John 9

1 And as he was passing along, he saw a man who had been blind from his birth.

As He passed by, He saw a man who had been blind from his birth.

2 And his disciples asked him, saying, 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 did this man sin, nor his parents; but that the works of God might be made manifest 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 We must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day; the 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 As long as 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 Having thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay with the spittle, and anointed his eyes with the clay,

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 and said to him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam; (which is, when translated, Sent.) He went away therefore, and washed and came 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 The neighbors therefore, and they who before had seen him as a beggar, said, Is not this he that sits and begs?

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 said, This is he. Others said, No, but he is like him. He said, I am he.

"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 They said therefore to him How then were thine eyes opened?

"How then were your eyes opened?" they asked.

11 He answered, The man who is called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes, and said to me, Go to Siloam, and wash. I went therefore and washed, and received 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 And they said to him, Where is that man? He saith, I do not know.

"Where is he?" they inquired, but the man did not know.

13 They bring to the Pharisees him who had once been blind.

They brought him to the Pharisees--the man who had been blind.

14 And the day on which Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes was the sabbath.

Now the day on which Jesus made the clay and opened the man's eyes was the Sabbath.

15 Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he received his sight. He said to them, He put clay on my eyes, and I washed them, and I 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 Therefore some of the Pharisees said, This man is not from God, because he keepeth not the sabbath. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such signs. And there was a 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 They say therefore to the blind man again, What dost thou say of him for having opened thine eyes? And he said, He is a prophet.

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 therefore did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight.

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 they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? How then doth he 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 and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;

"We know," replied the parents, "that this is our son and that he was born blind;

21 but by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who opened his eyes, we know not; ask him, he is of age; he will 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 This his parents said, because they feared the Jews. For the Jews had already agreed, that if any one should acknowledge him as the Christ, he should 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 Therefore his parents said, He is of age; ask him.

That was why his parents said, "He is of full age: ask him himself."

24 They therefore called a second time the man that had been blind, and said to him, 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 therefore answered, Whether he is a sinner, I know not; one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, 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 They said to him, What did he do to thee? How did he open thine eyes?

"What did he do to you?" they asked; "how did he open your eyes?"

27 He answered them, I have already told you, and ye did not hear; why would ye hear it again? Are ye also inclined 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 They reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but 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 hath spoken to Moses; but as for this man, we know not whence he is.

We know that God spoke to Moses; but as for this fellow we do not know where he comes from."

30 The man answered and said to them, Why, herein is a marvelous thing, that ye know not whence he is, 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 heareth not sinners; but if any one is a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.

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.

32 Since the world began, it was never heard that any one opened the eyes of a man born blind. (aiōn g165)

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 nothing.

Had that man not come from God, he could have done nothing."

34 They answered and said to him, Thou wast wholly born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast 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 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and he found him, and said, Dost thou 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 He answered and said, And who is he, Lord, that I may believe in him?

"Who is He, Sir?" replied the man. "Tell me, so that I may believe in Him."

37 Jesus said to him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee.

"You have seen Him," said Jesus; "and not only so: He is now speaking to you."

38 And he said, I believe, Lord; and he prostrated himself before him.

"I believe, Sir," he said. And he threw himself at His feet.

39 And Jesus said, For judgment came I into this world; that they who see not might see, and that they who see might 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 said to him, Are we also blind?

These words were heard by those of the Pharisees who were present, and they asked Him, "Are we also blind?"

41 Jesus said to them, If ye were blind, ye would not have sin; but now ye say, We see. Your sin remaineth.

"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!"