John 9:1-16 ▼

1 As he passed by, 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 Jesus answered, |Neither did this man sin, nor his parents; but, that the works of God might be revealed in him.

4 We must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.

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

6 When he had said this, he spat on the ground, made mud with the saliva, anointed the blind man's eyes with the mud,

7 and said to him, |Go, wash in the pool of Siloam| (which means |Sent|). So he went away, washed, and came back seeing.

8 The neighbors therefore, and those who saw that he was a beggar before, said, |Is this not the one who used to sit and beg?|

9 Some said, |It is he.| Others said, |He looks like him.| He said, |I am he.|

10 They therefore were asking him, |How were your eyes opened?|

11 He answered, |A man called Jesus made mud, anointed my eyes, and said to me, 'Go to Siloam, and wash.' So I went away and washed, and I received sight.|

12 Then they asked him, |Where is he?| He said, |I do not know.|

13 They brought him who had been blind to the Pharisees.

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

15 Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he received his sight. He said to them, |He put mud on my eyes, I washed, and I see.|

16 Some therefore 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?| There was division among them.