Jesus Heals the Man Born Blind

¹ Now as Jesus was passing by, He saw a man blind from birth, ² and His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that^* he was born blind?”

³ Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that the works of God would be displayed in him. ⁴ While it is daytime, we must do^* the works 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 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.

The Pharisees Investigate the Healing

¹³ They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind. ¹⁴ Now the day on which Jesus 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, for He does not keep^* the Sabbath.”

But others said, “How can a sinful man perform such signs?”

And there was division among them. ¹⁷ So 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.

¹⁸ The Jews still did not believe that the man had been blind and had received his sight until they summoned his parents ¹⁹ and asked, “Is this your son, the one you say was born blind? So^* how is it that he can now see?”

²⁰ His parents answered, “We know he is our son, and we know he was born blind. ²¹ But how he can now see or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him. He is old enough to speak for himself.”

²² His 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. ²³ That was why his parents said, “He is old enough. Ask him.”

²⁴ So 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.”

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

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

²⁷ He 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?”

²⁸ Then they heaped insults on him and said, “You are His disciple; we are disciples of Moses. ²⁹ We know that God spoke to Moses, but we do not know where this man is from.”

³⁰ “That is remarkable indeed!” the man said. “You do not know where He is from, and yet He opened my eyes. ³¹ We know that God does not listen to sinners, but He does listen to the one who worships Him and does His will. ³² Never before has anyone heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind. ³³ If this man were not from God, He could do no such thing.”

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

Spiritual Blindness

³⁵ When Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, He found the man and 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.”

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

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

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

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

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