John 9:1-27

¹Now as He was passing by He saw a man blind from birth.

²And His disciples asked Him saying, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, in that he was born blind?”

³Jesus answered: “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but so that the works of God might be displayed in him.

⁴I must accomplish the works of Him who sent me while it is day; night is coming when no one can work.

⁵While I am in the world, I am the Light of the world.”

⁶Upon saying these things He spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva, and spread the mud on the blind man's eyes.

⁷And He said to him, “Go wash in the pool of Siloam” (which is translated, ‘Sent’). So he went and washed, and came away seeing!

⁸Then the neighbors and those who previously had seen that he was blind started saying, “Isn't this the man who sat begging?”

⁹Others said, “This is he”; still others, “He is like him.” He kept saying, “I'm the one!”

¹⁰So they said to him, “How were your eyes opened?”

¹¹He answered and said: “A man called Jesus made mud and anointed my eyes and said to me, ‘Go to the pool of Siloam and wash.’ So when I went and washed, I saw!”

¹²Then they said to him, “Where is He?” He says, “I don't know.”

¹³They bring the man who was formerly blind to the Pharisees.

¹⁴(Now it was a Sabbath when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes.)

¹⁵So once again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. So he said to them, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.”

¹⁶Then some of the Pharisees said, “This man cannot be from God, because he does not keep the Sabbath,” Others were saying, “How can a sinful man do such signs?” And there was a division among them.

¹⁷So they address the blind man again, “What do you say about him, in that he opened your eyes?” He said, “He is a prophet.”

¹⁸However the Jews did not believe concerning him that he was blind and received sight until they summoned the parents of the one who had received sight.

¹⁹And they asked them saying: “Is this your son, whom you say was born blind? How then does he now see?”

²⁰So his 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 don't know, or who opened his eyes we don't know. He is of age. Ask him. He will speak for himself.”

²²His parents said these things because they feared the Jews, because the Jews had already agreed that if anyone confessed Him to be Christ he would be barred from the synagogue.

²³That is why his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.”

²⁴So they summoned 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.”

²⁵So he answered and said: “That He is a sinner, I do not know. One thing I do know, that having been blind I now see!”

²⁶So they said to him again: “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?”

²⁷He answered them: “I already told you and you didn't listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You don't want to become His disciples too, do you?”