John 9:1-12

Modern English Version

The Healing of a Man Born Blind

9 As Jesus passed by, He saw a man blind from birth. ² 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 it happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him. ⁴ I must do the works of Him who sent Me while it is day. Night is coming when no one can work. ⁵ While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

⁶ When He had said this, He spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva. He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, ⁷ and said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So he went away and washed, and returned seeing.

⁸ The neighbors and those who had previously seen that he was blind said, “Is this not he who sat and begged?” ⁹ Some said, “This is he.”

Others said, “He is like him.”

But he said, “I am he.”

¹⁰ So they said to him, “How were your eyes opened?”

¹¹ He answered, “A Man called Jesus made clay, anointed my eyes, and said to me, ‘Go to the pool of Siloam and wash.’ So I went away and washed, and I received my sight.”

¹² They said to him, “Where is He?”

He said, “I do not know.”