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John 9:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12

John 9:1 NLT

As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man who had been blind from birth.

John 9:2 NLT

“Rabbi,” his disciples asked him, “why was this man born blind? Was it because of his own sins or his parents’ sins?”

John 9:3 NLT

“It was not because of his sins or his parents’ sins,” Jesus answered. “This happened so the power of God could be seen in him.

John 9:4 NLT

We must quickly carry out the tasks assigned us by the one who sent us. The night is coming, and then no one can work.

John 9:5 NLT

But while I am here in the world, I am the light of the world.”

John 9:6 NLT

Then he spit on the ground, made mud with the saliva, and spread the mud over the blind man’s eyes.

John 9:7 NLT

He told him, “Go wash yourself in the pool of Siloam” (Siloam means “sent”). So the man went and washed and came back seeing!

John 9:8 NLT

His neighbors and others who knew him as a blind beggar asked each other, “Isn’t this the man who used to sit and beg?”

John 9:10 NLT

They asked, “Who healed you? What happened?”

John 9:11 NLT

He told them, “The man they call Jesus made mud and spread it over my eyes and told me, ‘Go to the pool of Siloam and wash yourself.’ So I went and washed, and now I can see!”

John 9:12 NLT

“Where is he now?” they asked. “I don’t know,” he replied.