Chapter 9                         

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<		 9:1 As Jesus and His disciples were walking by, they saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked Him, “Master, who sinned, this man or his parents that he should be born blind?”

• 3 Jesus answered, “Neither this man sinned, nor his parents, but that the works of God should be made visible inside of him. 4 It is necessary for us to work the works of the One who sent Me while it is day. Night is coming when no one is able to work. 5 While I am in the world, I am the light of the world-cosmos.”

6 Having said these things, He spat on the ground and made clay out of the spittle and applied the clay to the blind man’s eyes. 7 And He said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam (which means Sent). The man went in response, and washed, and returned seeing. 8 His neighbors and those who had seen him before, that he was a beggar, were then saying, “Is this not he who was sitting and begging?” 9 Some said, “It is he,” but others said, “No, but he is like him.” But Jesus kept saying, “I Am He.”

10 They then asked him, “How were your eyes opened?” 11 He answered, “The man called Jesus made clay and spread it upon my eyes, and He said to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ Having gone, then, and washed, I received sight.” 12 And they said to him, “Where is He?” He answered, “I don’t know.”

13 They brought him who was once blind to the Pharisees. 14 Now, the day on which Jesus had made the clay and opened his eyes was the Sabbath. 15 Therefore, the Pharisees also asked him how he had received sight. And he said to them, “He put clay on my eyes, and I washed, and I see!” 16 Some of the Pharisees said in response, “This Man is not from the presence of God, for He does not keep the Sabbath. On the other hand, others said, “How is a sinful man able to do such signs?” And there was a split among them. 17 For that reason, they said again to the blind man, “What do you say concerning Him, that He opened your eyes?” And he said, “He is a prophet!”

18 Then the Judeans did not believe him, that he had been blind and had received sight, until they called his parents. 19 And they asked them, “Is this your son, of whom you say that he was born blind? How then does he now see?” 20 His parents then answered, “We know that this is our son and that he was born blind. 21 How he sees now, however, we are not aware, or who opened his eyes, we are not aware. Ask him; he is of age. He will speak concerning himself.” 22 His parents said these things because they were afraid of the Judeans, for the Judeans had already agreed together that if anyone should speak Christ, he would be kicked out of the synagogue. 23 Because of this his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.”

24 They then called the man who had been blind a second time and said to him, “Give glory to God. We perceive that this man is a sinner. 25 He then answered, “Whether He is a sinner, I am not aware. One thing I am aware of, that I once was blind, but now I see.” 26 Then they said to him again, “What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?” 27 He answered them, “I told you already, and you did not listen. Why do you wish to hear again? Do you also want to become His disciples?”

28 Then they reviled him and said, “You are a disciple of that One; we, however are disciples of Moses. 29 We are aware and consider that God has spoken to Moses; this Man, however, we are not aware of the place from where He is.” 30 The man answered them, “This is an amazing thing, that you cannot perceive from where He is, and yet, He opened my eyes. 31 We know that God does not hear sinners, but if anyone reverences God and does His desire, him He hears. 32 Out from this age, it has never been heard that anyone has opened the eyes of one who was born blind. 33 If this Man were not from the presence of God, He could not do anything.” 34 They said to him, “You were born entirely inside of sins, and you would teach us?” And they threw him out.

35 Jesus heard that they had thrown him out and, having found him, He said, “Do you believe into the Son of Man?” 36 He answered, “Who is He, Lord, that I might believe into Him?” 37 Jesus said to him, “You have seen Him, and He is the One speaking to you.” 38 And he said, “I believe, Lord.” And he worshiped Him.

• 39 And Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, that those who do not see might see, and that those who see might become blind.” 40 The Pharisees who were with Him heard these things, and they said to Him, “Are we also blind?” 41 Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would not possess sin; Since you say, ‘We see,’ however, your sin and disconnection from God remains.”		  
 
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