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9:1  As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth.
9:2  His disciples asked him, ‘Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?’
9:3  Jesus answered, ‘Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born blind so that God’s works might be revealed in him.
9:4  We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming when no one can work.
9:5  As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.’
9:6  When he had said this, he spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva and spread the mud on the man’s eyes,
9:7  saying to him, ‘Go, wash in the pool of Siloam’ (which means Sent). Then he went and washed and came back able to see.
9:8  The neighbours and those who had seen him before as a beggar began to ask, ‘Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?’
9:9  Some were saying, ‘It is he.’ Others were saying, ‘No, but it is someone like him.’ He kept saying, ‘I am the man.’
9:10  But they kept asking him, ‘Then how were your eyes opened?’
9:11  He answered, ‘The man called Jesus made mud, spread it on my eyes, and said to me, “Go to Siloam and wash.” Then I went and washed and received my sight.’
9:12  They said to him, ‘Where is he?’ He said, ‘I do not know.’
9:13  They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind.
9:14  Now it was a sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes.
9:15  Then the Pharisees also began to ask him how he had received his sight. He said to them, ‘He put mud on my eyes. Then I washed, and now I see.’
9:16  Some of the Pharisees said, ‘This man is not from God, for he does not observe the sabbath.’ But others said, ‘How can a man who is a sinner perform such signs?’ And they were divided.
9:17  So they said again to the blind man, ‘What do you say about him? It was your eyes he opened.’ He said, ‘He is a prophet.’
9:18  The Jews did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight
9:19  and asked them, ‘Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?’
9:20  His parents answered, ‘We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;
9:21  but we do not know how it is that now he sees, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he is of age. He will speak for himself.’
9:22  His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that anyone who confessed Jesus to be the Messiah would be put out of the synagogue.
9:23  Therefore his parents said, ‘He is of age; ask him.’
9:24  So for the second time they called the man who had been blind, and they said to him, ‘Give glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner.’
9:25  He answered, ‘I do not know whether he is a sinner. One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.’
9:26  They said to him, ‘What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?’
9:27  He answered them, ‘I have told you already, and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become his disciples?’
9:28  Then they reviled him, saying, ‘You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.
9:29  We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where he comes from.’
9:30  The man answered, ‘Here is an astonishing thing! You do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes.
9:31  We know that God does not listen to sinners, but he does listen to one who worships him and obeys his will.
9:32  Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a person born blind.
9:33  If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.’
9:34  They answered him, ‘You were born entirely in sins, and are you trying to teach us?’ And they drove him out.
9:35  Jesus heard that they had driven him out, and when he found him, he said, ‘Do you believe in the Son of Man?’
9:36  He answered, ‘And who is he, sir? Tell me, so that I may believe in him.’
9:37  Jesus said to him, ‘You have seen him, and the one speaking with you is he.’
9:38  He said, ‘Lord, I believe.’ And he worshipped him.
9:39  Jesus said, ‘I came into this world for judgement so that those who do not see may see, and those who do see may become blind.’
9:40  Some of the Pharisees near him heard this and said to him, ‘Surely we are not blind, are we?’
9:41  Jesus said to them, ‘If you were blind, you would not have sin. But now that you say, “We see”, your sin remains.