John
9:1-34
NIV
Translation
John
9
Jesus Heals a Man Born
Blind
1 As he went along,
he saw a man blind from birth.
2 His disciples asked
him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?"
3 "Neither
this man nor his parents sinned," said Jesus, "but
this happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life.
4 As
long as it is day, we must do the work 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 Having said this,
he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the
man's eyes.
7 "Go,"
he told him, "wash in the Pool of Siloam" (this
word means Sent). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing.
8 His neighbors and
those who had formerly seen him begging asked, "Isn't this the same man
who used to sit and beg?"
9 Some claimed that
he was.
Others said, "No, he only looks like him."
But he himself insisted, "I am the man."
10 "How then were
your eyes opened?" they demanded.
11 He replied, "The
man they call Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. He told me to
go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and then I could see."
12 "Where is this
man?" they asked him.
"I don't know," he said.
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 the man's eyes was a Sabbath.
15 Therefore the
Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. "He put mud on
my eyes," the man replied, "and I washed, and now I see."
16 Some of the Pharisees
said, "This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath."
But others asked, "How can a sinner do such miraculous signs?" So they
were divided.
17 Finally they turned
again to the blind man, "What have you to say about him? It was your eyes
he opened."
The man replied, "He is a prophet."
18 The Jews still
did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight until
they sent for the man's parents.
19 "Is this your
son?" they asked. "Is this the one you say was born blind? How is it that
now he can see?"
20 "We know he is
our son," the parents answered, "and we know he was born blind.
21 But how he can
see now, or who opened his eyes, we don't know. Ask him. He is of age;
he will speak for himself."
22 His parents said
this because they were afraid of the Jews, for already the Jews had decided
that anyone who acknowledged that Jesus was the Christ would be put out
of the synagogue.
23 That was why his
parents said, "He is of age; ask him."
24 A second time
they summoned the man who had been blind. "Give glory to God," they said.
"We know this man is a sinner."
25 He replied, "Whether
he is a sinner or not, I don't know. One thing I do know. I was blind but
now I see!"
26 Then they asked
him, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?"
27 He answered, "I
have told you already and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it
again? Do you want to become his disciples, too?"
28 Then they hurled
insults at him and said, "You are this fellow's disciple! We are disciples
of Moses!
29 We know that God
spoke to Moses, but as for this fellow, we don't even know where he comes
from."
30 The man answered,
"Now that is remarkable! You don't know where he comes from, yet he opened
my eyes.
31 We know that God
does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly man who does his will.
32 Nobody has ever
heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind.
33 If this man were
not from God, he could do nothing."
34 To this they replied,
"You were steeped in sin at birth; how dare you lecture us!" And they threw
him out. |
John
9:1-34
New
Living Translation
John
9
Jesus Heals a Man Born
Blind
1 As Jesus was walking
along, he saw a man who had been blind from birth.
2 “Rabbi,” his disciples
asked him, “why was this man born blind? Was it because of his own sins
or his parents’ sins?”
3 “It
was not because of his sins or his parents’ sins,” Jesus answered.
“This happened so the power of God could be seen
in him.
4 We
must quickly carry out the tasks assigned us by the one who sent us. The
night is coming, and then no one can work.
5 But
while I am here in the world, I am the light of the world.”
6 Then he spit on
the ground, made mud with the saliva, and spread the mud over the blind
man’s eyes.
7 He told him, “Go
wash yourself in the pool of Siloam” (Siloam means “sent”). So the
man went and washed and came back seeing!
8 His neighbors and
others who knew him as a blind beggar asked each other, “Isn’t this the
man who used to sit and beg?”
9 Some said he was,
and others said, “No, he just looks like him!” But the beggar kept saying,
“Yes, I am the same one!”
10 They asked, “Who
healed you? What happened?”
11 He told them,
“The man they call Jesus made mud and spread it over my eyes and told me,
‘Go to the pool of Siloam and wash yourself.’ So I went and washed, and
now I can see!”
12 “Where is he now?”
they asked. “I don’t know,” he replied.
13 Then they took
the man who had been blind to the Pharisees,
14 because it was
on the Sabbath that Jesus had made the mud and healed him.
15 The Pharisees
asked the man all about it. So he told them, “He put the mud over my eyes,
and when I washed it away, I could see!”
16 Some of the Pharisees
said, “This man Jesus is not from God, for he is working on the Sabbath.”
Others said, “But how could an ordinary sinner do such miraculous signs?”
So there was a deep division of opinion among them.
17 Then the Pharisees
again questioned the man who had been blind and demanded, “What’s your
opinion about this man who healed you?” The man replied, “I think he must
be a prophet.”
18 The Jewish leaders
still refused to believe the man had been blind and could now see, so they
called in his parents.
19 They asked them,
“Is this your son? Was he born blind? If so, how can he now see?”
20 His parents replied,
“We know this is our son and that he was born blind,
21 but we don’t know
how he can see or who healed him. Ask him. He is old enough to speak for
himself.”
22 His parents said
this because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders, who had announced
that anyone saying Jesus was the Messiah would be expelled from the synagogue.
23 That’s why they
said, “He is old enough. Ask him.”
24 So for the second
time they called in the man who had been blind and told him, “God should
get the glory for this, because we know this man Jesus is a sinner.”
25 “I don’t know
whether he is a sinner,” the man replied. “But I know this: I was blind,
and now I can see!”
26 “But what did
he do?” they asked. “How did he heal you?”
27 “Look!” the man
exclaimed. “I told you once. Didn’t you listen? Why do you want to hear
it again? Do you want to become his disciples, too?”
28 Then they cursed
him and said, “You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses!
29 We know God spoke
to Moses, but we don’t even know where this man comes from.”
30 “Why, that’s very
strange!” the man replied. “He healed my eyes, and yet you don’t know where
he comes from?
31 We know that God
doesn’t listen to sinners, but he is ready to hear those who worship him
and do his will.
32 Ever since the
world began, no one has been able to open the eyes of someone born blind.
33 If this man were
not from God, he couldn’t have done it.”
34 “You were born
a total sinner!” they answered. “Are you trying to teach us?” And they
threw him out of the synagogue. |
