John 9:1-16 ▼

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

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

3 Jesus (YHWH saves) answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that the works (acts) of God {Theou} would be displayed in him.

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

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

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

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

8 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?

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

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

11 He answered, “The man they call Jesus (YHWH saves) 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.

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

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

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

15 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.

16 Because of this, some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God {Theou}, for He does not keep the Sabbath. But others said, “How can a sinful man perform such signs? And there was division among them.