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1As he was walking along, he observed a man who had been blind from birth.

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

2His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that caused him to be born blind?"

2And His disciples asked Him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he would be born blind?"

3Jesus answered, "Neither this man nor his parents sinned. This happened so that God's work might be revealed in him.

3Jesus answered, "It was neither that this man sinned, nor his parents; but it was so that the works of God might be displayed in him.

4I must do the work of the one who sent me while it is day. Night is approaching, when no one can work.

4"We must work the works of Him who sent Me as long as it is day; night is coming when no one can work.

5As long as I'm in the world, I'm the light of the world."

5"While I am in the world, I am the Light of the world."

6After saying this, he spit on the ground and made mud with the saliva. Then he spread the mud on the man's eyes

6When He had said this, He spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and applied the clay to his eyes,

7and told him, "Go and wash in the pool of Siloam" (which is translated "Sent One"). So he went off, washed, and came back seeing.

7and said to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam " (which is translated, Sent). So he went away and washed, and came back seeing.

8Then the neighbors and those who had previously seen him as a beggar said, "This is the man who used to sit and beg, isn't it?"

8Therefore the neighbors, and those who previously saw him as a beggar, were saying, "Is not this the one who used to sit and beg?"

9Some were saying, "It's him," while others were saying, "No, but it's someone like him." But he himself kept saying, "It's me!"

9Others were saying, "This is he," still others were saying, "No, but he is like him." He kept saying, "I am the one."

10So they asked him, "How, then, did you gain your eyesight?"

10So they were saying to him, "How then were your eyes opened?"

11He said, "The man named Jesus made some mud, spread it on my eyes, and told me, 'Go to Siloam and wash.' So off I went and washed, and I received my sight."

11He answered, "The man who is called Jesus made clay, and anointed my eyes, and said to me, 'Go to Siloam and wash'; so I went away and washed, and I received sight."

12They asked him, "Where is that man?" He said, "I don't know!"

12They said to him, "Where is He?" He said, "I do not know."

13So they brought to the Pharisees the man who had once been blind.

13They brought to the Pharisees the man who was formerly blind.

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

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

15So the Pharisees also began to ask him how he had gained his sight. He told them, "He put mud on my eyes, then I washed, and now I can see."

15Then the Pharisees also were asking him again how he received his sight. And he said to them, "He applied clay to my eyes, and I washed, and I see."

16Some of the Pharisees began to remark, "This man is not from God because he does not keep the Sabbath." But others were saying, "How can a sinful man perform such signs?" And there was a division among them.

16Therefore some of the Pharisees were saying, "This man is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath." But others were saying, "How can a man who is a sinner perform such signs?" And there was a division among them.

17So they asked the formerly blind man again, "What do you say about him, since it was your eyes he healed?" He said, "He is a prophet."

17So they said to the blind man again, "What do you say about Him, since He opened your eyes?" And he said, "He is a prophet."

18The Jewish leaders did not believe that the man had been blind and had gained sight until they summoned his parents

18The Jews then did not believe it of him, that he had been blind and had received sight, until they called the parents of the very one who had received his sight,

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

19and questioned them, saying, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?"

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

20His parents answered them and said, "We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;

21But we don't know how it is that he now sees, and we don't know who opened his eyes. Ask him. He is of age and can speak for himself."

21but how he now sees, we do not know; or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him; he is of age, he will speak for himself."

22His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders, since the Jewish leaders had already agreed that anyone who acknowledged that Jesus was the Messiah would be thrown out of the synagogue.

22His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone confessed Him to be Christ, he was to be put out of the synagogue.

23That's why his parents said, "He is of age. Ask him."

23For this reason his parents said, "He is of age; ask him."

24The Jewish leaders summoned the man who had been blind a second time and told him, "Give glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner."

24So a 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."

25But he responded, "I don't know whether he is a sinner or not. The one thing I do know is that I used to be blind and now I can see!"

25He then answered, "Whether He is a sinner, I do not know; one thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see."

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

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

27He answered them, "I've already told you, but you didn't listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You don't want to become his disciples, too, do you?"

27He answered them, "I told you already and you did not listen; why do you want to hear it again? You do not want to become His disciples too, do you?"

28At this, they turned on him in fury and said, "You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses!

28They reviled him and said, "You are His disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.

29We know that God has spoken to Moses, but we do not know where this fellow comes from."

29"We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where He is from."

30The man answered them, "This is an amazing thing! You don't know where he comes from, yet he healed my eyes.

30The man answered and said to them, "Well, here is an amazing thing, that you do not know where He is from, and yet He opened my eyes.

31We know that God doesn't listen to sinners, but he does listen to anyone who worships him and does his will.

31"We know that God does not hear sinners; but if anyone is God-fearing and does His will, He hears him.

32Ever since creation it has never been heard that anyone healed the eyes of a man who was born blind.

32"Since the beginning of time it has never been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a person born blind.

33If this man were not from God, he couldn't do anything like that."

33"If this man were not from God, He could do nothing."

34They asked him, "You were born a sinner and you are trying to instruct us?" And they threw him out.

34They answered him, "You were born entirely in sins, and are you teaching us?" So they put him out.

35Jesus heard that they had thrown him out. So when he found him, he asked him, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?"

35Jesus heard that they had put him out, and finding him, He said, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?"

36He answered, "And who is he, sir? Tell me, so that I may believe in him."

36He answered, "Who is He, Lord, that I may believe in Him?"

37Jesus told him, "You have seen him. He is the person who is talking with you."

37Jesus said to him, "You have both seen Him, and He is the one who is talking with you."

38He said, "Lord, I do believe," and worshipped him.

38And he said, "Lord, I believe." And he worshiped Him.

39Then Jesus said, "I have come into this world to judge it, so that those who are blind may see and so that those who see may become blind."

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

40Some of the Pharisees who were near him overheard this and asked him, "We aren't blind, too, are we?"

40Those of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these things and said to Him, "We are not blind too, are we?"

41Jesus told them, "If you were blind, you would not have any sin. But now that you insist, 'We see,' your sin still exists."

41Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no sin; but since you say, 'We see,' your sin remains.

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