John 9
1 And 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 one or his parents, that he should be 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 one sinned nor his parents, but that the works of God may be revealed 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 it is necessary for Me to be working the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; night comes when no one is able to work:
While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.
5 when 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 Saying these things, He spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and rubbed the clay on the eyes of the blind man, and said to him,
When Jesus had said this, He spit on the ground, made some mud, and applied it to the man’s eyes.
7 “Go away, wash at the pool of Siloam,” which is, interpreted, Sent. He went away, therefore, and washed, and came 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 the neighbors, therefore, and those seeing him before, that he was blind, said, “Is this not he who is sitting and 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”; and others, “He is like to him”; he himself said, “I am [he].”
Some claimed that he was, but others said, “No, he just looks like him.” But the man kept saying, “I am the one.”
10 They said, therefore, 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 clay, and rubbed my eyes, and said to me, Go away to the pool of Siloam, and wash; and having gone away and having washed, I received sight”;
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 they said, therefore, to him, “Where is that One?” He says, “I have not known.”
“Where is He?” they asked. “I do not know,” he answered.
13 They bring him who once [was] blind to the Pharisees,
They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind.
14 and it was a Sabbath when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.
Now the day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened his eyes was a Sabbath.
15 Again, therefore, the Pharisees also were asking him how he received sight, and he said to them, “He put clay 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 Certain of the Pharisees therefore said, “This Man is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath”; others said, “How is a man—a sinful one—able to 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 They said to the blind man again, “You—what do you say of Him—that He opened your eyes?”
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 And he said, “He is a prophet.” The Jews, therefore, did not believe concerning him that he was blind and received sight, until they called the parents of him who 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, of whom you say that he 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 His parents answered them and said, “We have known 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 and how he now sees, we have not known; or who opened his eyes, we have not known; he is of age, ask him; he himself will speak concerning 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 were afraid of the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed together, that if anyone may confess Him—Christ, he may be put out of 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 because of this his parents said, “He is of age, ask him.”
That was why his parents said, “He is old enough. Ask him.”
24 They called, therefore, the man who was blind a second time, and they said to him, “Give glory to God, we have known 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 he answered, therefore, and said, “If He is a sinner—I have not known, one thing I have known, that, being blind, now I 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 And 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 told you already, and you did not hear; why do you wish to hear [it] again? Do you also wish to become His disciples?”
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, therefore, and said, “You are His disciple, and we are Moses’ disciples;
Then they heaped insults on him and said, “You are His disciple; we are disciples of Moses.
29 we have known that God has spoken to Moses, but this One—we have not known where He is 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, in this is a wonderful thing, that you have not known where He is from, and 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 And we have known that God does not hear sinners, but if anyone may be a worshiper of God, and may do His will, He hears him;
We know that God does not listen to sinners, but He does listen to the one who worships Him and does His will.
32 from the age it was not heard that anyone opened eyes of one who has been born blind; (aiōn g165)
Never before has anyone heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind. (aiōn g165)
33 if this One were not from God, He were not able to do anything.”
If this man were not from God, He could do no such thing.”
34 They answered and said to him, “In sins you were born altogether, and you teach us?” And they cast him forth outside.
They replied, “You were born in utter sin, and you are instructing us?” And they threw him out.
35 Jesus heard that they cast him forth outside, and having found him, He said to him, “Do you believe in 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, “Who is He, Lord, that I may believe in Him?”
“Who is He, Sir?” he replied. “Tell me so that I may believe in Him.”
37 And Jesus said to him, “You have both seen Him, and He who is speaking with you is He”;
“You have already seen Him,” Jesus answered. “He is the One speaking with you.”
38 and he said, “I believe, Lord,” and worshiped Him.
“Lord, I believe,” he said. And he worshiped Jesus.
39 And Jesus said, “I came to this world for judgment, that those not seeing may see, and those seeing 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 those of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these things, and they said to Him, “Are we also blind?”
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 were not having had sin, but now you say—We see, therefore 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.”
