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John 9
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John 9 Bible text
His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
And his disciples asked him, saying, Rabbi, who sinned, this man, or his parents, that he should be born blind?
Jesus answered, “This man didn’t sin, nor did his parents, but that the works of God might be revealed in him.
Jesus answered, Neither did this man sin, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.
We must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
When he had said this, he spat on the ground, made mud with the saliva, anointed the blind man’s eyes with the mud,
When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and anointed his eyes with the clay,
and said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So he went away, washed, and came back seeing.
and said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam (which is by interpretation, Sent). He went away therefore, and washed, and came seeing.
Therefore the neighbors and those who saw that he was blind before said, “Isn’t this he who sat and begged?”
The neighbors therefore, and they that saw him aforetime, that he was a beggar, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?
Others were saying, “It is he.” Still others were saying, “He looks like him.” He said, “I am he.”
He answered, “A man called Jesus made mud, anointed my eyes, and said to me, ‘Go to the pool of Siloam and wash.’ So I went away and washed, and I received sight.”
He answered, The man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to Siloam, and wash: so I went away and washed, and I received sight.
Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he received his sight. He said to them, “He put mud on my eyes, I washed, and I see.”
Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he received his sight. And he said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and I see.
Some therefore of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, because he doesn’t keep the Sabbath.” Others said, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” So there was division among them.
Some therefore of the Pharisees said, This man is not from God, because he keepeth not the sabbath. But others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such signs? And there was a division among them.
Therefore they asked the blind man again, “What do you say about him, because he opened your eyes?” He said, “He is a prophet.”
They say therefore unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, in that he opened thine eyes? And he said, He is a prophet.
The Jews therefore didn’t 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,
The Jews therefore did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and had received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight,
and asked them, “Is this your son, whom you say was born blind? How then does he now see?”
and asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see?
but how he now sees, we don’t know; or who opened his eyes, we don’t know. He is of age. Ask him. He will speak for himself.”
but how he now seeth, we know not; or who opened his eyes, we know not: ask him; he is of age; he shall speak for himself.
His parents said these things because they feared the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if any man would confess him as Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue.
These things said his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man should confess him to be Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
So they called the man who was blind a second time, and said to him, “Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.”
So they called a second time the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give glory to God: we know that this man is a sinner.
He therefore answered, “I don’t know if he is a sinner. One thing I do know: that though I was blind, now I see.”
He therefore answered, Whether he is a sinner, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.
He answered them, “I told you already, and you didn’t listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You don’t also want to become his disciples, do you?”
He answered them, I told you even now, and ye did not hear; wherefore would ye hear it again? would ye also become his disciples?
We know that God has spoken to Moses. But as for this man, we don’t know where he comes from.”
The man answered them, “How amazing! You don’t know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes.
The man answered and said unto them, Why, herein is the marvel, that ye know not whence he is, and yet he opened mine eyes.
We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, he listens to him.
We know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and do his will, him he heareth.
Since the world began it has never been heard of that anyone opened the eyes of someone born blind.
Since the world began it was never heard that any one opened the eyes of a man born blind.
They answered him, “You were altogether born in sins, and do you teach us?” Then they threw him out.
They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.
Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and finding him, he said, “Do you believe in the Son of God?”
Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and finding him, he said, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?
Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, that those who don’t see may see; and that those who see may become blind.”
And Jesus said, For judgment came I into this world, that they that see not may see; and that they that see may become blind.