John 9

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

Now as He was passing by He saw a man blind from birth.

2 So His disciples asked Him, "Rabbi, who sinned--this man or his parents--that he was born blind?"

And His disciples asked Him saying, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, in that he was born blind?”

3 "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.

Jesus answered: “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but so that the works of God might be displayed in him.

4 We must do the works of Him who sent me while there is daylight. Night is coming on, when no one can work.

I must accomplish the works of Him who sent me while it is day; 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 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,

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.

7 "Go and wash in the pool of Siloam" --the name means 'Sent.' So he went and washed his eyes, and returned able to see.

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!

8 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?"

Then the neighbors and those who previously had seen that he was blind started saying, “Isn't this the man who sat begging?”

9 "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."

Others said, “This is he”; still others, “He is like him.” He kept saying, “I'm the one!”

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

So they said to him, “How were your eyes opened?”

11 "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."

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!”

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

Then they said to him, “Where is He?” He says, “I don't know.”

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

They bring the man who was formerly blind to the Pharisees.

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

(Now it was a Sabbath when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes.)

15 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."

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.”

16 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.

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.

17 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.

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.”

18 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,

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.

19 "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How is it then that he can now see?"

And they asked them saying: “Is this your son, whom you say was born blind? How then does he now see?”

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

So his parents answered them and said: “We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;

21 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."

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.”

22 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.

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.

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

That is why his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.”

24 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."

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.”

25 "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."

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!”

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

So they said to him again: “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?”

27 "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?"

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?”

28 Then they railed at him, and said, "You are that man's disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.

They reviled him and said: “You are that fellow's disciple, but we are Moses' disciples.

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

We know that God spoke to Moses; but this fellow—we don't know where he's from.”

30 "Why, this is marvellous!" the man replied; "you do not know where he comes from, and yet he has opened my eyes!

The man answered and said to them: “Why, this is remarkable—you don't know where He is from; yet He opened my eyes!

31 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.

Now we know that God doesn't listen to sinners; but if anyone is God-fearing and does His will, to him He listens.

32 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)

Since time began it was never heard that anyone opened the eyes of a person born blind. (aiōn g165)

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

If this man were not from God he would not be able to do anything.”

34 "You," they replied, "were wholly begotten and born in sin, and do you teach us?" And they put him out of the synagogue.

They answered and said to him, “You were totally born in sins, and you are teaching us?” And they expelled him.

35 Jesus heard that they had done this. So having found him, He asked him, "Do you believe in the Son of God?"

Jesus heard that they had expelled him, and finding him He said to him, “Do you believe into the Son of God?”

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

He answered and said, “And who is He, Lord, that I may believe into Him?”

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

So Jesus said to him, “You have both seen Him and He is the One who is speaking with you.”

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

So he said, “Lord, I believe!” And he worshiped Him.

39 "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."

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.”

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

And some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these words and said to Him, “We aren't blind too, are we?”

41 "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!"

Jesus said to them: “If you were ‘blind’ you would not have sin. But now you say, ‘We see,’ so your sin remains.