Jun. 1, 2
John 9
Joh 9:1 As he passed
by, he saw a man blind from birth.
Joh 9:2 His disciples
asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he
was born blind?"
Joh 9:3 Jesus answered,
"Neither did this man sin, nor his parents; but, that the works
of God might be revealed in him.
Joh 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.
Joh 9:5 While I am in
the world, I am the light of the world."
Joh 9:6 When he had
said this, he spat on the ground, made mud with the saliva, anointed
the blind man's eyes with the mud,
Joh 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.
Joh 9:8 The neighbors
therefore, and those who saw that he was blind before, said, "Isn't
this he who sat and begged?"
Joh 9:9 Others were
saying, "It is he." Still others were saying, "He
looks like him." He said, "I am he."
Joh 9:10 They therefore
were asking him, "How were your eyes opened?"
Joh 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."
Joh 9:12 Then they
asked him, "Where is he?" He said, "I don't know."
Joh 9:13 They brought
him who had been blind to the Pharisees.
Joh 9:14 It was a
Sabbath when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes.
Joh 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."
Joh 9:16 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?" There was division among them.
Joh 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."
Joh 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,
Joh 9:19 and asked
them, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then
does he now see?"
Joh 9:20 His parents
answered them, "We know that this is our son, and that he was
born blind;
Joh 9:21 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."
Joh 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.
Joh 9:23 Therefore his
parents said, "He is of age. Ask him."
Joh 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."
Joh 9:25 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."
Joh 9:26 They said to
him again, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?"
Joh 9:27 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?"
Joh 9:28 They insulted
him and said, "You are his disciple, but we are disciples of
Moses.
Joh 9:29 We know that
God has spoken to Moses. But as for this man, we don't know where he
comes from."
Joh 9:30 The man
answered them, "How amazing! You don't know where he comes from,
yet he opened my eyes.
Joh 9:31 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.
Joh 9:32 Since the
world began it has never been heard of that anyone opened the eyes of
someone born blind.
Joh 9:33 If this man
were not from God, he could do nothing."
Joh 9:34 They answered
him, "You were altogether born in sins, and do you teach us?"
They threw him out.
Joh 9:35 Jesus heard
that they had thrown him out, and finding him, he said, "Do you
believe in the Son of God?"
Joh 9:36 He answered,
"Who is he, Lord, that I may believe in him?"
Joh 9:37 Jesus said to
him, "You have both seen him, and it is he who speaks with you."
Joh 9:38 He said,
"Lord, I believe!" and he worshiped him.
Joh 9:39 Jesus said, "I
came into this world for judgment, that those who don't see may see;
and that those who see may become blind."
Joh 9:40 Those of the
Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and said to him, "Are
we also blind?"
Joh 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.