John 9
1 Now as Jesus was passing by, He saw a man blind from birth,
Now as he was passing along he saw a man, blind from birth.
2 and His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
"Rabbi," his disciples asked him, "who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?"
3 Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that the works of God would be displayed in him.
"Neither he nor his parents sinned." replied Jesus; "it happened that the works of God might be made manifest in him.
4 While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.
"I must work the works of him that sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no man can work.
5 While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
"While I am in the world, I am the Light of the world."
6 When Jesus had said this, He spit on the ground, made some mud, and applied it to the man’s eyes.
When he had thus spoken he spat on the ground, and made clay with the spittle, and smeared the clay on the man’s eyes.
7 Then He told him, “Go, wash in the Pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came back seeing.
Then he said to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" (a word which means "sent"). So the man went and washed his eyes, and came back seeing.
8 At this, his neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging began to ask, “Isn’t this the man who used to sit and beg?”
Upon this the neighbors and those who used to know him by sight as a beggar, began asking, "Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?"
9 Some claimed that he was, but others said, “No, he just looks like him.” But the man kept saying, “I am the one.”
Some said, "It is he." Others said, "No, but he looks like him." "I am the man," he said.
10 “How then were your eyes opened?” they asked.
So they asked him, "How then were your eyes opened?"
11 He answered, “The man they call Jesus made some mud and anointed my eyes, and He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed and received my sight.”
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 and washed and received my sight."
12 “Where is He?” they asked. “I do not know,” he answered.
"Where is he?" they asked. "I do not know," answered the man.
13 They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind.
Then they brought the man who had been blind to the Pharisees.
14 Now the day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened his eyes was a Sabbath.
Now it was on the Sabbath that Jesus had made clay and opened his eyes;
15 So the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. The man answered, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and now I can see.”
so the Pharisees again began to ask him questions about how he had regained his sight; and he said to them, "He put clay on my eyes, and I washed them, and now I see."
16 Because of this, some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for He does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a sinful man perform such signs?” And there was division among them.
Then some of the Pharisees began to say, "This man in not from God, because he does not keep the Sabbath." But others said, "How can a man who is a sinner perform such signs?"
17 So once again they asked the man who had been blind, “What do you say about Him, since it was your eyes He opened?” “He is a prophet,” the man replied.
So there was a difference of opinion among them. Accordingly they said to the blind man, "What have you to say about him, now that he has opened your eyes?" "He is a prophet," he answered.
18 The Jews still did not believe that the man had been blind and had received his sight until they summoned his parents
The Jews, however, did not believe about him that he was blind and had received his sight, until they called the parents of the man whose sight had been restored,
19 and asked, “Is this your son, the one you say was born blind? So how is it that he can now see?”
and questioned them. "Is this your son," they said, "who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?"
20 His parents answered, “We know he is our son, and we know he was born blind.
Then in reply his parents said. "We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;
21 But how he can now see or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him. He is old enough to speak for himself.”
"but how he now sees we do not know, nor do we know who has opened his eyes. Ask him, himself. He is of age. He will speak for himself."
22 His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews. For the Jews had already determined that anyone who confessed Jesus as the Christ would be put out of the synagogue.
This his parents said because they were afraid of the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if any one should confess that he was the Christ, he should be expelled from the synagogue.
23 That was why his parents said, “He is old enough. Ask him.”
It was because this that his parents said. "He is of age. Ask him, himself."
24 So a second time they called for the man who had been blind and said, “Give glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner.”
So the Jews a second time summoned the man who had been blind, and said to him.
25 He answered, “Whether He is a sinner I do not know. There is one thing I do know: I was blind, but now I see!”
"Give glory to God! we know that this man is a sinner." Upon this the blind man answered. "I do not know if he is a sinner. One thing I do know, that once I was blind, and know I can see."
26 “What did He do to you?” they asked. “How did He open your eyes?”
"What was it he did to you?" they asked him; "How did he open your eyes?"
27 He replied, “I already told you, and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become His disciples?”
He answered. "I have told you already, and you did not listen. Why do you wish to hear it again? Can it be that you, too, wish to become his disciples?"
28 Then they heaped insults on him and said, “You are His disciple; we are disciples of Moses.
Then they stormed at him. "You are his disciple. We are Moses’ disciples.
29 We know that God spoke to Moses, but we do not know where this man is from.”
"We know that God spoke to Moses. But this fellow! We do not know where he comes from."
30 “That is remarkable indeed!” the man said. “You do not know where He is from, and yet He opened my eyes.
"This is truly astonishing," said the man in reply, "that you do not know where he is from, and yet he has opened my eyes.
31 We know that God does not listen to sinners, but He does listen to the one who worships Him and does His will.
"We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if any one is God- fearing and does his will, to such he listens.
"Since the beginning of the world such a thing as opening the eyes of one who was born blind was never heard of. (aiōn g165)
33 If this man were not from God, He could do no such thing.”
"If this man had not come of God he could have done nothing."
34 They replied, “You were born in utter sin, and you are instructing us?” And they threw him out.
They answered, "You were wholly born in sins, and do you teach us?" Then they cast him out.
35 When Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, He found the man and said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”
Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said, "Do you believe in the Son of man?"
36 “Who is He, Sir?” he replied. “Tell me so that I may believe in Him.”
"Who is he, Sir," he replied, "that I may believe on him."
37 “You have already seen Him,” Jesus answered. “He is the One speaking with you.”
"You have already seen him," Jesus answered, "and it is he who now speaks to you."
38 “Lord, I believe,” he said. And he worshiped Jesus.
"I do believe, Sir," said the man, and he prostrated himself at his feet. And Jesus said,
39 Then Jesus declared, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind may see and those who see may become blind.”
"For judgment am I come into the world, to make the sightless see, and to make the seeing blind."
40 Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard this, and they asked Him, “Are we blind too?”
Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this and asked, "We are not blind, are we?"
41 “If you were blind,” Jesus replied, “you would not be guilty of sin. But since you claim you can see, your guilt remains.”
"If you were blind," Jesus answered them, "you would have no sin. But now you are declaring, ‘We see’; so your sin remains.
