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John 9
New International Version
John 9
New International Version
Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind
9 As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him, “Rabbi,(A) who sinned,(B) this man(C) or his parents,(D) that he was born blind?”
3 “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him.(E) 4 As long as it is day,(F) we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. 5 While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”(G)
6 After saying this, he spit(H) on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes. 7 “Go,” he told him, “wash in the Pool of Siloam”(I) (this word means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing.(J)
8 His neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging asked, “Isn’t this the same man who used to sit and beg?”(K) 9 Some claimed that he was.
Others said, “No, he only looks like him.”
But he himself insisted, “I am the man.”
10 “How then were your eyes opened?” they asked.
11 He replied, “The man they call Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and then I could see.”(L)
12 “Where is this man?” they asked him.
“I don’t know,” he said.
The Pharisees Investigate the Healing
13 They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind. 14 Now the day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened the man’s eyes was a Sabbath.(M) 15 Therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight.(N) “He put mud on my eyes,” the man replied, “and I washed, and now I see.”
16 Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.”(O)
But others asked, “How can a sinner perform such signs?”(P) So they were divided.(Q)
17 Then they turned again to the blind man, “What have you to say about him? It was your eyes he opened.”
The man replied, “He is a prophet.”(R)
18 They(S) still did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight until they sent for the man’s parents. 19 “Is this your son?” they asked. “Is this the one you say was born blind? How is it that now he can see?”
20 “We know he is our son,” the parents answered, “and we know he was born blind. 21 But how he can see now, or who opened his eyes, we don’t know. Ask him. He is of age; he will speak for himself.” 22 His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders,(T) who already had decided that anyone who acknowledged that Jesus was the Messiah would be put out(U) of the synagogue.(V) 23 That was why his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.”(W)
24 A second time they summoned the man who had been blind. “Give glory to God by telling the truth,”(X) they said. “We know this man is a sinner.”(Y)
25 He replied, “Whether he is a sinner or not, I don’t know. One thing I do know. I was blind but now I see!”
26 Then they asked him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?”
27 He answered, “I have told you already(Z) and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his disciples too?”
28 Then they hurled insults at him and said, “You are this fellow’s disciple! We are disciples of Moses!(AA) 29 We know that God spoke to Moses, but as for this fellow, we don’t even know where he comes from.”(AB)
30 The man answered, “Now that is remarkable! You don’t know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes. 31 We know that God does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly person who does his will.(AC) 32 Nobody has ever heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind. 33 If this man were not from God,(AD) he could do nothing.”
34 To this they replied, “You were steeped in sin at birth;(AE) how dare you lecture us!” And they threw him out.(AF)
Spiritual Blindness
35 Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and when he found him, he said, “Do you believe(AG) in the Son of Man?”(AH)
36 “Who is he, sir?” the man asked. “Tell me so that I may believe in him.”(AI)
37 Jesus said, “You have now seen him; in fact, he is the one speaking with you.”(AJ)
38 Then the man said, “Lord, I believe,” and he worshiped him.(AK)
39 Jesus said,[a] “For judgment(AL) I have come into this world,(AM) so that the blind will see(AN) and those who see will become blind.”(AO)
40 Some Pharisees who were with him heard him say this and asked, “What? Are we blind too?”(AP)
41 Jesus said, “If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin; but now that you claim you can see, your guilt remains.(AQ)
Footnotes
- John 9:39 Some early manuscripts do not have Then the man said … 39 Jesus said.
John 9
King James Version
John 9
King James Version
9 And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.
2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?
3 Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
6 When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,
7 And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.
8 The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?
9 Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he.
10 Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened?
11 He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight.
12 Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not.
13 They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind.
14 And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.
15 Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see.
16 Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.
17 They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet.
18 But the Jews 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.
19 And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see?
20 His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:
21 But by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who hath opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself.
22 These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
23 Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him.
24 Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner.
25 He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.
26 Then said they to him again, What did he to thee? how opened he thine eyes?
27 He answered them, I have told you already, and ye did not hear: wherefore would ye hear it again? will ye also be his disciples?
28 Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses' disciples.
29 We know that God spake unto Moses: as for this fellow, we know not from whence he is.
30 The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes.
31 Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
32 Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind.
33 If this man were not of God, he could do nothing.
34 They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.
35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?
36 He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him?
37 And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee.
38 And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him.
39 And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.
40 And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?
41 Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.
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Japanese Living Bible
ヨハネの福音書 9
Japanese Living Bible
ただ神の力が現されるため
9 さて、道を歩いていた時のこと、イエスは生まれつきの盲人をごらんになりました。 2 そこで、弟子たちが尋ねました。「先生。どうしてこの人は、生まれつき目が見えないのですか。本人が罪を犯したからですか。それとも両親ですか。」 3 「いや、そのどちらでもありません。ただ神の力が現されるためです。 4 わたしたちは、わたしをお遣わしになった方に命じられた仕事を、急いでやり遂げなければなりません。もうすぐ夜が来ます。そうしたら、もう仕事はできないのですから。 5 しかし、まだこの世にわたしがいる間は、わたしが光となります。」 6 こう言われると、イエスは地面につばをして泥を作り、それを盲人の目に塗って、 7 言われました。「さあ、シロアムの池に行って洗い落としなさい」〔「シロアム」とは、「遣わされた者」の意味〕。イエスが言われたとおりにすると、どうでしょう。彼は見えるようになって戻って来たではありませんか。 8 近所の人や、彼が盲目の物ごいだったことを知っている人は仰天し、「これが、あの人かい」と口をそろえて言いました。 9 ほかの人は、「そうだ」と言う人もいれば、「いや、あいつのはずはない。だが実によく似ている」と言う人もいました。すると当の本人が、「何を言っているんだ。おれだよ」と言いました。 10 人々はあっけにとられながらも、「いったいどうしたのだ。どうやって見えるようになったのか」と矢つぎばやに尋ねました。 11 その男は答えました。「イエスという方が泥をこねて目に塗り、『シロアムの池に行って、泥を洗い落としなさい』と言われたのさ。それでそのとおりにすると、見えるようになったんだよ。」 12 「その人は今どこにいるんだ。」「さあ、知らないな。」
13 人々は、男をパリサイ人たちのところへ連れて行きました。 14 ところで、この日は安息日でした。 15 パリサイ人たちにどうして目が見えるようになったのかを尋ねられて、男はそのいきさつを、くわしく話しました。 16 パリサイ人のある者は、「そのイエスという者は、神から遣わされた者ではない。安息日に仕事なんかしたんだから」と断言しました。しかし、「罪人にすぎない普通の人間に、こんな奇跡が行えるだろうか……」と疑問を投げかける者もいます。意見は真っ二つに分かれました。 17 しかたなく、その盲目だった男に、「おまえの目を開けてくれた人のことをどう思うか」と聞きました。「きっと神様が遣わした預言者です」と男は答えました。 18 しかし、ユダヤ人の指導者たちは、盲目だった男が見えるようになったことを、どうしても信じようとはしません。とうとう両親まで呼び出し、 19 確かめることにしました。「この男は息子だな。ほんとうに生まれつき目が見えなかったのか。だったら、どうして見えるようになったのだ。」 20 両親は答えました。「はい、確かに息子でございます。この子は生まれつき目が見えませんでした。 21 けれども、どうして見えるようになったのか、どなたがこれの目を開けてくださったのかは、少しも存じません。どうぞ本人からじかに聞いてみてください。もう一人前の大人ですから、自分で説明できるでしょう。」 22-23 こう言ったのは、ユダヤ人の指導者たちがこわかったからです。指導者たちはすでに、イエスをキリストと告白する者は、だれかれの区別なく会堂から追放すると公表していたのです。
24 指導者たちは、男をもう一度呼び寄せ、きつく言い渡しました。「イエスなどではなく、神をあがめなさい。あいつは悪党だ。」 25 「さあ、あの方が善人か悪人かは、私にはわかりません。ただ、これだけははっきりしています。私は今まで目が見えなかったのに、今は見えることです。」 26 「だが、あいつは何をした？ どうやっておまえの目を開けた？」 27 男はまたかと腹を立て、大声で言いました。「そのことは、もう話したではありませんか。お聞きにならなかったのですか。もう一度言えとは、どういうことでしょう。あの方の弟子にでもなりたいのですか。」
28 こう言われて、指導者たちは男をののしりました。「おまえこそあいつの弟子のくせに。われわれはモーセの弟子だ。 29 神はまちがいなくモーセにお語りになった。しかし、あいつはどこの馬の骨だかわからない。」
30 「これは驚きました。あの方は盲人の目を開けることができるんですよ。なのに、あの方のことは何も知らないとおっしゃる。 31 神様は悪人の言うことはお聞きになりません。しかし、神様を礼拝し、お心にかなうことを行う者には、耳を傾けてくださるんじゃありませんか。 32 世の初めからこのかた、生まれつきの盲人の目を開けた人など、いたためしがありません。 33 神様から遣わされた方でなければ、こんなことはできないはずです。」 34 こうまで言われて、彼らは怒りを爆発させました。「このろくでなしめ！ われわれを教えようというのか！」とどなりつけたあげく、男を外に追い出してしまいました。
35 そのいきさつを伝え聞いたイエスは、男を捜し、見つけ出されると、「あなたはメシヤを信じますか」とお聞きになりました。 36 「先生。どなたがメシヤ様なのでしょうか。教えてください。ぜひ信じたいのです。」 37 「もうその人に会っているのですよ。あなたと話しているわたしがメシヤなのです。」 38 「主よ。信じます。」男はそう言って、イエスを礼拝しました。 39 するとイエスは言われました。「わたしがこの世に来たのは、心の目の見えない人を見えるようにするため、また、見えると思い込んでいる人に、実は盲目だということをわからせるためなのです。」 40 ちょうどその場に居合わせたパリサイ人たちが、けげんな顔で尋ねました。「じゃあ、私たちも盲目だと言うのか。」 41 「もしあなたがたが盲目だったら、罪に問われないですんだでしょう。しかし、何もかもわかっているとあくまで言いはるので、あなたがたの罪はそのまま残るのです。」
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