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John 9
Holman Christian Standard Bible
John 9
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Sixth Sign: Healing a Man Born Blind
9 As He was passing by, He saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples questioned Him: “Rabbi,(A) who sinned, this man(B) or his parents,(C) that he was born blind?”
3 “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” Jesus answered. “This came about so that God’s works(D) might be displayed in him. 4 We[a] must do the works(E) of Him who sent Me[b] while it is day.(F) Night is coming when no one can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”(G)
6 After He said these things He spit on the ground, made some mud(H) from the saliva, and spread the mud on his eyes. 7 “Go,” He told him, “wash in the pool of Siloam”(I) (which means “Sent”). So he left, washed, and came back seeing.(J)
8 His neighbors and those who formerly had seen him as a beggar said, “Isn’t this the man who sat begging?” 9 Some said, “He’s the one.” “No,” others were saying, “but he looks like him.”
He kept saying, “I’m the one!”
10 Therefore they asked him, “Then how were your eyes opened?”
11 He answered, “The man called Jesus made mud, spread it on my eyes, and told me, ‘Go to Siloam(K) and wash.’ So when I went and washed I received my sight.”(L)
12 “Where is He?” they asked.
“I don’t know,” he said.
The Healed Man’s Testimony
13 They brought the man who used to be blind to the Pharisees.(M) 14 The day that Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes was a Sabbath.(N) 15 So again the Pharisees asked him how he received his sight.
“He put mud on my eyes,” he told them. “I washed and I can see.”
16 Therefore some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God,(O) for He doesn’t keep the Sabbath!” But others were saying, “How can a sinful man(P) perform such signs?” And there was a division(Q) among them.
17 Again they asked the blind man,[c] “What do you say about Him, since He opened your eyes?”
“He’s a prophet,”(R) he said.
18 The Jews did not believe this about him—that he was blind and received sight—until they summoned the parents of the one who had received his sight.
19 They asked them, “Is this your son, the one you say was born blind? How then does he now see?”
20 “We know this is our son and that he was born blind,” his parents answered. 21 “But we don’t know how he now sees, and we don’t know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he’s of age. He will speak for himself.” 22 His parents said these things because they were afraid of the Jews, since the Jews had already agreed that if anyone confessed Him as Messiah,(S) he would be banned from the synagogue. 23 This is why his parents said, “He’s of age; ask him.”
24 So a second time they summoned the man who had been blind and told him, “Give glory(T) to God.[d](U) We know that this man is a sinner!”
25 He answered, “Whether or not He’s a sinner, I don’t know. One thing I do know: I was blind, and now I can see!”
26 Then they asked him, “What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?”
27 “I already told you,” he said, “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 They ridiculed him: “You’re that man’s disciple, but we’re Moses’(V) disciples. 29 We know that God has spoken to Moses. But this man—we don’t know where He’s from!”(W)
30 “This is an amazing thing,” the man told them. “You don’t know where He is from, yet He opened my eyes! 31 We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners,(X) but if anyone is God-fearing and does His will,(Y) He listens to him.(Z) 32 Throughout history[e] no one has ever heard of someone opening the eyes of a person born blind.(AA) 33 If this man were not from God, He wouldn’t be able to do anything.”(AB)
34 “You were born entirely in sin,”(AC) they replied, “and are you trying to teach us?” Then they threw him out.[f](AD)
The Blind Man’s Sight and the Pharisees’ Blindness
35 When Jesus heard that they had thrown the man out, He found him and asked, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”[g](AE)
36 “Who is He, Sir,(AF) that I may believe in Him?” he asked.
37 Jesus answered, “You have seen Him; in fact, He is the One speaking with you.”
38 “I believe, Lord!” he said, and he worshiped Him.
39 Jesus said, “I came into this world(AG) for judgment,(AH) in order that those who do not see will see and those who do see will become blind.”(AI)
40 Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these things and asked Him, “We aren’t blind too, are we?”
41 “If you were blind,” Jesus told them, “you wouldn’t have sin.[h](AJ) But now that you say, ‘We see’—your sin remains.
Footnotes
- John 9:4 Other mss read I
- John 9:4 Other mss read sent us
- John 9:17 = the man who had been blind
- John 9:24 Give glory to God was a solemn charge to tell the truth; Jos 7:19.
- John 9:32 Lit From the age
- John 9:34 = they banned him from the synagogue; v. 22
- John 9:35 Other mss read the Son of God
- John 9:41 To have sin is an idiom that refers to guilt caused by sin.
John 9
EasyEnglish Bible
John 9
EasyEnglish Bible
Jesus makes a blind man able to see
9 While Jesus was walking along, he saw a certain man. This man had been blind since he was born. 2 Jesus' disciples asked him, ‘Teacher, why was this man blind when he was born? Was it because he himself did something wrong? Or was it because his parents did something wrong?’ 3 Jesus answered, ‘It was not because either this man or his parents did something wrong. It happened so that God could show his great work in this man. 4 While it is still day, we must continue to work. God has sent me and we must do his work. We must work now because it will be night soon. Then nobody can work. 5 While I am still here in the world, I am the world's light.’
6 When Jesus had finished speaking, he spat on the ground. He mixed it with dirt on the ground so that he made mud. Then he put some of the mud on the eyes of the blind man. 7 Jesus said to him, ‘Go and wash in the Siloam pool.’ (The name Siloam means ‘Sent’.) So the man went there and he washed himself. When he returned, now he could see.
8 People began to talk about him. Some of these people lived near him. Others had seen him when he was asking for money. They said, ‘This is the man who sat here. He asked people to give him money. Isn't that right?’ 9 Some people said, ‘Yes, it is him.’ But other people said, ‘No, it is someone who seems to be like him.’ But the man himself said, ‘I am that man.’
10 They asked him, ‘How did your eyes now become able to see?’ 11 He answered, ‘The man called Jesus made some mud. He put the mud on my eyes. Then he sent me to wash in the Siloam pool. So I went there and I washed. Then I could see.’
12 They asked him, ‘Where is this man?’ He replied, ‘I do not know.’
The Pharisees talk to the man who had been blind
13 The people brought the man who had been blind to the Pharisees. 14 It was a Jewish day of rest when Jesus had done this miracle. He had used mud to make the man's eyes able to see. 15 So the Pharisees asked the man again, ‘How did you become able to see?’ The man replied, ‘Jesus put mud on my eyes. Then I washed, and now I can see.’
16 So some of the Pharisees said, ‘This man Jesus cannot have come from God. He does not obey the rules about our day of rest.’ But other Pharisees said, ‘Nobody who is bad could do great things like this!’ So they did not agree with each other. 17 The Pharisees spoke again to the man who had been blind. They said to him, ‘What do you yourself say about this man? It was your eyes he has now made able to see.’ The man replied, ‘He is a prophet.’
18 The Jewish leaders still did not believe that the man had really been blind. They did not want to believe that he had now become able to see. So they told the man's parents to come to them. 19 They asked the parents, ‘Is this your son? You say, “When he was born, he was blind.” But now he can see. How did this happen?’ 20 The parents replied, ‘We know that this is our son. And when he was born, he was blind. We know that, too. 21 But we do not know how he can see now. We do not know who made his eyes able to see. Ask him. He is old enough to answer you for himself!’ 22 The man's parents said these things because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders. The Jewish leaders did not want anyone to say that Jesus was the Messiah. They would not let anyone like that belong to their meeting places. 23 That is why the man's parents said, ‘Ask him. He is old enough.’
24 So the leaders again spoke to the man who had been blind. They said to him, ‘In front of God, promise that you will speak only true things. We know that this man Jesus does not obey God.’ 25 The man replied, ‘I do not know whether he obeys God or not. But I do know one thing: I was blind and now I can see.’ 26 Then they asked him, ‘What did he do to you? How did he make your eyes able to see?’ 27 He answered them, ‘I have told you already and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Maybe you want to become his disciples too!’ 28 Then the leaders were very angry with him. They shouted at him, ‘No, it is you! You are that man's disciple. But we are disciples of Moses. 29 We know that God spoke to Moses. But who is this man? We do not even know where he comes from.’
30 The man answered, ‘That is a very strange thing! You do not know where this man comes from. But he is the one who made my eyes able to see. 31 We know that God does not listen to people who do not obey him. But he does listen to good people who do what he wants them to do. 32 Nobody has ever made the eyes of a blind man able to see, if that man had been blind when he was born. Since the world began, that has never happened! 33 So this man Jesus must have come from God. Unless he came from God, he could not do anything like that.’
34 The Jewish leaders answered him, ‘Since the day that you were born, you have never obeyed God's laws. You cannot teach us anything!’ And they threw him out of the meeting place.
People who do not believe in God are like blind people
35 Jesus heard that the Jewish leaders had thrown the man out. So he went and he found the man. Jesus asked him, ‘Do you believe in the Son of Man?’ 36 The man answered, ‘Sir, please tell me who he is. Then I can believe in him.’ 37 Jesus said to him, ‘You have already seen him. It is me, the one who is talking to you now.’ 38 Then the man said, ‘Lord, now I believe.’ He bent down on his knees and he worshipped Jesus.
39 Then Jesus said, ‘I came into this world to judge people. Then people who know that they are blind will be able to see. And people who think they can see will become blind.’ 40 Some of the Pharisees who were there with him heard this. They asked Jesus, ‘Do you mean that we are also blind?’ 41 Jesus said to them, ‘If you were blind, God would not punish you for the wrong things you have done. But you say that you can see. You do wrong things with your eyes open, so God will punish you as guilty people.’
Johannes 9
Het Boek
Johannes 9
Het Boek
De genezing van een blinde man
9 Jezus liep verder en zag een man die al sedert zijn geboorte blind was. 2 Zijn leerlingen vroegen: ‘Meester, heeft deze man zelf gezondigd of is hij blind geboren doordat zijn ouders gezondigd hebben?’ 3 ‘Nee,’ antwoordde Jezus. ‘Het heeft niets te maken met zijn zonden of die van zijn ouders. Maar door hem van zijn blindheid te genezen, toont God zijn macht. 4 Zolang het dag is, moeten wij doen wat God ons opdraagt. Als de nacht komt, kan niemand meer iets doen. 5 Zolang Ik in de wereld ben, ben Ik het licht van de wereld.’ 6 Daarna spuugde Hij op de grond en maakte met zijn speeksel wat modder. Dat deed Hij op de ogen van de blinde man en zei: 7 ‘Ga u wassen in de vijver van Siloam.’ Siloam betekent ‘Gezondene’. De man ging er heen en waste zich. Toen hij terugkwam, kon hij zien. 8 Zijn buren en de mensen die hem vroeger als bedelaar hadden gekend, waren verbaasd. ‘Dat is toch de blinde man die altijd zat te bedelen?’ vroegen zij. 9 ‘Inderdaad!’ zeiden sommigen. ‘Nee,’ zeiden anderen, ‘het is iemand die op hem lijkt.’ ‘Ik ben het echt!’ riep de man uit. 10 ‘Hoe kan het dan dat u nu kunt zien?’ vroegen zij. 11 Hij antwoordde: ‘Iemand die Jezus heet, maakte wat modder, smeerde dat op mijn ogen en zei dat ik naar Siloam moest gaan om mij te wassen. Toen ik dat gedaan had, kon ik zien.’ 12 ‘Waar is die man dan nu?’ vroegen zij. ‘Dat weet ik niet,’ zei hij.
13 Zij brachten hem naar de Farizeeën, 14 want het was sabbat toen Jezus de ogen van de man genas. 15 De Farizeeën vroegen de man ook hoe het kwam dat hij kon zien. Hij antwoordde: ‘Hij deed wat modder op mijn ogen. Daarna heb ik mij gewassen en nu kan ik zien.’ 16 Enkele Farizeeën zeiden: ‘Die Jezus is niet door God gestuurd. Anders zou Hij niet op de sabbat werken.’ ‘Maar,’ brachten anderen er tegenin, ‘een slecht mens zou zulke goede dingen toch niet doen?’ De meningen waren verdeeld. 17 Zij vroegen de man die blind was geweest: ‘En u? Wat zegt u van Hem? Per slot van rekening waren het uw ogen die Hij genas.’ ‘Hij is een profeet,’ antwoordde de man.
18 De Joodse leiders wilden niet geloven dat hij vroeger blind was geweest. Daarom lieten zij zijn ouders roepen. 19 ‘Is dit uw zoon?’ vroegen zij. ‘Is het waar dat hij blind geboren is? Hoe kan hij nu dan zien?’ 20 Zijn ouders antwoordden: ‘Dit is onze zoon en hij is blind geboren. 21 Maar wij weten niet hoe het komt dat hij nu kan zien. Wij weten ook niet wie zijn ogen genezen heeft. Vraag het hem zelf. Wie weet het beter dan hij? Hij is oud en wijs genoeg.’ 22 Zij zeiden dit omdat zij bang waren voor de Joodse leiders. Want die hadden besloten dat ieder die erkende dat Jezus de Christus was, niet meer in de synagoge mocht komen. 23 Daarom zeiden zij: ‘Hij is oud en wijs genoeg. Vraag het hem zelf.’
24 Daarop riepen de Joodse leiders de man nog eens bij zich en zeiden: ‘Geef alle eer aan God. Wij weten dat die Jezus een zondaar is.’ 25 De man antwoordde: ‘Of Hij een zondaar is, weet ik niet. Ik weet maar één ding: ik was blind en kan nu zien.’ 26 Zij vroegen weer: ‘Wat heeft Hij eigenlijk gedaan? Hoe heeft Hij uw ogen genezen?’ 27 De man zei: ‘Dat heb ik toch al verteld? U luistert gewoon niet. Waarom wilt u het anders nog een keer horen? Of wilt u soms ook leerlingen van Hem worden?’ 28 Zij scholden hem uit en zeiden: ‘U bent een aanhanger van Hem, maar wij zijn leerlingen van Mozes. 29 Wij weten dat God met Mozes heeft gesproken, maar van die Jezus weten wij niet eens waar Hij vandaan komt!’ 30 De man zei: ‘Ik vind het maar vreemd dat u niet weet waar Hij vandaan komt. Hij heeft nog wel mijn ogen genezen! 31 Wij weten allemaal dat God niet naar zondaars luistert. Maar als iemand eerbied voor Hem heeft en doet wat Hij wil, luistert God wel. 32 Nog nooit heeft iemand de ogen van een blindgeborene genezen. 33 Als die man niet van God kwam, had Hij zoiets nooit kunnen doen.’ 34 De leiders werden kwaad en zeiden: ‘U bent zelf een zondaar! U moet niet denken dat u ons de les kunt lezen!’ En zij joegen hem weg.
35 Jezus hoorde wat er met de man gebeurd was. Hij zocht hem op en vroeg: ‘Gelooft u in de Mensenzoon?’ 36 De man antwoordde: ‘Ik weet niet wie dat is, Here. Anders zou ik in Hem geloven.’ 37 ‘Ik ben het,’ antwoordde Jezus. 38 ‘Ja, Here,’ zei de man, ‘ik geloof.’ En hij knielde voor Jezus neer. 39 Jezus zei: ‘Ik ben tot een oordeel in deze wereld gekomen: de blinden zullen zien en de zienden zullen blind worden.’
40 Enkele Farizeeën die erbij stonden, vroegen: ‘Zijn wij soms ook blind?’ 41 ‘Als u blind was,’ antwoordde Jezus, ‘zou u geen schuld hebben. Maar nu u beweert te zien, blijft u schuldig.’
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.
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