John 9:13-34
Legacy Standard Bible
Controversy over the Man Born Blind
13 They *brought to the Pharisees the man who was formerly blind. 14 (A)Now it was a Sabbath on the day when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes. 15 (B)So the Pharisees also were asking him again how he received his sight. And he said to them, “He applied clay to my eyes, and I washed, and I see.” 16 So then some of the Pharisees were saying, “This man is not from God, because He (C)does not keep the Sabbath.” But others were saying, “How can a sinful man do such [a](D)signs?” And (E)there was a division among them. 17 Therefore, they *said to the blind man (F)again, “What do you say about Him, since He opened your eyes?” And he said, “He is a (G)prophet.”
18 (H)Then, the Jews did not believe it of him that he was blind and had received sight, until they called the parents of the very one who had received his sight, 19 and questioned them, saying, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?” 20 So his parents answered and said, “We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind; 21 but how he now sees, we do not know; or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him; he is of age, he will speak for himself.” 22 His parents said this because they (I)were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews (J)had already agreed that if anyone confessed Him to be [b]Christ, (K)he was to be put out of the synagogue. 23 For this reason his parents said, “(L)He is of age; ask him.”
24 Therefore, a second time they called the man who had been blind, and said to him, “(M)Give glory to God; we know that (N)this man is a sinner.” 25 He then answered, “Whether He is a sinner, I do not know; one thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.” 26 So they said to him, “What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?” 27 He answered them, “(O)I told you already and you did not (P)listen. Why do you want to listen again? Do you want to become His disciples too?” 28 And they reviled him and said, “You are His disciple, but (Q)we are disciples of Moses. 29 We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, (R)we do not know where He is from.” 30 The man answered and said to them, “Well, here is a marvelous thing, that you do not know where He is from, and He opened my eyes. 31 We know that (S)God does not listen to sinners; but if anyone is God-fearing and does His will, He listens to him. 32 [c]Since the beginning of time it has never been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a person born blind. 33 (T)If this man were not from God, He could do nothing.” 34 They answered and said to him, “(U)You were born entirely in sins, and are you teaching us?” So they (V)put him out.
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John 9:13-34
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The Pharisees Investigate the Healing
13 So they brought to the Pharisees the man who had once been blind. 14 Now it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and healed[a] his eyes. 15 So the Pharisees also began to ask him how he had gained his sight. He told them, “He put mud on my eyes, then I washed, and now I can see.”
16 Some of the Pharisees began to remark, “This man is not from God because he does not keep the Sabbath.”
But others were saying, “How can a sinful man perform such signs?” And there was a division among them.
17 So they asked the formerly[b] blind man again, “What do you say about him, since it was your eyes he healed?”[c]
He said, “He is a prophet.”
18 The Jewish leaders[d] did not believe that the man[e] had been blind and had gained sight until they summoned his parents[f] 19 and asked them, “Is this your son, the one you say was born blind? How does he now see?”
20 His parents replied, “We know that this is our son and that he was born blind. 21 But we don’t know how it is that he now sees, and we don’t know who opened his eyes. Ask him. He is of age and can speak for himself.” 22 His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders,[g] since the Jewish leaders[h] had already agreed that anyone who acknowledged that Jesus[i] was the Messiah[j] would be thrown out of the synagogue. 23 That’s why his parents said, “He is of age. Ask him.”
24 The Jewish leaders[k] summoned the man who had been blind a second time and told him, “Give glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner.”
25 But he responded, “I don’t know whether he is a sinner or not. The one thing I do know is that I used to be blind and now I can see!”
26 Then they asked him, “What did he do to you? How did he heal[l] your eyes?”
27 He answered them, “I’ve already told you, but you didn’t listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You don’t want to become his disciples, too, do you?”
28 At this, they turned on him in fury and said, “You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses! 29 We know that God has spoken to Moses, but we do not know where this fellow comes from.”
30 The man answered them, “This is an amazing thing! You don’t know where he comes from, yet he healed[m] my eyes. 31 We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but he does listen to anyone who worships him and does his will. 32 Ever since creation it has never been heard that anyone healed[n] the eyes of a man who was born blind. 33 If this man were not from God, he couldn’t do anything like that.”
34 They asked him, “You were born a sinner[o] and you are trying to instruct us?” And they threw him out.
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- John 9:14 Lit. opened
- John 9:17 The Gk. lacks formerly
- John 9:17 Lit. opened
- John 9:18 I.e. Judean leaders; lit. The Jews
- John 9:18 Lit. believe about him that he
- John 9:18 Lit. the parents of the man who had been given sight
- John 9:22 I.e. Judean leaders; lit. the Jews
- John 9:22 I.e. Judean leaders; lit. the Jews
- John 9:22 Lit. he
- John 9:22 Or Christ
- John 9:24 Lit. They
- John 9:26 Lit. open
- John 9:30 Lit. opened
- John 9:32 Lit. opened
- John 9:34 Lit. born entirely in sins
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