医治盲人

耶稣在路上看见一个生来失明的人。 门徒问耶稣:“老师,这个人生下来便双目失明,是因为他犯了罪呢,还是他父母犯了罪呢?”

耶稣说:“不是他犯了罪,也不是他父母犯了罪,而是要在他身上彰显上帝的作为。 趁着白天,我们必须做差我来者的工作,黑夜一到,就没有人能工作了。 我在世上的时候,是世界的光。”

耶稣讲完后,便吐唾沫在地上,用唾沫和泥抹在那盲人的眼睛上, 对他说:“到西罗亚池去洗洗!”西罗亚是“奉差遣”的意思。那盲人照着去做,回来的时候已经能看见了。

Read full chapter

Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind

As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi,(A) who sinned,(B) this man(C) or his parents,(D) that he was born blind?”

“Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him.(E) 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. While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”(G)

After saying this, he spit(H) on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes. “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)

Read full chapter