Healing the Man Born Blind

As Jesus passed by, He saw a man who had been blind from birth. And His disciples asked Him, “(A)Rabbi, who sinned, (B)this man or his (C)parents, that he would be born blind?” Jesus answered, It was neither that this man sinned, nor his parents; but it was (D)so that the works of God might be displayed in him. We must carry out the works of Him who sent Me (E)as long as it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. While I am in the world, I am (F)the Light of the world.” When He had said this, He (G)spit on the ground, and made mud from the saliva, and applied the mud to his eyes, and said to him, “Go, wash in (H)the pool of Siloam” (which is translated, Sent). So he left and (I)washed, and (J)came back seeing. So the neighbors, and those who previously saw [a]him as a beggar, were saying, “Is this not the one who used to (K)sit and beg?” Others were saying, “This is he,” still others were saying, “No, but he is like him.” [b]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 (L)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.”

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Footnotes

  1. John 9:8 Lit that he was a
  2. John 9:9 Lit That one kept

Jesus Heals a Blind Man

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

Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned. This happened so that[b] God’s work might be revealed in him. 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. As long as I’m in the world, I’m the light of the world.” After saying this, he spit on the ground and made mud with the saliva. Then he spread the mud on the man’s eyes 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.

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?”

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!”

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Footnotes

  1. John 9:2 Rabbi is Heb. for Master and/or Teacher
  2. John 9:3 Lit. But so that
  3. John 9:4 Other mss. read We
  4. John 9:4 Other mss. read us