |
9:7 and said to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam (which is translated, Sent). So he went away and washed, and came {back} seeing." |
9:8 Therefore the neighbors, and those who previously saw him as a beggar, were saying, "Is not this the one who used to sit and beg?" |
9:9 Others were saying, "This is he, {still} others were saying, "No, but he is like him." He kept saying, "I am the one."" |
9:10 So they were saying to him, "How then were your eyes opened?" |
9:11 He answered, "The man who is called Jesus made clay, and anointed my eyes, and said to me, `Go to Siloam and wash'; so I went away and washed, and I received sight." |
9:12 They said to him, "Where is He? He *said, "I do not know."" |
9:13 They *brought to the Pharisees the man who was formerly blind. |
9:14 Now it was a Sabbath on the day when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes. |
9:15 Then 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." |
9:16 Therefore some of the Pharisees were saying, "This man is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath. But others were saying, "How can a man who is a sinner perform such signs?" And there was a division among them." |
9:17 So they *said to the blind man again, "What do you say about Him, since He opened your eyes? And he said, "He is a prophet."" |
9:18 The Jews then did not believe {it} of him, that he had been blind and had received sight, until they called the parents of the very one who had received his sight, |
9:19 and questioned them, saying, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?" |
9:20 His parents answered them and said, "We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind; |
9:21 but 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." |
9:22 His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone confessed Him to be Christ, he was to be put out of the synagogue. |
9:23 For this reason his parents said, "He is of age; ask him." |
9:24 So a second time they called the man who had been blind, and said to him, "Give glory to God; we know that this man is a sinner." |
9:25 He then answered, "Whether He is a sinner, I do not know; one thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see." |
9:26 So they said to him, "What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?" |
9:27 He answered them, "I told you already and you did not listen; why do you want to hear {it} again? You do not want to become His disciples too, do you?" |
9:28 They reviled him and said, "You are His disciple, but we are disciples of Moses. |
9:29 "We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where He is from." |
9:30 The man answered and said to them, "Well, here is an amazing thing, that you do not know where He is from, and {yet} He opened my eyes. |
9:31 "We know that God does not hear sinners; but if anyone is God-fearing and does His will, He hears him. |
9:32 "Since the beginning of time it has never been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a person born blind. |
9:33 "If this man were not from God, He could do nothing." |
9:34 They answered him, "You were born entirely in sins, and are you teaching us? So they put him out." |
9:35 Jesus heard that they had put him out, and finding him, He said, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?" |
9:36 He answered, "Who is He, Lord, that I may believe in Him?" |
9:37 Jesus said to him, "You have both seen Him, and He is the one who is talking with you." |
9:38 And he said, "Lord, I believe. And he worshiped Him." |
9:39 And Jesus said, "For judgment I came into this world, so that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may become blind." |
9:40 Those of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these things and said to Him, "We are not blind too, are we?" |
9:41 Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no sin; but since you say, `We see,' your sin remains. |