John 8:48-9:13

New American Standard Bible

^48 (A)The Jews answered and said to Him, “Do we not rightly say that You are a ^(B)Samaritan, and You ^(C)have a demon?” ⁴⁹ Jesus answered, “I do not ^(D)have a demon; on the contrary, I honor My Father, and you dishonor Me. ⁵⁰ But ^(E)I am not seeking My glory; there is One who seeks it, and judges. ⁵¹ Truly, truly I say to you, if anyone ^(F)follows My word, he will never ^(G)see death.” ^52 (H)The Jews said to Him, “Now we know that You ^(I)have a demon. Abraham died, and the prophets as well; and yet You say, ‘If anyone ^(J)follows My word, he will never ^(K)taste of death.’ ⁵³ You ^(L)are not greater than our father Abraham, who died, are You? The prophets died too. Whom do You make Yourself out to be?” ⁵⁴ Jesus answered, “^(M)If I glorify Myself, My glory is nothing; ^(N)it is My Father who glorifies Me, of whom you say, ‘He is our God’; ⁵⁵ and ^(O)you have not come to know Him, ^(P)but I know Him. And if I say that I do not know Him, I will be ^(Q)a liar like you; ^(R)but I do know Him, and I ^(S)follow His word. ^56 (T)Your father Abraham was ^(U)overjoyed that he would see My day, and he saw it and rejoiced.” ^57 (V)So the Jews said to Him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and You have seen Abraham?” ⁵⁸ Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly I say to you, before Abraham ^[a]was born, ^[b](W)I am.” ⁵⁹ Therefore they ^(X)picked up stones to throw at Him, but Jesus ^(Y)hid Himself and left the temple grounds.

Healing the Man Born Blind

9 As Jesus passed by, He saw a man who had been blind from birth. ² And His disciples asked Him, “^(Z)Rabbi, who sinned, ^(AA)this man or his ^(AB)parents, that he would be born blind?” ³ Jesus answered, “It was neither that this man sinned, nor his parents; but it was ^(AC)so that the works of God might be displayed in him. ⁴ We must carry out the works of Him who sent Me ^(AD)as long as it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. ⁵ While I am in the world, I am ^(AE)the Light of the world.” ⁶ When He had said this, He ^(AF)spit on the ground, and made mud from the saliva, and applied the mud to his eyes, ⁷ and said to him, “Go, wash in ^(AG)the pool of Siloam” (which is translated, Sent). So he left and ^(AH)washed, and ^(AI)came back seeing. ⁸ So the neighbors, and those who previously saw ^[c]him as a beggar, were saying, “Is this not the one who used to ^(AJ)sit and beg?” ⁹ Others were saying, “This is he,” still others were saying, “No, but he is like him.” ^[d]The man himself kept saying, “I am the one.” ¹⁰ So they were saying to him, “How then were your eyes opened?” ¹¹ He answered, “The man who is called Jesus made mud, and spread it on my eyes, and said to me, ‘Go to ^(AK)Siloam and wash’; so I went away and washed, and I received sight.” ¹² And they said to him, “Where is He?” He *said, “I do not know.”

Controversy over the Man

¹³ They *brought ^[e]the man who was previously blind to the Pharisees.