John 9:1-16 ▼

1 As Jesus walked along, he saw a man who had been born blind.

2 His disciples asked him, |Rabbi, why was this man born blind? Did he or his parents sin?|

3 Jesus answered, |Neither this man nor his parents sinned. Instead, he was born blind so that God could show what he can do for him.

4 We must do what the one who sent me wants us to do while it is day. The night when no one can do anything is coming.

5 As long as I'm in the world, I'm light for the world.|

6 After Jesus said this, he spit on the ground and mixed the spit with dirt. Then he smeared it on the man's eyes

7 and told him, |Wash it off in the pool of Siloam.| ([Siloam] means |sent.|) The blind man washed it off and returned. He was able to see.

8 His neighbors and those who had previously seen him begging asked, |Isn't this the man who used to sit and beg?|

9 Some of them said, |He's the one.| Others said, |No, he isn't, but he looks like him.| But the man himself said, |I am the one.|

10 So they asked him, |How did you receive your sight?|

11 He replied, |The man people call Jesus mixed some spit with dirt, smeared it on my eyes, and told me, 'Go to Siloam, and wash it off.' So I went there, washed it off, and received my sight.|

12 They asked him, |Where is that man?| The man answered, |I don't know.|

13 Some people brought the man who had been blind to the Pharisees.

14 The day when Jesus mixed the spit and dirt and gave the man sight was a day of worship.

15 So the Pharisees asked the man again how he received his sight. The man told the Pharisees, |He put a mixture of spit and dirt on my eyes. I washed it off, and now I can see.|

16 Some of the Pharisees said, |The man who did this is not from God because he doesn't follow the traditions for the day of worship.| Other Pharisees asked, |How can a man who is a sinner perform miracles like these?| So the Pharisees were divided in their opinions.