New Testament in a Year

Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind

9 As He passed by, He saw a man blind from birth. ² And His disciples asked Him, saying, “^(A)Rabbi, who sinned, ^(B)this man or his ^(C)parents, that he would be born blind?” ³ Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this was so ^(D)that the works of God might be manifested in him. ⁴ We must work the works of Him who sent Me ^(E)as long as it is day; night is coming when no one can work. ⁵ While I am in the world, I am ^(F)the light of the world.” ⁶ When He had said this, He ^(G)spat on the ground, made clay of the saliva, and rubbed the clay on his eyes, ⁷ and said to him, “Go, wash in ^(H)the pool of Siloam” (which is translated, Sent). So he went away and ^(I)washed, and ^(J)came back seeing. ⁸ Therefore the neighbors, and those who previously saw him as a beggar, were saying, “Is not this the one who used to ^(K)sit and beg?” ⁹ Others were saying, “This is he,” still others were saying, “No, but he is like him.” ^[a]He 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 clay, and rubbed my eyes, and said to me, ‘Go to ^(L)Siloam and wash’; so when I went away and washed, I received sight.” ¹² And they said to him, “Where is He?” He *said, “I do not know.”

Controversy over the Man Born Blind

¹³ They *brought to the Pharisees the man who was formerly blind. ^14 (M)Now it was a Sabbath on the day when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes. ^15 (N)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 ^(O)does not keep the Sabbath.” But others were saying, “How can a sinful man do such ^[b](P)signs?” And ^(Q)there was a division among them. ¹⁷ Therefore, they *said to the blind man ^(R)again, “What do you say about Him, since He opened your eyes?” And he said, “He is a ^(S)prophet.”

^18 (T)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 ^(U)were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews ^(V)had already agreed that if anyone confessed Him to be ^[c]Christ, ^(W)he was to be put out of the synagogue. ²³ For this reason his parents said, “^(X)He is of age; ask him.”