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Jesus Heals the Man Born Blind
And as he passed on, he saw a man blind from birth.
And as he passed on, he saw a man blind from birth.
Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind
As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man who had been blind from birth.
As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man who had been blind from birth.
And his disciples asked him, saying, Rabbi, who sinned, this [man] or his parents, that he should be born blind?
“Rabbi,” his disciples asked him, “why was this man born blind? Was it because of his own sins or his parents’ sins?”
Jesus answered, Neither has this [man] sinned nor his parents, but that the works of God should be manifested in him.
“It was not because of his sins or his parents’ sins,” Jesus answered. “This happened so the power of God could be seen in him.
I must work the works of him that has sent me while it is day. [The] night is coming, when no one can work.
As long as I am in the world, I am [the] light of the world.
But while I am here in the world, I am the light of the world.”
Having said these things, he spat on the ground and made mud of the spittle, and put the mud, as ointment, on his eyes.
Then he spit on the ground, made mud with the saliva, and spread the mud over the blind man’s eyes.
And he said to him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, which is interpreted, Sent. He went therefore and washed, and came seeing.
He told him, “Go wash yourself in the pool of Siloam” (Siloam means “sent”). So the man went and washed and came back seeing!
The neighbours therefore, and those who used to see him before, that he was a beggar, said, Is not this he that was sitting and begging?
His neighbors and others who knew him as a blind beggar asked each other, “Isn’t this the man who used to sit and beg?”
Some said, It is he; others said, No, but he is like him: *he* said, It is I.
Some said he was, and others said, “No, he just looks like him!”
But the beggar kept saying, “Yes, I am the same one!”
But the beggar kept saying, “Yes, I am the same one!”
They said therefore to him, How have thine eyes been opened?
They asked, “Who healed you? What happened?”
He answered [and said], A man called Jesus made mud and anointed mine eyes, and said to me, Go to Siloam and wash: and having gone and washed, I saw.
He told them, “The man they call Jesus made mud and spread it over my eyes and told me, ‘Go to the pool of Siloam and wash yourself.’ So I went and washed, and now I can see!”
They said therefore to him, Where is he? He says, I do not know.
“Where is he now?” they asked.
“I don’t know,” he replied.
“I don’t know,” he replied.
The Pharisees Investigate
They bring him who was before blind to the Pharisees.
They bring him who was before blind to the Pharisees.
Then they took the man who had been blind to the Pharisees,
Now it was sabbath when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes.
because it was on the Sabbath that Jesus had made the mud and healed him.
The Pharisees therefore also again asked him how he received his sight. And he said to them, He put mud upon mine eyes, and I washed, and I see.
The Pharisees asked the man all about it. So he told them, “He put the mud over my eyes, and when I washed it away, I could see!”
Some of the Pharisees therefore said, This man is not of God, for he does not keep the sabbath. Others said, How can a sinful man perform such signs? And there was a division among them.
Some of the Pharisees said, “This man Jesus is not from God, for he is working on the Sabbath.” Others said, “But how could an ordinary sinner do such miraculous signs?” So there was a deep division of opinion among them.
They say therefore again to the blind [man], What dost thou say of him, that he has opened thine eyes? And he said, He is a prophet.
Then the Pharisees again questioned the man who had been blind and demanded, “What’s your opinion about this man who healed you?”
The man replied, “I think he must be a prophet.”
The man replied, “I think he must be a prophet.”
The Jews therefore did not believe concerning him that he was blind and had received sight, until they had called the parents of him that had received sight.
The Jewish leaders still refused to believe the man had been blind and could now see, so they called in his parents.
And they asked them saying, This is your son, of whom ye say that he was born blind: how then does he now see?
They asked them, “Is this your son? Was he born blind? If so, how can he now see?”
His parents answered [them] and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;
His parents replied, “We know this is our son and that he was born blind,
but how he now sees we do not know, or who has opened his eyes we do not know. *He* is of age: ask *him*; *he* will speak concerning himself.
but we don’t know how he can see or who healed him. Ask him. He is old enough to speak for himself.”
His parents said these things because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if any one confessed him [to be the] Christ, he should be excommunicated from the synagogue.
His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders, who had announced that anyone saying Jesus was the Messiah would be expelled from the synagogue.
On this account his parents said, He is of age: ask *him*.
That’s why they said, “He is old enough. Ask him.”
They called therefore a second time the man who had been blind, and said to him, Give glory to God: we know that this man is sinful.
He answered therefore, If he is sinful I know not. One thing I know, that, being blind [before], now I see.
“I don’t know whether he is a sinner,” the man replied. “But I know this: I was blind, and now I can see!”
And they said to him again, What did he do to thee? how opened he thine eyes?
“But what did he do?” they asked. “How did he heal you?”
He answered them, I told you already and ye did not hear: why do ye desire to hear again? do ye also wish to become his disciples?
“Look!” the man exclaimed. “I told you once. Didn’t you listen? Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his disciples, too?”
They railed at him, and said, Thou art his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.
Then they cursed him and said, “You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses!
We know that God spoke to Moses; but [as to] this [man], we know not whence he is.
We know God spoke to Moses, but we don’t even know where this man comes from.”
The man answered and said to them, Now in this is a wonderful thing, that *ye* do not know whence he is, and he has opened mine eyes.
“Why, that’s very strange!” the man replied. “He healed my eyes, and yet you don’t know where he comes from?
[But] we know that God does not hear sinners; but if any one be God-fearing and do his will, him he hears.
We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but he is ready to hear those who worship him and do his will.
Since time was, it has not been heard that any one opened the eyes of one born blind.
Ever since the world began, no one has been able to open the eyes of someone born blind.
If this [man] were not of God he would be able to do nothing.
If this man were not from God, he couldn’t have done it.”
They answered and said to him, Thou hast been wholly born in sins, and thou teachest us? And they cast him out.
“You were born a total sinner!” they answered. “Are you trying to teach us?” And they threw him out of the synagogue.
Spiritual Sight and Blindness
Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him, he said to him, Thou, dost thou believe on the Son of God?
Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him, he said to him, Thou, dost thou believe on the Son of God?
He answered and said, And who is he, Lord, that I may believe on him?
The man answered, “Who is he, sir? I want to believe in him.”
And Jesus said to him, Thou hast both seen him, and he that speaks with thee is he.
“You have seen him,” Jesus said, “and he is speaking to you!”
And he said, I believe, Lord: and he did him homage.
“Yes, Lord, I believe!” the man said. And he worshiped Jesus.
And Jesus said, For judgment am I come into this world, that they which see not may see, and they which see may become blind.
And [some] of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and they said to him, Are we blind also?
Some Pharisees who were standing nearby heard him and asked, “Are you saying we’re blind?”