John 9
9
Bringing Light to the Blind
1As Yeshua was passing by, He saw a man who had been blind since birth.
2His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he should be born blind?”
3Yeshua answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned. This happened so that the works of God might be brought to light in him.
4We must do the work of the One who sent Me, so long as it is day! Night is coming when no one can work.
5While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
6Having said these things, He spat on the ground, made mud with the saliva, and spread the mud on the blind man’s eyes.
7He told him, “Go, wash in the Pool of Siloam” (which is translated Sent). So he went away, washed, and came back seeing.
8Therefore his neighbors and those who had seen him as a beggar kept saying, “Isn’t this the one who used to sit and beg?”
9“This is the one!” some said. “No, but it looks like him,” said others. But the man himself kept saying, “I am!”
10So they asked him, “Then how were your eyes opened?”
11He answered, “The Man who is called Yeshua made mud, rubbed it on my eyes, and said to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ So I went away and washed, and then I received my sight!”
12“Where is He?” they asked him. “I don’t know,” he said.
13They bring to the Pharisees the man who once was blind.
14Now the day was Shabbat when Yeshua made the mud and opened the man’s eyes.
15So again the Pharisees were asking him how he received his sight. He responded, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and I see!”
16So some of the Pharisees began saying, “This man isn’t from God, because He doesn’t keep Shabbat!” But others were saying, “How can a sinner perform such signs?” So there was a split among them.
17Again they say to the blind man, “What do you say about Him, since He opened your eyes?” And he said, “He’s a prophet.”
18So the Judean leaders didn’t believe that he had been blind and received his sight until they called his parents.
19They questioned them, “Is this your son, whom you say was born blind? Then how does he see now?”
20Then his parents answered, “We know that this is our son and that he was born blind.
21We don’t know how he now sees, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him—he’s old enough. He will speak for himself.”
22His parents said this because they were afraid of the Judean leaders. For the Judean leaders had already agreed that anyone who professed Yeshua to be Messiah would be thrown out of the synagogue.
23That’s why his parents said, “He’s old enough—ask him.”
24So a second time they called the man who had been blind and said, “Give glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner!”
25The man replied, “I don’t know whether He’s a sinner. One thing I do know is that I was blind, but now I see!”
26So they asked him, “What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?”
27“I told you already and you didn’t listen!” the man responded. “What, do you want to hear it again? You don’t want to become His disciples too, do you?”
28They railed at him and said, “You’re a disciple of that One, but we’re disciples of Moses!
29We know that God has spoken to Moses; but as for this fellow, we don’t know where He is from.”
30The man replied to them, “That’s amazing! You don’t know where He is from, yet He opened my eyes!
31We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners; but if anyone fears Him and does His will, He hears this one.
32Since the beginning of the world, no one has ever heard that anyone has opened the eyes of a man born blind.
33If this man were not from God, He couldn’t do anything.”
34They replied to him, “You were born completely in sin, and you’re teaching us?” And they threw him out.
Is Seeing Believing?
35Yeshua heard that they had thrown him out. Finding him, He said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”
36The man answered, “Who is He, Sir? Tell me, so that I may believe in Him!”
37Yeshua said, “You have seen Him—He is the One speaking with you.”
38He said, “Lord, I believe!” And he worshiped Him.
39Yeshua said, “For judgment I came into this world, so that those who don’t see may see, and the ones who do see may become blind.”
40Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard Him say this and asked, “We’re not blind too, are we?”
41Yeshua said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no sin. But now you say, ‘We see.’ So your sin remains.”
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John 9
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Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind
1As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man who had been born blind. 2His followers asked him, “Teacher, whose sin caused this man to be born blind—his own sin or his parents’ sin?”
3Jesus answered, “It is not this man’s sin or his parents’ sin that made him blind. This man was born blind so that God’s power could be shown in him. 4While it is daytime, we must continue doing the work of the One who sent me. The night is coming. And no one can work at night. 5While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
6After Jesus said this, he spit on the ground and made some mud with it. He put the mud on the man’s eyes. 7Then he told the man, “Go and wash in the Pool of Siloam.” (Siloam means Sent.) So the man went to the pool. He washed and came back. And he was able to see.
8Some people had seen this man begging before. They and the man’s neighbors said, “Look! Is this the same man who always sits and begs?”
9Some said, “Yes! He is the one.” But others said, “No, he’s not the same man. He only looks like him.”
So the man himself said, “I am the man.”
10They asked, “What happened? How did you get your sight?”
11He answered, “The man named Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. Then he told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed and came back seeing.”
12They asked him, “Where is this man?”
The man answered, “I don’t know.”
Pharisees Question the Healing
13Then the people took to the Pharisees the man who had been blind. 14The day Jesus had made mud and healed his eyes was a Sabbath day. 15So now the Pharisees asked the man, “How did you get your sight?”
He answered, “He put mud on my eyes. I washed, and now I can see.”
16Some of the Pharisees were saying, “This man does not keep the Sabbath day. He is not from God!”
Others said, “But a man who is a sinner can’t do miracles like these.” So they could not agree with each other.
17They asked the man again, “What do you say about him? It was your eyes he opened.”
The man answered, “He is a prophet.”
18The Jews did not believe that he had been blind and could now see again. So they sent for the man’s parents 19and asked them, “Is this your son? You say that he was born blind. Then how does he see now?”
20His parents answered, “We know that this is our son, and we know that he was born blind. 21But we don’t know how he can see now. We don’t know who opened his eyes. Ask him. He is old enough to answer for himself.” 22His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews. The Jews had already decided that anyone who said that Jesus was the Christ would be put out of the synagogue. 23That is why his parents said, “He is old enough. Ask him.”
24So for the second time, they called the man who had been blind. They said, “You should give God the glory by telling the truth. We know that this man is a sinner.”
25He answered, “I don’t know if he is a sinner. But one thing I do know. I was blind, and now I can see.”
26They asked, “What did he do to you? How did he make you see again?”
27He answered, “I have already told you that. But you would not listen to me. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his followers, too?”
28Then they insulted him and said, “You are his follower. We are followers of Moses. 29We know that God spoke to Moses. But we don’t even know where this man comes from!”
30The man answered, “This is a very strange thing. You don’t know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes. 31We all know that God does not listen to sinners. But God listens to anyone who worships and obeys him. 32Nobody has ever heard of anyone giving sight to a man born blind. 33If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.”
34They answered, “You were born full of sin! Are you trying to teach us?” And they threw the man out.
Spiritual Blindness
35Jesus heard that they had thrown him out. So Jesus found him and said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”
36He asked, “Who is the Son of Man, sir? Tell me, so I can believe in him!”
37Jesus said to him, “You have already seen him. The Son of Man is the one talking with you now.”
38He said, “Yes, Lord, I believe!” Then the man bowed and worshiped Jesus.
39Jesus said, “I came into this world so that the world could be judged. I came so that the blind# Jesus is talking about people who are spiritually blind, not physically blind. could see and so that those who see will become blind.”
40Some of the Pharisees were near Jesus. When they heard him say this, they asked, “What? Are you saying that we are blind, too?”
41Jesus said, “If you were really blind, you would not be guilty of sin. But now that you say you can see, your guilt remains.”
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