Chapter 9
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, " This man didn’ t sin, nor did his parents , but that the works of God might be revealed in him .
4 I 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 Therefore the neighbours and those who saw that he was blind before said , "Isn’ t this he who sat and begged ?"
9 Others were saying , " It is he ." Still others were saying , " 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 the pool of Siloam and wash .’ So I went away and washed , and I received sight ."
12 Then they asked him , " Where is he ?" He said , " I don’t know ."
13 They brought him who had been blind to the Pharisees .
14 It was a Sabbath 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 doesn’ t keep the Sabbath ." Others said , " How can a man who is a sinner do such signs ?" So there was division amongst them .
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 ."
18 The Jews therefore didn’ t 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 ,
19 and asked them , " Is this your son , whom you say was born blind ? How then does he now see?"
20 His parents answered them , " We know that this is our son , and that he was born blind ;
21 but how he now sees , we don’ t know ; or who opened his eyes , we don’ t know . He is of age . Ask him . He will speak for himself ."
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.
23 Therefore his parents said , " He is of age . Ask him ."
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."
25 He therefore answered, " I don’t know if he is a sinner. One thing I do know : that though I was blind , now I see ."
26 They said to him again, " What did he do to you ? How did he open your eyes ?"
27 He answered them , " I told you already , and you didn’t listen. Why do you want to hear it again ? You don’t also want to become his disciples , do you ?"
28 They insulted him and said , " You are his disciple , but we are disciples of Moses .
29 We know that God has spoken to Moses . But as for this man , we don’ t know where he comes from ."
30 The man answered them , " How amazing ! You don’ t know where he comes from , yet he opened my eyes .
31 We know that God doesn’ t listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshipper of God and does his will , he listens to him .
32 Since the world began it has never been heard of that anyone opened the eyes of someone born blind .
33 If this man were not from God , he could do nothing ."
34 They answered him , " You were altogether born in sins, and do you teach us ?" Then they threw him out .
35 Jesus heard that they had thrown him out , and finding him , he said , " Do you believe in the Son of God ?"
36 He answered , " Who is he , Lord , that I may believe in him ?"
37 Jesus said to him , " You have both seen him , and it is he who speaks with you ."
38 He said , " Lord , I believe !" and he worshipped him .
39 Jesus said , " I came into this world for judgement, that those who don’ t see may see; and that those who see may become blind ."
40 Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things , and said to him , " Are we also blind ?"
41 Jesus said to them , " If you were blind , you would have no sin; but now you say , ‘ We see.’ Therefore your sin remains .