Jesus Heals the Man Born Blind
1 And passing by , he saw a man blind from birth, 2 and his disciples asked him , saying , ‘Rabbi , who did sin , this one or his parents , that he should be born blind?’ 3 Jesus answered , ‘Neither did this one sin nor his parents , but that the works of God may be manifested in him; 4 it behoveth me to be working the works of Him who sent me while it is day ; night doth come , when no one is able to work:— 5 when I am in the world , I am a light of the world.’ 6 These things saying , he spat on the ground , and made clay of the spittle , and rubbed the clay on the eyes of the blind man, and said to him, 7 ‘Go away , wash at the pool of Siloam ,’ which is, interpreted , Sent . He went away , therefore , and did wash , and came seeing; 8 the neighbours , therefore , and those seeing him before , that he was blind, said , ‘Is not this he who is sitting and begging?’ 9 others said —‘This is he;’ and others —‘He is like to him ;’ he himself said ,—‘I am [he].’ 10 They said , therefore , to him , ‘How were thine eyes opened?’ 11 he answered and said, ‘A man called Jesus made clay , and rubbed my eyes , and said to me , Go away to the pool of Siloam , and wash ; and having gone away and having washed , I received sight;’ 12 they said , therefore , to him , ‘Where is that one?’ he saith , ‘I have not known.’
The Pharisees Investigate
13 They bring him to the Pharisees who once [was] blind, 14 and it was a sabbath when Jesus made the clay , and opened his eyes. 15 Again , therefore , the Pharisees also were asking him how he received sight , and he said to them , ‘Clay he did put upon my eyes , and I did wash —and I see.’ 16 Of the Pharisees , therefore , certain said , ‘This man is not from God , because the sabbath he doth not keep ;’ others said , ‘How is a man —a sinful one—able to do such signs ?’ and there was a division among them. 17 They said to the blind man again , ‘Thou —what dost thou say of him —that he opened thine eyes?’
18 and he said—‘He is a prophet.’ The Jews , therefore , did not believe concerning him that he was blind and did receive sight , till that they called the parents of him who received sight, 19 and they asked them , saying , ‘Is your son , of whom ye say that he was born blind ? how then now doth he see?’ 20 His parents answered them and said , ‘We have known that this is our son , and that he was born blind; 21 and how he now seeth , we have not known ; or who opened his eyes , we have not known ; himself is of age , ask him ; he himself shall speak concerning himself.’ 22 These things said his parents , because they were afraid of the Jews , for already had the Jews agreed together , that if any one may confess him —Christ , he may be put out of the synagogue; 23 because of this his parents said —‘He is of age , ask him.’
24 They called , therefore , a second time the man who was blind , and they said to him , ‘Give glory to God , we have known that this man is a sinner;’ 25 he answered , therefore , and said, ‘If he be a sinner —I have not known , one thing I have known , that , being blind , now I see.’ 26 And they said to him again, ‘What did he to thee ? how did he open thine eyes?’ 27 He answered them , ‘I told you already , and ye did not hear ; why again do ye wish to hear ? do ye also wish to become his disciples?’ 28 They reviled him , therefore , and said , ‘Thou art his disciple , and we are Moses’ disciples; 29 we have known that God hath spoken to Moses , but this one—we have not known whence he is.’ 30 The man answered and said to them , ‘Why , in this is a wonderful thing, that ye have not known whence he is , and he opened my eyes! 31 and we have known that God doth not hear sinners , but , if any one may be a worshipper of God , and may do His will , him He doth hear; 32 from the age it was not heard , that any one did open eyes of one who hath been born blind; 33 if this one were not from God , he were not able to do anything.’ 34 They answered and said to him , ‘In sins thou wast born altogether , and thou dost teach us !’ and they cast him forth without.
Spiritual Sight and Blindness
35 Jesus heard that they cast him forth without , and having found him , he said to him, ‘Dost thou believe in the Son of God?’ 36 he answered and said , ‘Who is he, sir , that I may believe in him?’ 37 And Jesus said to him , ‘Thou hast both seen him , and he who is speaking with thee is he;’ 38 and he said , ‘I believe , sir ,’ and bowed before him. 39 And Jesus said , ‘For judgment I to this world did come , that those not seeing may see , and those seeing may become blind.’ 40 And those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and they said to him , ‘Are we also blind?’ 41 Jesus said to them , ‘If ye were blind , ye were not having had sin , but now ye say —We see , therefore doth your sin remain.