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¹ AND as Jesus passed by he saw a man who was blind from his mother''s womb.² And his disciples asked him, saying, Teacher, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?³ Jesus said to them, Neither did he sin nor his parents. But that the works of God might be seen in him,⁴ I must do the works of him who sent me, while it is day; the night comes when no man can work.⁵ As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.⁶ When he said these words, he spat on the ground, and mixed clay with his saliva, and he placed it on the eyes of the blind man.⁷ Then he said to him, Go and wash in the baptismal pool of Siloam. He went and washed, and he came seeing.

⁸ His neighbors and those who had seen him before begging, said, Is not this he who used to sit down and beg?⁹ Some said, It is he; and some said, No, but he resembles him; but he said, I am he.¹⁰ Then they said to him, How were your eyes opened?¹¹ He answered and said to them, A man whose name is Jesus made clay and placed it on my eyes, and he said to me, Go and wash in the water of Siloam; and I went and washed, and I see.¹² They said to him, Where is he? He said to them, I do not know.

¹³ So they brought to the Pharisees him who had been blind from his birth.¹⁴ Now it was the sabbath when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.¹⁵ Again the Pharisees asked him, How did you receive your sight? He said to them, He placed clay on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.¹⁶ Then some of the Pharisees said, This man is not from God, because he does not observe the sabbath; others said, How can a man who is a sinner do these miracles? And there was a division among them.¹⁷ They said to the blind man again, What do you say concerning him who opened your eyes? He said to them, I say he is a prophet.¹⁸ But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and had received his sight, until they called the parents of him who had received his sight.¹⁹ And they asked them, Is this your son, who you say was born blind? how then does he now see?²⁰ His parents answered and said, We know that he is our son, and that he was born blind.²¹ But how he sees now, or who opened his eyes, we do not know; he is of age, ask him, he will speak for himself.²² His parents said these things because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had decided already, that if any man should confess that he is the Christ, they would put him out of the synagogue.²³ For this reason his parents said, He is of age, ask him.²⁴ So they called a second time the man who had been blind, and said to him, Give praise to God, for we know that this man is a sinner.²⁵ He answered and said to them, If he is a sinner I do not know; but I do know one thing, that I was blind, and now behold, I see.²⁶ They said to him again, What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?²⁷ He said to them, I have already told you, and you did not listen; why do you want to hear it again? why, do you also want to become his disciples?²⁸ Then they cursed him, and said to him, You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.²⁹ And we know that God spoke with Moses; but as for this man, we do not know whence he is.³⁰ The man answered and said to them, This is surprising, that you do not know whence he is, and yet he opened my eyes.³¹ We know that God does not hear the voice of sinners; but he hears the one who fears him and does his will.³² From ages it has never been heard that a man opened the eyes of one who was born blind.³³ If this man were not from God, he could not have done this.³⁴ They answered and said to him, You were wholly born in sins, and yet do you teach us? And they cast him out.

³⁵ And Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and he found him and said to him, Do you believe in the Son of God?³⁶ He who was healed answered and said, Who is he, my Lord, so that I may believe in him?³⁷ Jesus said to him, You have seen him, and he is the one who is speaking with you.³⁸ He said, I do believe, my Lord; and he fell down and worshipped him.

³⁹ Then Jesus said to him, I have come for the judgment of this world, so that those who cannot see may see, and those who see may become blind.⁴⁰ When some of the Pharisees who were with him heard these words, they said to him, Why, are we also blind?⁴¹ Jesus said to them, If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, We see; because of this your sin remains.