John 9:1-16 ▼

1 And as Iesus passed by, he saw a man whiche was blynde fro his birth:

2 And his disciples asked hym, saying: Maister, who did sinne, this man, or his father and mother, that he was borne blynde?

3 Iesus aunswered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor yet his father & mother: but that the workes of God shoulde be shewed in hym.

4 I must worke the workes of him that sent me, whyle it is daye. The nyght commeth when no man can worke.

5 As long as I am in the world, I am the lyght of the worlde.

6 Assoone as he had thus spoke, he spat on the grounde, and made claye of the spittle, and he annoynted with the claye the eyes of the blynde,

7 And sayde vnto hym: Go, washe thee in the poole of Siloe, whiche by interpretation, is as much to say, as sent. He went his way therefore, & washed, and came agayne, seyng.

8 So, the neyghbours, and they that hadde seene hym before when he was blynde, sayde: Is not this he that sate and begged?

9 Some sayde, this is he: Other sayde, he is lyke hym. He hym selfe sayde, I am euen he.

10 Therfore sayde they vnto him: Howe are thyne eyes opened?

11 He aunswered and sayde: The man that is called Iesus made claye, and annoynted myne eyes, and sayde vnto me, go to the poole Siloe and washe: And when I went and washed, I receaued my syght.

12 Then sayde they vnto hym, where is he? He sayde, I can not tell.

13 They brought to the pharisees, hym that a litle before was blynde.

14 And it was the Sabboth day when Iesus made ye claye, & opened his eyes.

15 Then againe the pharisees also asked hym, howe he had receaued his syght. He sayde vnto them: He put claye vpon myne eyes, and I washed, and do see.

16 Therfore sayde some of the pharisees, this man is not of God, because he kepeth not the Sabboth day. Other said: How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a stryfe among them.