CHAPTER 9
and
His
disciples
asked
Him,
“Rabbi,
who
sinned,
this man
or
his
parents,
that
he was born
blind?”
Jesus
answered,
“Neither
this man
nor
his
parents
sinned,
but
this happened so that
the
works
of God
would be displayed
in
him.
While
it is
daytime,
we
must
do
the
works
of Him who
sent
Me.
Night
is coming,
when
no one
can
work.
Then
He told
him,
“Go,
wash
in
the
pool
of Siloam”
(which
means
Sent).
So
the man went
and
washed,
and
came back
seeing.
At this,
his
neighbors
and
those who
had formerly seen
him
begging
began to ask,
“Isn’t
this
the man who
used to sit
and
beg?”
Some
claimed
that
he
was,
but others
said,
“No,
he just looks
like
him.”
But the man
kept saying,
“I
am the one.”
He
answered,
“The
man
they call
Jesus
made
some mud
and
anointed
my
eyes,
and
He told
me
to
go
to
Siloam
and
wash.
So
I went
and
washed
and received my sight."
So
the
Pharisees
also
asked
him
how
he had received his sight.
The man answered,
“He put
mud
on
my
eyes,
and
I washed,
and now
I can see.”
Because of this,
some
of
the
Pharisees
said,
“This
man
is
not
from
God,
for
He does not keep
the
Sabbath.”
But
others
said,
“How
can
a sinful
man
perform
such
signs?”
And
there was
division
among
them.
So
once again
they asked
the
man who had been blind,
“What
do you
say
about
Him,
since
it was your
eyes
He opened?”
“He is
a prophet,”
the man replied.
The
Jews
still
did not
believe
that
the man had been
blind
and
had received his sight
until
they summoned
his
parents
But
how
he can now see
or
who
opened
his
eyes,
we
do not
know.
Ask
him.
He
is
old enough
to speak
for
himself.”
His
parents
said
this
because
they were afraid
of the
Jews.
For
the
Jews
had already determined
that
anyone who
confessed
Jesus
as the Christ
would be
put out of the synagogue.
So
a second time
they called
for
the
man
who
had been
blind
and
said,
“Give
glory
to God!
We
know
that
this
man
is
a sinner.”
He
answered,
“Whether
He is
a sinner
I do not know.
There is one thing
I do know:
I was
blind,
but now
I see!”
He replied,
“I already told
you
and
you did not listen.
Why
do you want
to hear it
again?
Do you
also
want
to become
His
disciples?”
“That
is
remarkable
indeed!”
the
man
said.
“You
do not
know
where
He is from,
and yet
He opened
my
eyes.
We know
that
God
does not listen to
sinners,
but
He does listen to
the
one who
worships Him
and
does
His
will.
When Jesus
heard
that
they had thrown
him
out,
He found
the man
and said,
“Do you
believe
in
the
Son
of
Man?”
Then
Jesus
declared,
“For
judgment
I
have come
into
this
world,
so that
the blind
may see
and
those who
see
may become
blind.”
“If
you were
blind,”
Jesus
replied,
“you would not be
guilty of sin.
But
since
you claim
you can see,
your
guilt
remains.”