John 9
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1As Jesus was passing by, he saw a man born blind. 2His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, why was this man born blind? Was it him who sinned, or was it his parents?”
3Jesus replied, “It wasn't because of the sins of the man or his parents. But so that what God can do may be shown in his life, 4we have to keep on doing the work of the one who sent me as long as it is still daytime. The night is coming when no one can work. 5While I'm here in the world I am the light of the world.”
6After he'd said this, Jesus spat on the ground and made some mud with the saliva which he put on the man's eyes. 7Then Jesus told him, “Go and wash in the Pool of Siloam” (which means “sent”). So the man went and washed, and when he went home he could see.
8His neighbors and those who had known him as a beggar, asked, “Isn't this the man who used to sit and beg?” 9Some said he was, while others said “no, it's just someone who looks like him.” But the man kept saying, “It is me!”
10“So how is it you can see?” they asked him.
11He replied, “A man called Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes and told me, ‘Go and wash yourself in the Pool of Siloam.’ So I went and washed, and now I can see.”
12“Where is he?” they asked.
“I don't know,” he replied.
13They took the man who had been blind to the Pharisees. 14Now it was the Sabbath when Jesus had made the mud and opened the blind man's eyes. 15So the Pharisees also asked him how he could see. He told them, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and now I can see.”
16Some of the Pharisees said, “The man who did this can't be from God because he doesn't keep the Sabbath.” But others wondered, “How could a sinner do such miracles?” So they were divided in their opinion.
17So they went on questioning the man. “What's your opinion about him, then, since it's your eyes he opened,” they asked.
“He's surely a prophet,” the man replied.
18The Jewish leaders still refused to believe that the man who had been blind could now see until they had called in the man's parents.
19They asked them, “Is this your son whom you say was born blind? So how is it that now he can see?”
20His parents answered, “We know this is our son who was born blind. 21But we've no idea how he can see now, or who healed him. Why don't you ask him, he's old enough. He can speak for himself.” 22The reason his parents said this was because they were afraid of what the Jewish leaders would do. The Jewish leaders had already announced that anyone who declared that Jesus was the Messiah would be thrown out of the synagogue. 23That was why his parents said, “Ask him, he's old enough.”
24Once more they called in the man who had been blind, and told him, “Give God the glory! We know this man is a sinner.”
25The man replied, “Whether he's a sinner or not, I don't know. All I know is that I was blind and now I can see.”
26Then they asked him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?”
27The man replied, “I already told you. Weren't you listening? Why do you want to hear it again? You don't want to become his disciples too, do you?”
28They shouted abuse at him, and said, “You're that man's disciple. 29We're disciples of Moses. We know that God spoke to Moses, but as for this person, we don't even know where he comes from.”
30The man answered, “That's incredible! You don't know where he comes from but he opened my eyes. 31We know that God doesn't listen to sinners, but he does listen to anyone who worships him and does what he wants. 32Never before in the whole of history has anyone heard of a man born blind being healed. 33If this man weren't from God, he could do nothing.”
34“You were born totally sinful, and yet you're trying to lecture us,” they replied. And they threw him out of the synagogue.
35When Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, he went and found the man, and asked him, “Do you trust in the Son of man?”
36The man replied, “Tell me who he is, sir, so I can put my trust in him.”
37“You've already seen him. He's the one speaking with you now!” Jesus told him.
38“I trust you, Lord!” he said, and he kneeled in worship before Jesus.
39Then Jesus told him, “I've come into the world to bring judgment#9:39. “Judgment” in terms of making a decision rather than condemnation. so that those who are blind may see, and those who see will become blind.”
40Some Pharisees who were there with Jesus asked him, “We're not blind too, are we?”
41Jesus answered, “If you were blind, you wouldn't be guilty. But now that you say you see, your guilt remains.”
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John 9
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Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind
1As Jesus went along, he saw a man who was blind. He had been blind since he was born. 2Jesus’ disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned? Was this man born blind because he sinned? Or did his parents sin?”
3“It isn’t because this man sinned,” said Jesus. “It isn’t because his parents sinned. He was born blind so that God’s power could be shown by what’s going to happen. 4While it is still day, we must do the works of the one who sent me. Night is coming. Then no one can work. 5While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
6After he said this, he spit on the ground. He made some mud with the spit. Then he put the mud on the man’s eyes. 7“Go,” he told him. “Wash in the Pool of Siloam.” Siloam means Sent. So the man went and washed. And he came home able to see.
8His neighbors and people who had seen him earlier begging asked questions. “Isn’t this the same man who used to sit and beg?” they asked. 9Some claimed that he was.
Others said, “No. He only looks like him.”
But the man who had been blind kept saying, “I am the man.”
10“Then how 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. Then I could see.”
12“Where is this man?” they asked him.
“I don’t know,” he said.
The Pharisees Want to Know How the Blind Man Was Healed
13They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind. 14The day Jesus made the mud and opened the man’s eyes was a Sabbath day. 15So the Pharisees also asked him how he was able to see. “He put mud on my eyes,” the man replied. “Then I washed. And now I can see.”
16Some of the Pharisees said, “Jesus has not come from God. He does not keep the Sabbath day.”
But others asked, “How can a sinner do such signs?” So the Pharisees did not agree with one another.
17Then they turned again to the blind man. “What do you have to say about him?” they asked. “It was your eyes he opened.”
The man replied, “He is a prophet.”
18They still did not believe that the man had been blind and now could see. So they sent for his parents. 19“Is this your son?” they asked. “Is this the one you say was born blind? How is it that now he can see?”
20“We know he is our son,” the parents answered. “And we know he was born blind. 21But we don’t know how he can now see. And we don’t know who opened his eyes. Ask him. He is an adult. He can speak for himself.” 22His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders. The leaders had already made this decision about Jesus. Anyone who said Jesus was the Messiah would be put out of the synagogue. 23That was why the man’s parents said, “He is an adult. Ask him.”
24Again the Pharisees called the man who had been blind to come to them. “Give glory to God by telling the truth!” they said. “We know that the man who healed you is a sinner.”
25He replied, “I don’t know if he is a sinner or not. I do know one thing. I was blind, but now I can see!”
26Then they asked him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?”
27He answered, “I have already told you. But you didn’t listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his disciples too?”
28Then they began to attack him with their words. “You are this fellow’s disciple!” they said. “We are disciples of Moses! 29We know that God spoke to Moses. But we don’t even know where this fellow comes from.”
30The man answered, “That is really surprising! You don’t know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes. 31We know that God does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly person who does what he wants them to do. 32Nobody has ever heard of anyone opening the eyes of a person born blind. 33If this man had not come from God, he could do nothing.”
34Then the Pharisees replied, “When you were born, you were already deep in sin. How dare you talk like that to us!” And they threw him out of the synagogue.
People Who Can’t See the Truth
35Jesus heard that the Pharisees had thrown the man out of the synagogue. When Jesus found him, he said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”
36“Who is he, sir?” the man asked. “Tell me, so I can believe in him.”
37Jesus said, “You have now seen him. In fact, he is the one speaking with you.”
38Then the man said, “Lord, I believe.” And he worshiped him.
39Jesus said, “I have come into this world to judge it. I have come so that people who are blind will see. I have come so that people who can see will become blind.”
40Some Pharisees who were with him heard him say this. They asked, “What? Are we blind too?”
41Jesus said, “If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin. But since you claim you can see, you remain guilty.
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