1 As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. |
2 His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" |
3 "Neither this man nor his parents sinned," said Jesus, "but this happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life. |
4 As long as it is day, we must do the work of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. |
5 While I am in the world, I am the light of the world." |
6 Having said this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man's eyes. |
7 "Go," he told him, "wash in the Pool of Siloam" (this word means Sent). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing. |
8 His neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging asked, "Isn't this the same man who used to sit and beg?" |
9 Some claimed that he was.
Others said, "No, he only looks like him."
But he himself insisted, "I am the man." |
10 "How then were your eyes opened?" they demanded. |
11 He replied, "The man they call Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and then I could see." |
12 "Where is this man?" they asked him.
"I don't know," he said. |
13 They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind. |
14 Now the day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened the man's eyes was a Sabbath. |
15 Therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. "He put mud on my eyes," the man replied, "and I washed, and now I see." |
16 Some of the Pharisees said, "This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath."
But others asked, "How can a sinner do such miraculous signs?" So they were divided. |
17 Finally they turned again to the blind man, "What have you to say about him? It was your eyes he opened."
The man replied, "He is a prophet." |
18 The Jews still did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight until they sent for the man's parents. |
19 "Is this your son?" they asked. "Is this the one you say was born blind? How is it that now he can see?" |
20 "We know he is our son," the parents answered, "and we know he was born blind. |
21 But how he can see now, or who opened his eyes, we don't know. Ask him. He is of age; he will speak for himself." |
22 His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews, for already the Jews had decided that anyone who acknowledged that Jesus was the Christ1 9:22 Or Messiah would be put out of the synagogue. |
23 That was why his parents said, "He is of age; ask him." |
24 A second time they summoned the man who had been blind. "Give glory to God,2 9:24 A solemn charge to tell the truth (see Joshua 7:19) " they said. "We know this man is a sinner." |
25 He replied, "Whether he is a sinner or not, I don't know. One thing I do know. I was blind but now I see!" |
26 Then they asked him, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?" |
27 He answered, "I have told you already and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his disciples, too?" |
28 Then they hurled insults at him and said, "You are this fellow's disciple! We are disciples of Moses! |
29 We know that God spoke to Moses, but as for this fellow, we don't even know where he comes from." |
30 The man answered, "Now that is remarkable! You don't know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes. |
31 We know that God does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly man who does his will. |
32 Nobody has ever heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind. |
33 If this man were not from God, he could do nothing." |
34 To this they replied, "You were steeped in sin at birth; how dare you lecture us!" And they threw him out. |
35 Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and when he found him, he said, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?" |
36 "Who is he, sir?" the man asked. "Tell me so that I may believe in him." |
37 Jesus said, "You have now seen him; in fact, he is the one speaking with you." |
38 Then the man said, "Lord, I believe," and he worshiped him. |
39 Jesus said, "For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind." |
40 Some Pharisees who were with him heard him say this and asked, "What? Are we blind too?" |
