John 9

1 And as he was passing by he saw a man blind from birth. 2 And his disciples asked him, saying, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3 Jesus answered, “Neither this man sinned nor his parents, but so that the works of God might be revealed in him. 4 We must work the works of the one who sent me while it is day. Night is coming, when no one can work. [a] 5 Whenever I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

6 Having said these things he spat on the ground and made mud from the spit, and spread the mud on his eyes, † 7 and said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” — which is translated Sent. So he went and washed, and came seeing. [b]

8 So the neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar were saying, “Is this not the man who sat and begged?” 9 Others were saying, “It is he.” Others were saying, “No, but he is like him.” That man was saying, “I am he.” [c] 10 So they were saying to him, “How then were your eyes opened?” 11 That man answered, “The man called Jesus made mud and spread it on my eyes and said to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed, and came to see.” [d] 12 And they said to him, “Where is he?” He says, “I do not know.”

13 They bring him to the Pharisees — the man who had once been blind. 14 Now it was a Sabbath on the day Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes. 15 So the Pharisees also asked him again how he came to see. And he said to them, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.” 16 So some of the Pharisees were saying, “This man is not from God, because he does not keep the Sabbath.” But others were saying, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” And there was a division among them. 17 So they say to the blind man again, “What do you say about him, since he opened your eyes?” And he said, “He is a prophet.”

18 So the Jews did not trust concerning him that he had been blind and had come to see, until they called the parents of the man who had come to see, 19 and asked them, saying, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?” 20 So his parents answered and said, “We know that this is our son and that he was born blind; 21 but how he now sees we do not know, or who opened his eyes we do not know. Ask him. He is of age; he will speak for himself.” 22 His parents said these things because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone acknowledged him as Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue. [e] 23 This is why his parents said, “He is of age; question him.”

24 So they called the man who had been blind a second time and said to him, “Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.” 25 So that man answered, “Whether he is a sinner I do not know. One thing I know: that being blind, now I see.” 26 So they said to him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?” 27 He answered them, “I told you already, and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Surely you do not also want to become his disciples?” 28 They reviled him and said, “You are that man’s disciple, but we are Moses’ disciples. 29 We know that God has spoken to Moses; but this man — we do not know where he is from.”

30 The man answered and said to them, “Why, this is the astonishing thing: that you do not know where he is from, and he opened my eyes. 31 We know that God does not listen to sinners; but if anyone is God-fearing and does his will, he listens to that one. 32 From the beginning of the age it has not been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a man born blind. 33 If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.” 34 They answered and said to him, “You were born entirely in sins, and you are teaching us?” And they threw him out.

35 Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and finding him he said, “Do you trust in the Son of Man?” [f] 36 That man answered and said, “And who is he, Lord, so that I may trust in him?” 37 Jesus said to him, “You have both seen him, and the one speaking with you is he.” 38 And he said, “I trust, Lord.” And he bowed down to him.

39 And Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, so that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.” 40 Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things and said to him, “Surely we are not blind too?” 41 Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would not have sin. But now you say, ‘We see.’ Your sin remains.” [g]