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¹ As he was walking along, he observed a man who had been blind from birth. ² His disciples asked him, "Rabbi,[fn] who sinned, this man or his parents, that caused him to be born blind?"[xr] ³ Jesus answered, "Neither this man nor his parents sinned. This happened so that[fn] the works of God might be revealed in him.[xr] ⁴ I[fn] must work the works of the one who sent me[fn] while it is day. Night is coming, when no one can work.[xr] ⁵ As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world."[xr] ⁶ After saying this, he spit on the ground and made mud with the saliva. Then he spread the mud on the man's eyes[xr] ⁷ and told him, "Go and wash in the pool of Siloam" (which is translated "Sent One"). So he went off and washed and came back seeing.[xr]

⁸ Then the neighbors and those who had previously seen him as a beggar said, "This is the man who used to sit and beg, isn't it?" ⁹ Some were saying, "It is he," while others were saying, "No, but it is someone like him." He himself kept saying, "It is I!" ¹⁰ So they said to him, "How, then, were your eyes opened?" ¹¹ He said, "The man named Jesus made some mud, spread it on my eyes, and told me, 'Go to Siloam and wash.' So off I went and washed, and I received my sight."[xr] ¹² They said to him, "Where is that man?" He said, "I don't know!"

¹³ So they brought to the Pharisees the man who had once been blind. ¹⁴ Now it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes. ¹⁵ So the Pharisees also began to ask him how he had received his sight. He told them, "He put mud on my eyes, then I washed, and now I can see." ¹⁶ Some of the Pharisees began to remark, "This man is not from God because he does not keep the Sabbath." But others were saying, "How can a sinful man perform such signs?" And there was a division among them.[xr] ¹⁷ So they said again to the blind man, "What do you say about him, for it was your eyes he opened?" He said, "He is a prophet."[xr] ¹⁸ The Jews[fn] did not believe[fn] that he had been blind and had been given sight until they summoned his parents[fn] ¹⁹ and asked them, "Is this your son, the one you say was born blind? How does he now see?" ²⁰ His parents replied, "We know that this is our son and that he was born blind. ²¹ But we don't know how it is that he now sees, and we don't know who opened his eyes. Ask him. He is of age and can speak for himself." ²² His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews.[fn] For the Jews[fn] had already agreed that anyone who acknowledged that Jesus[fn] was the Christ[fn] would be thrown out of the synagogue.[xr] ²³ That's why his parents said, "He is of age. Ask him." ²⁴ So for a second time they summoned the man who had been blind and told him, "Give glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner."[xr] ²⁵ But he responded, "I don't know whether he is a sinner or not. The one thing I do know is that I used to be blind and now I can see!" ²⁶ Then they said to him, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?" ²⁷ He answered them, "I've already told you, but you didn't listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You don't want to become his disciples, too, do you?" ²⁸ At this, they turned on him furiously and said, "You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses! ²⁹ We know that God has spoken to Moses, but we do not know where this fellow comes from."[xr] ³⁰ The man answered them, "This is an amazing thing! You don't know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes.[xr] ³¹ We know that God doesn't listen to sinners, but he does listen to anyone who worships him and does his will.[xr] ³² Never since creation has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a man who was born blind. ³³ If this man were not from God, he couldn't do anything like that."[xr] ³⁴ They said to him, "You were born entirely in sins, and you are trying to instruct us?" And they threw him out.[xr]

³⁵ Jesus heard that they had thrown him out. So when he found him, he said, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?"[fn][xr] ³⁶ He answered, "And who is he, sir?[fn] Tell me,[fn] so that I may believe in him." ³⁷ Jesus said to him, "You have seen him. He is the person who is talking with you."[xr] ³⁸ He said, "Lord, I do believe," and worshiped him.

³⁹ Then Jesus said, "I have come into this world for judgment, so that those who are blind may see, and those who see may become blind."[xr] ⁴⁰ Some of the Pharisees who were near him overheard this and said to him, "We aren't blind, too, are we?"[xr] ⁴¹ Jesus told them, "If you were blind, you would not have any sin. But now that you insist, 'We see,' your sin remains."[xr]