John 9
1 Now as He was passing by He saw a man blind from birth.
Now as Jesus was passing by, He saw a man blind from birth,
2 And His disciples asked Him saying, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, in that he was born blind?”
and 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 so that the works of God might be displayed in him.
Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that the works of God would be displayed in him.
4 I must accomplish the works of Him who sent me while it is day; night is coming when no one can work.
While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one 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 Upon saying these things He spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva, and spread the mud on the blind man's eyes.
When Jesus had said this, He spit on the ground, made some mud, and applied it to the man’s eyes.
7 And He said to him, “Go wash in the pool of Siloam” (which is translated, ‘Sent’). So he went and washed, and came away seeing!
Then He told him, “Go, wash in the Pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came back seeing.
8 Then the neighbors and those who previously had seen that he was blind started saying, “Isn't this the man who sat begging?”
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?”
9 Others said, “This is he”; still others, “He is like him.” He kept saying, “I'm the one!”
Some claimed that he was, but others said, “No, he just looks like him.” But the man kept saying, “I am the one.”
10 So they said to him, “How were your eyes opened?”
“How then were your eyes opened?” they asked.
11 He answered and said: “A man called Jesus made mud and anointed my eyes and said to me, ‘Go to the pool of Siloam and wash.’ So when I went and washed, I saw!”
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.”
12 Then they said to him, “Where is He?” He says, “I don't know.”
“Where is He?” they asked. “I do not know,” he answered.
13 They bring the man who was formerly blind to the Pharisees.
They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind.
14 (Now it was a Sabbath when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes.)
Now the day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened his eyes was a Sabbath.
15 So once again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. So he said to them, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.”
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.”
16 Then some of the Pharisees said, “This man cannot be from God, because he does not keep the Sabbath,” Others were saying, “How can a sinful man do such signs?” And there was a division among them.
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.
17 So they address the blind man again, “What do you say about him, in that he opened your eyes?” He said, “He is a prophet.”
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.
18 However the Jews did not believe concerning him that he was blind and received sight until they summoned the parents of the one who had received sight.
The Jews still did not believe that the man had been blind and had received his sight until they summoned his parents
19 And they asked them saying: “Is this your son, whom you say was born blind? How then does he now see?”
and asked, “Is this your son, the one you say was born blind? So how is it that he can now see?”
20 So his parents answered them and said: “We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;
His parents answered, “We know he is our son, and we know he was born blind.
21 but by what means he now sees we don't know, or who opened his eyes we don't know. He is of age. Ask him. He will speak for himself.”
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.”
22 His parents said these things because they feared the Jews, because the Jews had already agreed that if anyone confessed Him to be Christ he would be barred from the synagogue.
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.
23 That is why his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.”
That was why his parents said, “He is old enough. Ask him.”
24 So they summoned the man who had been blind a second time and said to him: “Give glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner.”
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.”
25 So he answered and said: “That He is a sinner, I do not know. One thing I do know, that having been blind I now see!”
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!”
26 So they said to him again: “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?”
“What did He do to you?” they asked. “How did He open your eyes?”
27 He answered them: “I already told you and you didn't listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You don't want to become His disciples too, do you?”
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?”
28 They reviled him and said: “You are that fellow's disciple, but we are Moses' disciples.
Then they heaped insults on him and said, “You are His disciple; we are disciples of Moses.
29 We know that God spoke to Moses; but this fellow—we don't know where he's from.”
We know that God spoke to Moses, but we do not know where this man is from.”
30 The man answered and said to them: “Why, this is remarkable—you don't know where He is from; yet He opened my eyes!
“That is remarkable indeed!” the man said. “You do not know where He is from, and yet He opened my eyes.
31 Now we know that God doesn't listen to sinners; but if anyone is God-fearing and does His will, to him He listens.
We know that God does not listen to sinners, but He does listen to the one who worships Him and does His will.
32 Since time began it was never heard that anyone opened the eyes of a person born blind. (aiōn g165)
Never before has anyone heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind. (aiōn g165)
33 If this man were not from God he would not be able to do anything.”
If this man were not from God, He could do no such thing.”
34 They answered and said to him, “You were totally born in sins, and you are teaching us?” And they expelled him.
They replied, “You were born in utter sin, and you are instructing us?” And they threw him out.
35 Jesus heard that they had expelled him, and finding him He said to him, “Do you believe into the Son of God?”
When Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, He found the man and said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”
36 He answered and said, “And who is He, Lord, that I may believe into Him?”
“Who is He, Sir?” he replied. “Tell me so that I may believe in Him.”
37 So Jesus said to him, “You have both seen Him and He is the One who is speaking with you.”
“You have already seen Him,” Jesus answered. “He is the One speaking with you.”
38 So he said, “Lord, I believe!” And he worshiped Him.
“Lord, I believe,” he said. And he worshiped Jesus.
39 And Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, so that those who do not see may see, and those who ‘see’ may become blind.”
Then Jesus declared, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind may see and those who see may become blind.”
40 And some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these words and said to Him, “We aren't blind too, are we?”
Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard this, and they asked Him, “Are we blind too?”
41 Jesus said to them: “If you were ‘blind’ you would not have sin. But now you say, ‘We see,’ so your sin remains.
“If you were blind,” Jesus replied, “you would not be guilty of sin. But since you claim you can see, your guilt remains.”
