John 9

²His disciples asked him, “Teacher, who sinned, this man or his parents, so that he was born blind?”

³Jesus answered, “It was not because this man sinned or because his parents sinned. But the works of God were to be revealed in him.”

⁴I must do the works of him who sent me while it is day. Night is coming, when no one can work.

⁵As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

⁶After he said this, he spat on the ground, made mud with the saliva, and put the mud on the blind man’s eyes.

⁷He said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam”—which means “Sent.” So he went away, washed, and came back seeing.

⁸The neighbours and those who had seen him when he was blind said, “Isn’t this the man who sat and begged?”

⁹Some said, “This is he.” Others said, “He is like him.” But he said, “I am he.”

¹⁰So they said to him, “How were your eyes opened?”

¹¹He answered, “A man called Jesus made mud, put it on my eyes, and said, ‘Go to the pool of Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed, and I received sight.”

¹²Then they said to him, “Where is he?” He said, “I do not know.”

¹³They brought the man who had once been blind to the Pharisees.

¹⁴It was the Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes.

¹⁵Then the Pharisees also asked him again how he had received his sight. He said, “He put mud on my eyes, I washed, and now I see.”

¹⁶Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, because he does not keep the Sabbath day.” Others said, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” And they were divided.

¹⁷They said again to the blind man, “What do you say about him, since he opened your eyes?” He said, “He is a prophet.”

¹⁸But the Jews did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight.

¹⁹They asked them, “Is this your son, whom you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?”

²⁰His parents answered, “We know that this is our son and that he was born blind.”

²¹“But we do not know how he now sees, or who opened his eyes. He is old enough; ask him. He will speak for himself.”

²²His parents said these things because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that anyone who confessed that he was the Christ would be put out of the synagogue.

²³That is why his parents said, “He is old enough; ask him.”

²⁴So they called the man who had been blind a second time and said, “Give God the praise. We know that this man is a sinner.”

²⁵He answered, “Whether he is a sinner or not, I do not know. One thing I know: I was blind, and now I see.”

²⁶Then they said to him again, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?”

²⁷He answered them, “I told you already, and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become his disciples?”

²⁸Then they insulted him and said, “You are his disciple, but we are Moses’ disciples.”

²⁹“We know that God spoke to Moses. But as for this man, we do not know where he comes from.”

³⁰The man answered them, “This is an amazing thing: you do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes.”

³¹“We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone worships God and does his will, God listens to that person.”

³²“Since the world began, no one has ever heard of anyone opening the eyes of a person born blind.”

³³“If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.”

³⁴They answered him, 'You were completely born in sins, and are you teaching us?' Then they put him out.

³⁵Jesus heard that they had thrown him out. When he found him, he said, “Do you believe in the Son of God?”

³⁶He answered, “Who is he, Lord, so that I may believe in him?”

³⁷Jesus said to him, “You have both seen him, and he is the one speaking with you.”

³⁸He said, “Lord, I believe.” And he worshipped him.

³⁹Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, so that those who do not see might see, and those who see might become blind.”

⁴⁰Some Pharisees who were with him heard these words and said, “Are we blind too?”

⁴¹Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no sin. But now you say, ‘We see.’ Therefore your sin remains.”