Berean Study Bible

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1Now as Jesus was passing by, He saw a man blind from birth,

1As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth.

2and His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”

2And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”

3Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that the works of God would be displayed in him.

3Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him.

4While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.

4We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.

5While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

5As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

6When Jesus had said this, He spit on the ground, made some mud, and applied it to the man’s eyes.

6Having said these things, he spit on the ground and made mud with the saliva. Then he anointed the man’s eyes with the mud

7Then He told him, “Go, wash in the Pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came back seeing.

7and said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). So he went and washed and came back seeing.

8At 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?”

8The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar were saying, “Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?”

9Some claimed that he was, but others said, “No, he just looks like him.” But the man kept saying, “I am the one.”

9Some said, “It is he.” Others said, “No, but he is like him.” He kept saying, “I am the man.”

10“How then were your eyes opened?” they asked.

10So they said to him, “Then how were your eyes opened?”

11He 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.”

11He answered, “The man called Jesus made mud and anointed my eyes and said to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed and received my sight.”

12“Where is He?” they asked. “I do not know,” he answered.

12They said to him, “Where is he?” He said, “I do not know.”

13They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind.

13They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind.

14Now the day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened his eyes was a Sabbath.

14Now it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes.

15So 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.”

15So the Pharisees again asked him how he had received his sight. And he said to them, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.”

16Because 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.

16Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” And there was a division among them.

17So 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.

17So they said again to the blind man, “What do you say about him, since he has opened your eyes?” He said, “He is a prophet.”

18The Jews still did not believe that the man had been blind and had received his sight until they summoned his parents

18The Jews did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight, until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight

19and asked, “Is this your son, the one you say was born blind? So how is it that he can now see?”

19and asked them, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?”

20His parents answered, “We know he is our son, and we know he was born blind.

20His parents answered, “We know that this is our son and that he was born blind.

21But how he can now see or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him. He is old enough to speak for himself.”

21But how he now sees we do not know, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he is of age. He will speak for himself.”

22His 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.

22(His parents said these things because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone should confess Jesus to be Christ, he was to be put out of the synagogue.)

23That was why his parents said, “He is old enough. Ask him.”

23Therefore his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.”

24So 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.”

24So for the second time they called the man who had been blind and said to him, “Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.”

25He answered, “Whether He is a sinner I do not know. There is one thing I do know: I was blind, but now I see!”

25He answered, “Whether he is a sinner I do not know. One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.”

26“What did He do to you?” they asked. “How did He open your eyes?”

26They said to him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?”

27He 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?”

27He answered them, “I have told you already, and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become his disciples?”

28Then they heaped insults on him and said, “You are His disciple; we are disciples of Moses.

28And they reviled him, saying, “You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.

29We know that God spoke to Moses, but we do not know where this man is from.”

29We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where he comes from.”

30“That is remarkable indeed!” the man said. “You do not know where He is from, and yet He opened my eyes.

30The man answered, “Why, this is an amazing thing! You do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes.

31We know that God does not listen to sinners, but He does listen to the one who worships Him and does His will.

31We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, God listens to him.

32Never before has anyone heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind.

32Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a man born blind.

33If this man were not from God, He could do no such thing.”

33If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.”

34They replied, “You were born in utter sin, and you are instructing us?” And they threw him out.

34They answered him, “You were born in utter sin, and would you teach us?” And they cast him out.

35When Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, He found the man and said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”

35Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him he said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”

36“Who is He, Sir?” he replied. “Tell me so that I may believe in Him.”

36He answered, “And who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?”

37“You have already seen Him,” Jesus answered. “He is the One speaking with you.”

37Jesus said to him, “You have seen him, and it is he who is speaking to you.”

38“Lord, I believe,” he said. And he worshiped Jesus.

38He said, “Lord, I believe,” and he worshiped him.

39Then Jesus declared, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind may see and those who see may become blind.”

39Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.”

40Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard this, and they asked Him, “Are we blind too?”

40Some of the Pharisees near him heard these things, and said to him, “Are we also blind?”

41“If you were blind,” Jesus replied, “you would not be guilty of sin. But since you claim you can see, your guilt remains.”

41Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no guilt; but now that you say, ‘We see,’ your guilt remains.

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