John 9 — EMTV

A Man Born Blind Receives His Sight

9Verse 1And passing by, He saw a man blind from birth.^{Verse 2}And His disciples asked Him, saying, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”^{Verse 3}Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but so that the works of God should be manifest in him.^{Verse 4}I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work.^{Verse 5}While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”^{Verse 6}Having said these things, He spat on the ground and made clay from the saliva; and He applied the clay on the eyes of the blind man.^{Verse 7}And He said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which is translated, Sent). So he went and washed, and came back seeing.^{Verse 8}Therefore the neighbors and those who previously saw him, that he was blind, were saying, “Is not this he who sat and begged?”^{Verse 9}Some said, “This is he.” Others said, “He looks like him.” But he kept saying, “I am he.”^{Verse 10}Therefore they said to him, “How were your eyes opened?”^{Verse 11}He answered and said, “A Man called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes, and He said to me, ‘Go to the pool of Siloam and wash.’ When I had gone and washed, I received my sight.”^{Verse 12}Then they said to him, “Where is He?” He said, “I do not know.”

The Pharisees Excommunicate the Healed Man

^{Verse 13}They brought him who was once blind to the Pharisees.^{Verse 14}Now it was the Sabbath day when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes.^{Verse 15}Then again the Pharisees were asking him how he received his sight. And he said to them, “He put clay on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.”^{Verse 16}Therefore some of the Pharisees were saying, “This Man is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath.” Others said, “How can a sinful man do such signs?” And there was a division among them.^{Verse 17}They said to the blind man again, “What do you say about Him, since He has opened your eyes?” He said, “He is a prophet.”^{Verse 18}But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he was blind and received his sight, until they called the parents of him who had received his sight.^{Verse 19}And they asked them, saying, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?”^{Verse 20}And his parents answered them and said, “We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;^{Verse 21}but how he now sees we do not know, or who opened his eyes we do not know. He is of age; ask him. He will speak for himself.”^{Verse 22}These things his parents said because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had agreed already that if anyone should confess that He was Christ, he would be excommunicated.^{Verse 23}On account of this his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.”^{Verse 24}Therefore they called a second time the man who was blind, and said to him, “Give glory to God! We know that this Man is a sinner.”^{Verse 25}He answered and said, “Whether He is a sinner or not I do not know. One thing I do know: that although I was blind, now I see.”^{Verse 26}Then they said to him again, “What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?”^{Verse 27}He answered them, “I told you already, and you did not listen. Why do you wish to hear it again? Do you also want to become His disciples?”^{Verse 28}Then they reviled him and said, “You are His disciple, but we are Moses' disciples.^{Verse 29}We know that God has spoken to Moses; but as for this Man, we do not know where He is from.”^{Verse 30}The man answered and said to them, “Why, this is a remarkable thing, that you do not know where He is from; yet He opened my eyes!^{Verse 31}Now we know that God does not hear sinners; but if anyone is God-fearing and does His will, He hears him.^{Verse 32}Since eternity past it was unheard of that anyone opened the eyes of one having been born blind.^{Verse 33}If this Man were not from God, He could do nothing.”^{Verse 34}They answered and said to him, “You were completely born in sins, and do you teach us?” And they cast him out.

Jesus Affirms His Deity

^{Verse 35}Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and having found him, He said to him, “Do you believe in the Son of God?”^{Verse 36}He answered and said, “And who is He, Lord, that I may believe in Him?”^{Verse 37}And Jesus said to him, “You have both seen Him and it is He who is speaking with you.”^{Verse 38}Then he said, “Lord, I believe!” And he worshiped Him.^{Verse 39}And Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see might become blind.”^{Verse 40}Then some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these things, and said to Him, “Are we blind also?”^{Verse 41}Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, ‘We see.’ Therefore your sin remains.