John 9:1-12

GOD’S WORD Translation

Jesus Gives Sight to a Blind Man

9 As Jesus walked along, he saw a man who had been born blind. ² His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, why was this man born blind? Did he or his parents sin?”

³ Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned. Instead, he was born blind so that God could show what he can do for him. ⁴ We must do what the one who sent me wants us to do while it is day. The night when no one can do anything is coming. ⁵ As long as I’m in the world, I’m light for the world.”

⁶ After Jesus said this, he spit on the ground and mixed the spit with dirt. Then he smeared it on the man’s eyes ⁷ and told him, “Wash it off in the pool of Siloam.” (Siloam means “sent.”) The blind man washed it off and returned. He was able to see.

⁸ His neighbors and those who had previously seen him begging asked, “Isn’t this the man who used to sit and beg?”

⁹ Some of them said, “He’s the one.” Others said, “No, he isn’t, but he looks like him.” But the man himself said, “I am the one.”

¹⁰ So they asked him, “How did you receive your sight?”

¹¹ He replied, “The man people call Jesus mixed some spit with dirt, smeared it on my eyes, and told me, ‘Go to Siloam, and wash it off.’ So I went there, washed it off, and received my sight.”

¹² They asked him, “Where is that man?”

The man answered, “I don’t know.”