John 9:1-21 ▼

1 And passing along, He saw a man blind from his birth.

2 And His disciples asked Him, saying, Master, who sinned, this one, or his parents, that he was born blind?

3 Jesus responded, Neither did he nor his parents sin; but that the works of God may be made manifest in him.

4 It behooveth us to work the works of Him that sent us, while it is day: the night comes, when no one is able to work.

5 While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

6 Saying these words, He spat on the ground, and made mortar out of the spittle, and besmeared the mortar on his eyes,

7 and He said to him; Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is interpreted, Sent). Then he went away, and washed, and came seeing.

8 Then the neighbors, and those seeing him previously, because he was a beggar, continued to say, Is not this the one sitting and begging?

9 Some said, That he is: others said, No, but he is like him: he said, I am he.

10 Then they said to him, How then were your eyes opened?

11 He responded, a man called Jesus made mortar and besmeared my eyes, and said, Go to Siloam, and wash. Then having gone away and washed, I looked up.

12 They said to him, Where is He? He says, I know not.

13 They lead him to the Pharisees, him formerly blind.

14 And it was the Sabbath on the day on which Jesus made mortar, and opened his eyes.

15 Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he looked up. And he said to them, He placed the mortar on my eyes, and I washed, and see.

16 Then certain ones of the Pharisees said, This man is not with God, because He does not keep the Sabbath. Others said, How is a wicked man able to do such miracles? And there was a division among them.

17 Then they again say to the blind man, What do you say concerning Him, because He opened your eyes? And he said that, He is a prophet.

18 Then the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he was blind, and looked up, until they called the parents of him that looked up,

19 and asked them, saying, Is this your son, who you say was born blind? how then does he now see?

20 Then his parents responded and said; We know that he is our son, and that he was born blind:

21 but how he now sees, we know not; nor who opened his eyes, we know not: ask him; he has majority; he will speak for himself.