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| 9:1 |
As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth.
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| 9:2 |
His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?"
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| 9:3 |
Jesus answered, "Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born blind so that God's works might be revealed in him.
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| 9:4 |
We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming when no one can work.
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| 9:5 |
As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world."
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| 9:6 |
When he had said this, he spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva and spread the mud on the man's eyes,
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| 9:7 |
saying to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" (which means Sent). Then he went and washed and came back able to see.
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| 9:8 |
The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar began to ask, "Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?"
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| 9:9 |
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| 9:10 |
But they kept asking him, "Then how were your eyes opened?"
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| 9:11 |
He answered, "The man called Jesus made mud, spread it on my eyes, and said to me, 'Go to Siloam and wash.' Then I went and washed and received my sight."
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| 9:12 |
They said to him, "Where is he?" He said, "I do not know."
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| 9:13 |
They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind.
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| 9:14 |
Now it was a sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes.
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| 9:15 |
Then the Pharisees also began to ask him how he had received his sight. He said to them, "He put mud on my eyes. Then I washed, and now I see."
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| 9:16 |
Some of the Pharisees said, "This man is not from God, for he does not observe the sabbath." But others said, "How can a man who is a sinner perform such signs?" And they were divided.
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| 9:17 |
So they said again to the blind man, "What do you say about him? It was your eyes he opened." He said, "He is a prophet."
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| 9:18 |
The Jews did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight
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| 9:19 |
and asked them, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?"
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| 9:20 |
His parents answered, "We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;
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| 9:21 |
but we do not know how it is that now he sees, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he is of age. He will speak for himself."
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| 9:22 |
His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that anyone who confessed Jesus to be the Messiah would be put out of the synagogue.
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| 9:23 |
Therefore his parents said, "He is of age; ask him."
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| 9:24 |
So for the second time they called the man who had been blind, and they said to him, "Give glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner."
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| 9:25 |
He answered, "I do not know whether he is a sinner. One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see."
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| 9:26 |
They said to him, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?"
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| 9:27 |
He answered them, "I have told you already, and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become his disciples?"
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| 9:28 |
Then they reviled him, saying, "You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.
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| 9:29 |
We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where he comes from."
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| 9:30 |
The man answered, "Here is an astonishing thing! You do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes.
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| 9:31 |
We know that God does not listen to sinners, but he does listen to one who worships him and obeys his will.
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| 9:32 |
Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a person born blind.
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| 9:33 |
If this man were not from God, he could do nothing."
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| 9:34 |
They answered him, "You were born entirely in sins, and are you trying to teach us?" And they drove him out.
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| 9:35 |
Jesus heard that they had driven him out, and when he found him, he said, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?"
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| 9:36 |
He answered, "And who is he, sir? Tell me, so that I may believe in him."
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| 9:37 |
Jesus said to him, "You have seen him, and the one speaking with you is he."
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| 9:38 |
He said, "Lord, I believe." And he worshiped him.
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| 9:39 |
Jesus said, "I came into this world for judgment so that those who do not see may see, and those who do see may become blind."
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| 9:40 |
Some of the Pharisees near him heard this and said to him, "Surely we are not blind, are we?"
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| 9:41 |
Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would not have sin. But now that you say, 'We see,' your sin remains.
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