John 9:1-16 ▼

1 As he was walking along, he observed a man who had been blind from birth.

2 His disciples asked him, |Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that caused him to be born blind?|

3 Jesus answered, |Neither this man nor his parents sinned. This happened so that God's work might be revealed in him.

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

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

6 After saying this, he spit on the ground and made mud with the saliva. Then he spread the mud on the man's eyes

7 and told him, |Go and wash in the pool of Siloam| (which is translated |Sent One|). So he went off, washed, and came back seeing.

8 Then the neighbors and those who had previously seen him as a beggar said, |This is the man who used to sit and beg, isn't it?|

9 Some were saying, |It's him,| while others were saying, |No, but it's someone like him.| But he himself kept saying, |It's me!|

10 So they asked him, |How, then, did you gain your eyesight?|

11 He said, |The man named Jesus made some mud, spread it on my eyes, and told me, 'Go to Siloam and wash.' So off I went and washed, and I received my sight.|

12 They asked him, |Where is that man?| He said, |I don't know!|

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

14 Now it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and healed his eyes.

15 So the Pharisees also began to ask him how he had gained his sight. He told them, |He put mud on my eyes, then I washed, and now I can see.|

16 Some of the Pharisees began to remark, |This man is not from God because he does not keep the Sabbath.| But others were saying, |How can a sinful man perform such signs?| And there was a division among them.