John 9:5-35

⁵As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

⁶When he had said these things, he spat into the earth, and made clay of the spittle, and anointed the clay on his eyes,

⁷and said to him, Go, and be thou washed in the water, or cistern, of Siloam, that is to say, Sent. Then he went, and washed, and came seeing.

⁸And so neighbours, and they that had seen him before, for he was a beggar, said, Whether this is not he, that sat, and begged?

⁹Other men said, That this it is; and other men said, Nay, but he is like him. But he said, That I am he.

¹⁰Therefore they said to him, How be thine eyes opened?

¹¹He answered, That man, that is said Jesus, made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said to me, Go thou to the water, or cistern, of Siloam, and wash; and I went, and washed, and saw.

¹²And they said to him, Where is he? He said, I know not.

¹³They led him that was blind to the Pharisees.

¹⁴And it was sabbath, when Jesus made clay, and opened his eyes.

¹⁵Again the Pharisees asked him, how he had seen. And he said to them, He laid or put to me clay on the eyes; and I washed, and I see.

¹⁶Therefore some of the Pharisees said, This man is not of God, that keepeth not the sabbath. Other men said, How may a sinful man do these signs, or miracles. And strife or division was among them.

¹⁷Therefore they said again to the blind man, What sayest thou of him, that opened thine eyes? And he said, That he is a prophet.

¹⁸Therefore the Jews believed not of him, that he was blind, and had seen, till they called his father and mother, that had seen.

¹⁹And they asked them, and said, Is this your son, which ye say was born blind? how then seeth he now?

²⁰His father and mother answered to them, and said, We know, that this is our son, and that he was born blind;

²¹but how he seeth now, we know not, or who opened his eyes, we know not; ask ye him, he hath age, speak he of himself.

²²His father and mother said these things, for they dreaded the Jews; for then the Jews had conspired, that if any man acknowledged him Christ, he should be done out of the synagogue.

²³Therefore his father and mother said, That he hath age, ask ye him.

²⁴Therefore again they called the man, that was blind, and said to him, Give thou glory to God; we know, that this man is a sinner.

²⁵Then he said, If he is a sinner, I know not; one thing I know, that when I was blind, now I see.

²⁶Therefore they said to him, What did he to thee? how opened he thine eyes?

²⁷He answered to them, I said to you now, and ye heard; what will ye again hear? whether ye will be made his disciples?

²⁸Therefore they cursed him, and said, Be thou his disciple; we be the disciples of Moses.

²⁹We know, that God spake to Moses; but we know not this, of whence he is.

³⁰That man answered, and said to them, For in this is a wonderful thing, that ye know not, of whence he is, and he hath opened mine eyes.

³¹And we know, that God heareth not sinful men, but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, he heareth him.

³²From the world it is not heard, that any man opened the eyes of a blind-born man;

³³but this man were of God, he might not do anything.

³⁴They answered, and said to him, Thou art all born in sins, and teachest thou us? or thou teachest us? And they put him out.

³⁵Jesus heard, that they had put him out; and when he had found him, he said to him, Believest thou in the Son of God?