John 9
1 Now as Jesus was passing by, He saw a man blind from birth,
As He passed by, He saw a man who had been blind from his birth.
2 and His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
So His disciples asked Him, "Rabbi, 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," answered Jesus, "but he was born blind in order that God's mercy might be openly shown 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.
We must do the works of Him who sent me while there is daylight. Night is coming on, when no one can work.
5 While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
When 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.
After thus speaking, He spat on the ground, and then, kneading the dust and spittle into clay, He smeared the clay over the man's eyes and said to him,
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.
"Go and wash in the pool of Siloam" --the name means 'Sent.' So he went and washed his eyes, and returned able to see.
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?”
His neighbours, therefore, and the other people to whom he had been a familiar object because he was 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.”
"Yes it is," replied some of them. "No it is not," said others, "but he is like him." His own statement was, "I am the man."
10 “How then were your eyes opened?” they asked.
"How then were your eyes opened?" they asked.
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 whose name is Jesus," he answered, "made clay and smeared my eyes with it, and then told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed and obtained sight."
12 “Where is He?” they asked. “I do not know,” he answered.
"Where is he?" they inquired, but the man did not know.
13 They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind.
They brought him to the Pharisees--the man who had been blind.
14 Now the day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened his eyes was a Sabbath.
Now the day on which Jesus made the clay and opened the man's eyes was the Sabbath.
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 renewed their questioning as to how he had obtained his sight. "He put clay on my eyes," he replied, "and I washed, and now I can 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.
This led some of the Pharisees to say, "That man has not come from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath." "How is it possible for a bad man to do such miracles?" argued others.
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.
And there was a division among them. So again they asked the once blind man, "What is your account of him? --for he opened your eyes." "He is a Prophet," he replied.
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 the statement concerning him--that he had been blind and had obtained his sight--until they called his parents and asked them,
19 and asked, “Is this your son, the one you say was born blind? So how is it that he can now see?”
"Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How is it then that he can now see?"
20 His parents answered, “We know he is our son, and we know he was born blind.
"We know," replied the parents, "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 it is that he can now see or who has opened his eyes we do not know. Ask him himself; he is of full age; he himself will give his own account of it."
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.
Such was their answer, because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already settled among themselves that if any one should acknowledge Jesus as the Christ, he should be excluded from the synagogue.
23 That was why his parents said, “He is old enough. Ask him.”
That was why his parents said, "He is of full 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.”
A second time therefore they called the man who had been blind, and said, "Give God the praise: we know that that man is a sinner."
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!”
"Whether he is a sinner or not, I do not know," he replied; "one thing I know--that I was once blind and that now I can see."
26 “What did He do to you?” they asked. “How did He open your eyes?”
"What did he do to you?" they asked; "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?”
"I have told you already," he replied, "and you did not listen to me. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also mean to be disciples of his?"
28 Then they heaped insults on him and said, “You are His disciple; we are disciples of Moses.
Then they railed at him, and said, "You are that man's disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.
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 as for 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.
"Why, this is marvellous!" the man replied; "you do not know where he comes 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 bad people, but that if any one is a God-fearing man and obeys Him, to him He listens.
From the beginning of the world such a thing was never heard of as that any one should open the eyes of a man blind from his birth. (aiōn g165)
33 If this man were not from God, He could do no such thing.”
Had that man not come from 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.
"You," they replied, "were wholly begotten and born in sin, and do you teach us?" And they put him out of the synagogue.
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 done this. So having found him, He asked him, "Do you believe in the Son of God?"
36 “Who is He, Sir?” he replied. “Tell me so that I may believe in Him.”
"Who is He, Sir?" replied the man. "Tell me, so that I may believe in Him."
37 “You have already seen Him,” Jesus answered. “He is the One speaking with you.”
"You have seen Him," said Jesus; "and not only so: He is now speaking to you."
38 “Lord, I believe,” he said. And he worshiped Jesus.
"I believe, Sir," he said. And he threw himself at His feet.
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.”
"I came into this world," said Jesus, "to judge men, that those who do not see may see, and that those who do see may become blind."
40 Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard this, and they asked Him, “Are we blind too?”
These words were heard by those of the Pharisees who were present, and they asked Him, "Are we also blind?"
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," answered Jesus, "you would have no sin; but as a matter of fact you boast that you see. So your sin remains!"
