John 9:1-9 ▼

1 As He passed by, He saw a man who had been blind from his birth.

2 So His disciples asked Him, "Rabbi, who sinned--this man or his parents--that he was born blind?"

3 "Neither he nor his parents sinned," answered Jesus, "but he was born blind in order that God's mercy might be openly shown in him.

4 We must do the works of Him who sent me while there is daylight. Night is coming on, when no one can work.

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

6 After thus speaking, He spat on the ground, and then, kneading the dust and spittle into clay, He smeared the clay over the man's eyes and said to him,

7 "Go and wash in the pool of Siloam" --the name means 'Sent.' So he went and washed his eyes, and returned able to see.

8 His neighbours, therefore, and the other people to whom he had been a familiar object because he was a beggar, began asking, "Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?"

9 "Yes it is," replied some of them. "No it is not," said others, "but he is like him." His own statement was, "I am the man."