The Holy Bible - The New King James Version - John
9
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- Now as Jesus passed by, He saw a man who was blind from birth.
- And His disciples asked Him, saying, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his
parents, that he was born blind?"
- Jesus answered, "Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but that the
works of God should be revealed in him.
- I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; the night is
coming when no one can work.
- As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world."
- When He had said these things, He spat on the ground and made clay with
the saliva; and He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay.
- And He said to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" (which is translated,
Sent). So he went and washed, and came back seeing.
- Therefore the neighbors and those who previously had seen that he was
blind said, "Is not this he who sat and begged?"
- Some said, "This is he." Others said, "He is like him." He said, "I am
he."
- Therefore they said to him, "How were your eyes opened?"
- He answered and said, "A Man called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes
and said to me, 'Go to the pool of Siloam and wash.' So I went and washed, and
I received sight."
- Then they said to him, "Where is He?" He said, "I do not know."
- They brought him who formerly was blind to the Pharisees.
- Now it was a Sabbath when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes.
- Then the Pharisees also asked him again how he had received his sight. He
said to them, "He put clay on my eyes, and I washed, and I see."
- Therefore some of the Pharisees said, "This Man is not from God, because
He does not keep the Sabbath." Others said, "How can a man who is a sinner do
such signs?" And there was a division among them.
- They said to the blind man again, "What do you say about Him because He
opened your eyes?" He said, "He is a prophet."
- But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind and
received his sight, until they called the parents of him who had received his
sight.
- And they asked them, saying, "Is this your son, who you say was born
blind? How then does he now see?"
- His parents answered them and said, "We know that this is our son, and
that he was born blind;
- But by what means he now sees we do not know, or who opened his eyes we do
not know. He is of age; ask him. He will speak for himself."
- His parents said these things because they feared the Jews, for the Jews
had agreed already that if anyone confessed that He was Christ, he would be
put out of the synagogue.
- Therefore his parents said, "He is of age; ask him."
- So they again called the man who was blind, and said to him, "Give God the
glory! We know that this Man is a sinner."
- He answered and said, "Whether He is a sinner or not I do not know. One
thing I know: that though I was blind, now I see."
- Then they said to him again, "What did He do to you? How did He open your
eyes?"
- He 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?"
- Then they reviled him and said, "You are His disciple, but we are Moses'
disciples.
- We know that God spoke to Moses; as for this fellow, we do not know where
He is from."
- The man answered and said to them, "Why, this is a marvelous thing, that
you do not know where He is from; yet He has opened my eyes!
- Now we know that God does not hear sinners; but if anyone is a worshiper
of God and does His will, He hears him.
- Since the world began it has been unheard of that anyone opened the eyes
of one who was born blind.
- If this Man were not from God, He could do nothing."
- They answered and said to him, "You were completely born in sins, and are
you teaching us?" And they cast him out.
- Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when He had found him, He said
to him, "Do you believe in the Son of God?"
- He answered and said, "Who is He, Lord, that I may believe in Him?"
- And Jesus said to him, "You have both seen Him and it is He who is talking
with you."
- Then he said, "Lord, I believe!" And he worshiped Him.
- And Jesus said, "For judgment I have come into this world, that those who
do not see may see, and that those who see may be made blind."
- Then some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these words, and said
to Him, "Are we blind also?"
- Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you
say, 'We see.' Therefore your sin remains.
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