John 9
1 As Jesus was passing by, he saw a man born blind.
Passing by, Jesus saw a man who was blind from birth.
2 His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, why was this man born blind? Was it him who sinned, or was it his parents?”
His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
3 Jesus replied, “It wasn't because the man or his parents sinned. But so that what God can do may be shown in his life,
Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that God’s works might be revealed in this man.
4 we 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.
We must work the works of Him who sent me, as long as it’s day. Night is coming, when nobody can work.
5 While I'm here in the world I am the light of the world.”
As long as I am in the world, I am the world’s light.”
6 After he'd said this, Jesus spat on the ground and made some mud with the saliva which he put on the man's eyes.
After Jesus said this, He spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva, put it on the blind man’s eyes,
7 Then 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.
and told him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). So he went away and washed, and came back seeing.
8 His neighbors and those who had known him as a beggar, asked, “Isn't this the man who used to sit and beg?”
Then the neighbors and those who used to see him as a beggar began to ask, “Isn’t this the man who used to sit and beg?”
9 Some said he was, while others said “no, it's just someone who looks like him.” But the man kept saying, “It is me!”
Some were saying, “Yes, it is he,” others were saying, “No, but he is like him.” He kept saying, “I’m the one.”
10 “So how is it you can see?” they asked him.
So they asked him, “How were your eyes opened?”
11 He 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.”
He answered, “The man called Jesus made mud, put it on my eyes, and told me, ‘Go to Siloam, and wash’; so I went and washed, and I received sight.”
12 “Where is he?” they asked. “I don't know,” he replied.
“Where is this man?” they asked him. “I don’t know,” he said.
13 They took the man who had been blind to the Pharisees.
They brought the man who used to be blind to the Pharisees.
14 Now it was the Sabbath when Jesus had made the mud and opened the blind man's eyes.
Now it was a sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened the man’s eyes.
15 So 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.”
So the Pharisees were also asking him how he received his sight. He told them, “He applied mud to my eyes, I washed, and I see.”
16 Some 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.
Therefore some of the Pharisees said, “This Man isn’t from God, because He doesn’t keep the Sabbath.” Others said, “How can a sinner do such signs?” So there was a division among them.
17 So 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.
So they turned again to the blind man and asked, “What do you say about him? It was your eyes he opened.” He said, “He is a prophet.”
18 The 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.
The Jews didn’t believe that he had been blind, and had received sight, until they called the parents of the one who had received his sight,
19 They asked them, “Is this your son whom you say was born blind? So how is it that now he can see?”
and questioned them, saying, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?”
20 His parents answered, “We know this is our son who was born blind.
His parents answered them, “We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind,
21 But 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.”
but how he now sees, we don’t know. Who opened his eyes, we don’t know. Ask him. He is of age. He will speak for himself.”
22 The 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.
His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone would confess that Jesus was the Christ, they would be put out of the synagogue.
23 That was why his parents said, “Ask him, he's old enough.”
For this reason, his parents said, “Ask him. He is of age.”
24 Once more they called in the man who had been blind, and told him, “Give God the glory! We know this man is a sinner.”
So they called the man who had been blind a second time, and told him, “Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.”
25 The 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.”
He answered, “Whether He is a sinner or not I don’t know. One thing I do know: that though I was blind, now I see.”
26 Then they asked him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?”
Then they asked him again, “What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?”
27 The 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?”
He answered, “I told you already, and you didn’t listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You don’t want to become His disciples, too, do you?”
28 They shouted abuse at him, and said, “You're that man's disciple.
Then they became abusive towards him and said, “You are that man’s disciple, but we are Moses’ disciples.
29 We'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.”
We know that God spoke to Moses, but as for this man, we don’t know where He is from.”
30 The man answered, “That's incredible! You don't know where he comes from but he opened my eyes.
The man answered, “How amazing! You don’t know where He comes from, yet He opened my eyes.
31 We know that God doesn't listen to sinners, but he does listen to anyone who worships him and does what he wants.
We know that God doesn’t hear sinners, but if anyone is God-fearing, and does His will, He hears him.
32 Never before in the whole of history has anyone heard of a man born blind being healed. (aiōn g165)
Since the beginning of time it has never been heard of that anyone opened the eyes of a person born blind. (aiōn g165)
33 If this man weren't from God, he could do nothing.”
If 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.
To this they replied, “Who are you to teach us? You were born entirely in sin!” Then they threw him out.
35 When 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?”
Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and finding him, He said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”
36 The man replied, “Tell me who he is, sir, so I can put my trust in him.”
He answered, “Who is He, sir, that I may believe in Him?”
37 “You've already seen him. He's the one speaking with you now!” Jesus told him.
Jesus told him, “You have seen Him, and it is He who is talking with you.”
38 “I trust you, Lord!” he said, and he kneeled in worship before Jesus.
Then he said, “Lord, I believe!” and he worshipped Jesus.
39 Then Jesus told him, “I've come into the world to bring judgment so that those who are blind may see, and those who see will become blind.”
Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, so that those who don’t see may see, and those who do see may become blind.”
40 Some Pharisees who were there with Jesus asked him, “We're not blind too, are we?”
Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these things, and asked Him, “We aren’t blind too, are we?”
41 Jesus answered, “If you were blind, you wouldn't be guilty. But now that you say you see, your guilt remains.”
Jesus told them, “If you were blind, you would have no sin, but since you say, ‘We see,’ your sin remains.
