Bible Reading Plan

John 9

Chapter 9

The Sixth Sign: Healing a Man Born Blind

¹ As He was passing by, He saw a man blind from birth. ² His disciples questioned Him: "Rabbi,^(a) who sinned, this man^(b) or his parents,^(c) that he was born blind?"

³ "Neither this man nor his parents sinned," Jesus answered. "This came about so that God's works^(d) might be displayed in him. ⁴ We^[a] must do the works^(e) of Him who sent Me^[b] while it is day.^(f) Night is coming when no one can work. ⁵ As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world." ^(g)

⁶ After He said these things He spit on the ground, made some mud^(h) from the saliva, and spread the mud on his eyes. ⁷ "Go," He told him, "wash in the pool of Siloam" ⁽ⁱ⁾ (which means "Sent"). So he left, washed, and came back seeing.^(j)

⁸ His neighbors and those who formerly had seen him as a beggar said, "Isn't this the man who sat begging?" ⁹ Some said, "He's the one." "No," others were saying, "but he looks like him."

He kept saying, "I'm the one!"

¹⁰ Therefore they asked him, "Then how were your eyes opened?"

¹¹ He answered, "The man called Jesus made mud, spread it on my eyes, and told me, ‘Go to Siloam^(k) and wash.' So when I went and washed I received my sight."^(l)

¹² "Where is He?" they asked.

"I don't know," he said.

The Healed Man's Testimony

¹³ They brought the man who used to be blind to the Pharisees.^{(m) 14} The day that Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes was a Sabbath.^{(n) 15} So again the Pharisees asked him how he received his sight.

"He put mud on my eyes," he told them. "I washed and I can see."

¹⁶ Therefore some of the Pharisees said, "This man is not from God,^(o) for He doesn't keep the Sabbath!" But others were saying, "How can a sinful man^(p) perform such signs?" And there was a division^(q) among them.

¹⁷ Again they asked the blind man,^[c] "What do you say about Him, since He opened your eyes?"

"He's a prophet,"^(r) he said.

¹⁸ The Jews did not believe this about him—that he was blind and received sight—until they summoned the parents of the one who had received his sight.

¹⁹ They asked them, "Is this your son, the one you say was born blind? How then does he now see?"

²⁰ "We know this is our son and that he was born blind," his parents answered. ²¹ "But we don't know how he now sees, and we don't know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he's of age. He will speak for himself." ²² His parents said these things because they were afraid of the Jews, since the Jews had already agreed that if anyone confessed Him as Messiah,^(s) he would be banned from the synagogue. ²³ This is why his parents said, "He's of age; ask him."

²⁴ So a second time they summoned the man who had been blind and told him, "Give glory^(t) to God.^[d](u) We know that this man is a sinner!"

²⁵ He answered, "Whether or not He's a sinner, I don't know. One thing I do know: I was blind, and now I can see!"

²⁶ Then they asked him, "What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?"

²⁷ "I already told you," he said, "and you didn't listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You don't want to become His disciples too, do you?"

²⁸ They ridiculed him: "You're that man's disciple, but we're Moses'^(v) disciples. ²⁹ We know that God has spoken to Moses. But this man—we don't know where He's from!"^(w)

³⁰ "This is an amazing thing," the man told them. "You don't know where He is from, yet He opened my eyes! ³¹ We know that God doesn't listen to sinners,^(x) but if anyone is God-fearing and does His will,^(y) He listens to him.^{(z) 32} Throughout history^[e] no one has ever heard of someone opening the eyes of a person born blind.^{(aa) 33} If this man were not from God, He wouldn't be able to do anything."^(ab)

³⁴ "You were born entirely in sin,"^(ac) they replied, "and are you trying to teach us?" Then they threw him out.^[f](ad)

The Blind Man's Sight and the Pharisees' Blindness

³⁵ When Jesus heard that they had thrown the man out, He found him and asked, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?" ^[g](ae)

³⁶ "Who is He, Sir,^(af) that I may believe in Him?" he asked.

³⁷ Jesus answered, "You have seen Him; in fact, He is the One speaking with you."

³⁸ "I believe, Lord!" he said, and he worshiped Him.

³⁹ Jesus said, "I came into this world^(ag) for judgment,^(ah) in order that those who do not see will see and those who do see will become blind." ^(ai)

⁴⁰ Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these things and asked Him, "We aren't blind too, are we?"

⁴¹ "If you were blind," Jesus told them, "you wouldn't have sin. ^[h](aj) But now that you say, ‘We see'—your sin remains.