9:1 As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth.
9:2 His disciples asked him, Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?
9:3 Jesus answered, Neither did this man sin, nor his parents; but, that the works of God might be revealed in him.
9:4 I must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.
9:5 While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
9:6 When he had said this, he spat on the ground, made mud with the saliva, anointed the blind mans eyes with the mud,
9:7 and said to him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam (which means Sent). So he went away, washed, and came back seeing.
9:8 The neighbors therefore, and those who saw that he was blind before, said, Isnt this he who sat and begged?
9:9 Others were saying, It is he. Still others were saying, He looks like him. He said, I am he.
9:10 They therefore were asking him, How were your eyes opened?
9:11 He answered, A man called Jesus made mud, anointed my eyes, and said to me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash. So I went away and washed, and I received sight.
9:12 Then they asked him, Where is he? He said, I dont know.
9:13 They brought him who had been blind to the Pharisees.
9:14 It was a Sabbath when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes.
9:15 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.
9:16 Some therefore of the Pharisees said, This man is not from God, because he doesnt keep the Sabbath. Others said, How can a man who is a sinner do such signs? There was division among them.
9:17 Therefore they asked the blind man again, What do you say about him, because he opened your eyes? He said, He is a prophet.
9:18 The Jews therefore did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and had received his sight, until they called the parents of him who had received his sight,
9:19 and asked them, Is this your son, whom you say was born blind? How then does he now see?
9:20 His parents answered them, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;
9:21 but how he now sees, we dont know; or who opened his eyes, we dont know. He is of age. Ask him. He will speak for himself.
9:22 His parents said these things because they feared the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if any man would confess him as Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue.
9:23 Therefore his parents said, He is of age. Ask him.
9:24 So they called the man who was blind a second time, and said to him, Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.
9:25 He therefore answered, I dont know if he is a sinner. One thing I do know: that though I was blind, now I see.
9:26 They said to him again, What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?
9:27 He answered them, I told you already, and you didnt listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You dont also want to become his disciples, do you?
9:28 They insulted him and said, You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.
9:29 We know that God has spoken to Moses. But as for this man, we dont know where he comes from.
9:30 The man answered them, How amazing! You dont know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes.
9:31 We know that God doesnt listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshipper of God, and does his will, he listens to him.
9:32 Since the world began it has never been heard of that anyone opened the eyes of someone born blind.
9:33 If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.
9:34 They answered him, You were altogether born in sins, and do you teach us? They threw him out.
9:35 Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and finding him, he said, Do you believe in the Son of God?
9:36 He answered, Who is he, Lord, that I may believe in him?
9:37 Jesus said to him, You have both seen him, and it is he who speaks with you.
9:38 He said, Lord, I believe! and he worshiped him.
9:39 Jesus said, I came into this world for judgment, that those who dont see may see; and that those who see may become blind.
9:40 Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and said to him, Are we also blind?
9:41 Jesus said to them, If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, We see. Therefore your sin remains.