John 9:1-12

International Standard Version

Jesus Heals a Blind Man

9 As he was walking along, he observed a man who had been blind from birth. ² His disciples asked him, “Rabbi,^[a] who sinned, this man or his parents, that caused him to be born blind?”

³ Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned. This happened so that^[b] God’s work might be revealed in him. ⁴ I^[c] must do the work of the one who sent me^[d] while it is day. Night is approaching, when no one can work. ⁵ As long as I’m in the world, I’m the light of the world.” ⁶ After saying this, he spit on the ground and made mud with the saliva. Then he spread the mud on the man’s eyes ⁷ and told him, “Go and wash in the pool of Siloam” (which is translated “Sent One”). So he went off, washed, and came back seeing.

⁸ Then the neighbors and those who had previously seen him as a beggar said, “This is the man who used to sit and beg, isn’t it?”

⁹ Some were saying, “It’s him,” while others were saying, “No, but it’s someone like him.”

But he himself kept saying, “It’s me!”

¹⁰ So they asked him, “How, then, did you gain your eyesight?”

¹¹ He said, “The man named Jesus made some mud, spread it on my eyes, and told me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ So off I went and washed, and I received my sight.”

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

He said, “I don’t know!”