John 9:1-9 ▼

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!|