John 9
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Jesus Gives Sight to a Blind Man
1As Jesus walked along, he saw a man who had been born blind. 2His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, why was this man born blind? Did he or his parents sin?”
3Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned. Instead, he was born blind so that God could show what he can do for him. 4We 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. 5As long as I’m in the world, I’m light for the world.”
6After Jesus said this, he spit on the ground and mixed the spit with dirt. Then he smeared it on the man’s eyes 7and 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.
8His neighbors and those who had previously seen him begging asked, “Isn’t this the man who used to sit and beg?”
9Some 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.”
10So they asked him, “How did you receive your sight?”
11He 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.”
12They asked him, “Where is that man?”
The man answered, “I don’t know.”
13Some people brought the man who had been blind to the Pharisees. 14The day when Jesus mixed the spit and dirt and gave the man sight was a day of rest—a holy day. 15So 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.”
16Some of the Pharisees said, “The man who did this is not from God because he doesn’t follow the traditions for the day of rest—a holy day.” Other Pharisees asked, “How can a man who is a sinner perform miracles like these?” So the Pharisees were divided in their opinions.
17They asked the man who had been born blind another question: “What do you say about the man who gave you sight?”
The man answered, “He’s a prophet.”
18Until they talked to the man’s parents, the Jews didn’t believe that the man had been blind and had been given sight. 19They asked his parents, “Is this your son, the one you say was born blind? Why can he see now?”
20His parents replied, “We know that he’s our son and that he was born blind. 21But we don’t know how he got his sight or who gave it to him. You’ll have to ask him. He’s old enough to answer for himself.” 22(His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews. The Jews had already agreed to put anyone who acknowledged that Jesus was the Christ out of the synagogue. 23That’s why his parents said, “You’ll have to ask him. He’s old enough.”)
24So once again the Jews called the man who had been blind. They told him, “Give glory to God. We know that this man who gave you sight is a sinner.”
25The man responded, “I don’t know if he’s a sinner or not. But I do know one thing. I used to be blind, but now I can see.”
26The Jews asked him, “What did he do to you? How did he give you sight?”
27The man replied, “I’ve already told you, but you didn’t listen. Why do you want to hear the story again? Do you want to become his disciples too?”
28The Jews yelled at him, “You’re his disciple, but we’re Moses’ disciples. 29We know that God spoke to Moses, but we don’t know where this man came from.”
30The man replied to them, “That’s amazing! You don’t know where he’s from. Yet, he gave me sight. 31We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners. Instead, he listens to people who are devout and who do what he wants. 32Since the beginning of time, no one has ever heard of anyone giving sight to a person born blind. 33If this man were not from God, he couldn’t do anything like that.”
34The Jews answered him, “You were born full of sin. Do you think you can teach us?” Then they threw him out ⌞of the synagogue⌟.
35Jesus heard that the Jews had thrown the man out ⌞of the synagogue⌟. So when Jesus found the man, he asked him, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”
36The man replied, “Sir, tell me who he is so that I can believe in him.”
37Jesus told him, “You’ve seen him. He is the person who is now talking with you.”
38The man bowed in front of Jesus and said, “I believe, Lord.”
39Then Jesus said, “I have come into this world to judge: Blind people will be given sight, and those who can see will become blind.”
40Some Pharisees who were with Jesus heard this. So they asked him, “Do you think we’re blind?”
41Jesus told them, “If you were blind, you wouldn’t be sinners. But now you say, ‘We see,’ so you continue to be sinners.
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John 9
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A Man Born Blind Receives Sight
1Now as Jesus passed by, He saw a man who was blind from birth. 2And His disciples asked Him, saying, “Rabbi, #Luke 13:2; John 9:34; Acts 28:4who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
3Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, #John 11:4but that the works of God should be revealed in him. 4#(John 4:34; 5:19, 36; 17:4)I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is #John 11:9, 10; 12:35; Gal. 6:10day; the night is coming when no one can work. 5As long as I am in the world, #(John 1:5, 9; 3:19; 8:12; 12:35, 46)I am the light of the world.”
6When He had said these things, #Mark 7:33; 8:23He spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva; and He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay. 7And He said to him, “Go, wash #Neh. 3:15; Is. 8:6; Luke 13:4; John 9:11in the pool of Siloam” (which is translated, Sent). So #2 Kin. 5:14he went and washed, and came back seeing.
8Therefore the neighbors and those who previously had seen that he was blind said, “Is not this he who sat and begged?”
9Some said, “This is he.” Others said, “He is like him.”
He said, “I am he.”
10Therefore they said to him, “How were your eyes opened?”
11He answered and said, #John 9:6, 7“A Man called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes and said to me, ‘Go to the pool of Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed, and I received sight.”
12Then they said to him, “Where is He?”
He said, “I do not know.”
The Pharisees Excommunicate the Healed Man
13They brought him who formerly was blind to the Pharisees. 14Now it was a Sabbath when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes. 15Then the Pharisees also asked him again how he had received his sight. He said to them, “He put clay on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.”
16Therefore some of the Pharisees said, “This Man is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath.”
Others said, #John 3:2; 9:33“How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” And #John 7:12, 43; 10:19there was a division among them.
17They said to the blind man again, “What do you say about Him because He opened your eyes?”
He said, #(John 4:19; 6:14)“He is a prophet.”
18But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind and received his sight, until they called the parents of him who had received his sight. 19And they asked them, saying, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?”
20His parents answered them and said, “We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind; 21but by what means he now sees we do not know, or who opened his eyes we do not know. He is of age; ask him. He will speak for himself.” 22His parents said these things because #John 7:13; 12:42; 19:38; Acts 5:13they feared the Jews, for the Jews had agreed already that if anyone confessed that He was Christ, he #John 16:2would be put out of the synagogue. 23Therefore his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.”
24So they again called the man who was blind, and said to him, #Josh. 7:19; 1 Sam. 6:5; Ezra 10:11; Rev. 11:13“Give God the glory! #John 9:16We know that this Man is a sinner.”
25He answered and said, “Whether He is a sinner or not I do not know. One thing I know: that though I was blind, now I see.”
26Then they said to him again, “What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?”
27He answered them, “I told you already, and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become His disciples?”
28Then they reviled him and said, “You are His disciple, but we are Moses’ disciples. 29We know that God #Ex. 19:19, 20; 33:11; 34:29; Num. 12:6–8spoke to #(John 5:45–47)Moses; as for this fellow, #John 7:27, 28; 8:14we do not know where He is from.”
30The man answered and said to them, #John 3:10“Why, this is a marvelous thing, that you do not know where He is from; yet He has opened my eyes! 31Now we know that #Job 27:9; 35:12; Ps. 18:41; Prov. 1:28; 15:29; 28:9; Is. 1:15; Jer. 11:11; 14:12; Ezek. 8:18; Mic. 3:4; Zech. 7:13; (James 5:16)God does not hear sinners; but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does His will, He hears him. 32Since the world began it has been unheard of that anyone opened the eyes of one who was born blind. 33#John 3:2; 9:16If this Man were not from God, He could do nothing.”
34They answered and said to him, #Ps. 51:5; John 9:2“You were completely born in sins, and are you teaching us?” And they cast him out.
True Vision and True Blindness
35Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when He had #John 5:14found him, He said to him, “Do you #John 1:7; 16:31believe in #Matt. 14:33; 16:16; Mark 1:1; John 10:36; 1 John 5:13the Son of God?”
36He answered and said, “Who is He, Lord, that I may believe in Him?”
37And Jesus said to him, “You have both seen Him and #John 4:26it is He who is talking with you.”
38Then he said, “Lord, I believe!” And he #Matt. 8:2worshiped Him.
39And Jesus said, #(John 3:17; 5:22, 27; 12:47)“For judgment I have come into this world, #Matt. 13:13; 15:14that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may be made blind.”
40Then some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these words, #(Rom. 2:19)and said to Him, “Are we blind also?”
41Jesus said to them, #John 15:22, 24“If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, ‘We see.’ Therefore your sin remains.
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