Jesus Heals the Man Born Blind 3 DBY Jesus answered, Neither has this man sinned nor his parents, but that the works of God should be manifested in him. BSB BSB: Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that the works of God would be displayed in him.
4 DBY I must work the works of him that has sent me while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work. BSB BSB: While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.
5 DBY As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. BSB BSB: While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
6 DBY Having said these things, he spat on the ground and made mud of the spittle, and put the mud, as ointment, on his eyes. BSB BSB: When Jesus had said this, He spit on the ground, made some mud, and applied it to the man’s eyes.
8 DBY The neighbours therefore, and those who used to see him before, that he was a beggar, said, Is not this he that was sitting and begging? BSB BSB: 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 DBY Some said, It is he; others said, No, but he is like him: he said, It is I. BSB BSB: Some claimed that he was, but others said, “No, he just looks like him.” But the man kept saying, “I am the one.”
10 DBY They said therefore to him, How have thine eyes been opened? BSB BSB: “How then were your eyes opened?” they asked.
11 DBY He answered and said , A man called Jesus made mud and anointed mine eyes, and said to me, Go to Siloam and wash: and having gone and washed, I saw. BSB BSB: 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 DBY They said therefore to him, Where is he? He says, I do not know. BSB BSB: “Where is He?” they asked. “I do not know,” he answered.
The Pharisees Investigate the Healing 13 DBY They bring him who was before blind to the Pharisees. BSB BSB: They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind.
14 DBY Now it was sabbath when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes. BSB BSB: Now the day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened his eyes was a Sabbath.
15 DBY The Pharisees therefore also again asked him how he received his sight. And he said to them, He put mud upon mine eyes, and I washed, and I see. BSB BSB: 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 DBY Some of the Pharisees therefore said, This man is not of God, for he does not keep the sabbath. Others said, How can a sinful man perform such signs? And there was a division among them. BSB BSB: 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 DBY They say therefore again to the blind man , What dost thou say of him, that he has opened thine eyes? And he said, He is a prophet. BSB BSB: 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 DBY The Jews therefore did not believe concerning him that he was blind and had received sight, until they had called the parents of him that had received sight. BSB BSB: The Jews still did not believe that the man had been blind and had received his sight until they summoned his parents
19 DBY And they asked them saying, This is your son, of whom ye say that he was born blind: how then does he now see? BSB BSB: and asked, “Is this your son, the one you say was born blind? So how is it that he can now see?”
20 DBY His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind; BSB BSB: His parents answered, “We know he is our son, and we know he was born blind.
21 DBY but how he now sees we do not know, or who has opened his eyes we do not know. He is of age: ask him; he will speak concerning himself. BSB BSB: 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 DBY His parents said these things because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if any one confessed him to be the Christ, he should be excommunicated from the synagogue. BSB BSB: 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 DBY On this account his parents said, He is of age: ask him. BSB BSB: That was why his parents said, “He is old enough. Ask him.”
24 DBY They called therefore a second time the man who had been blind, and said to him, Give glory to God: we know that this man is sinful. BSB BSB: 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 DBY He answered therefore, If he is sinful I know not. One thing I know, that, being blind before , now I see. BSB BSB: 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 DBY And they said to him again, What did he do to thee? how opened he thine eyes? BSB BSB: “What did He do to you?” they asked. “How did He open your eyes?”
27 DBY He answered them, I told you already and ye did not hear: why do ye desire to hear again? do ye also wish to become his disciples? BSB BSB: 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 DBY They railed at him, and said, Thou art his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses. BSB BSB: Then they heaped insults on him and said, “You are His disciple; we are disciples of Moses.
29 DBY We know that God spoke to Moses; but as to this man , we know not whence he is. BSB BSB: We know that God spoke to Moses, but we do not know where this man is from.”
30 DBY The man answered and said to them, Now in this is a wonderful thing, that ye do not know whence he is, and he has opened mine eyes. BSB BSB: “That is remarkable indeed!” the man said. “You do not know where He is from, and yet He opened my eyes.
31 DBY But we know that God does not hear sinners; but if any one be God-fearing and do his will, him he hears.BSB BSB: We know that God does not listen to sinners, but He does listen to the one who worships Him and does His will.
32 DBY Since time was, it has not been heard that any one opened the eyes of one born blind. BSB BSB: Never before has anyone heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind.
33 DBY If this man were not of God he would be able to do nothing. BSB BSB: If this man were not from God, He could do no such thing.”
34 DBY They answered and said to him, Thou hast been wholly born in sins, and thou teachest us? And they cast him out. BSB BSB: They replied, “You were born in utter sin, and you are instructing us?” And they threw him out.
Spiritual Blindness 35 DBY Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him, he said to him, Thou, dost thou believe on the Son of God? BSB BSB: When Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, He found the man and said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”
36 DBY He answered and said, And who is he, Lord, that I may believe on him? BSB BSB: “Who is He, Sir?” he replied. “Tell me so that I may believe in Him.”
37 DBY And Jesus said to him, Thou hast both seen him, and he that speaks with thee is he. BSB BSB: “You have already seen Him,” Jesus answered. “He is the One speaking with you.”
38 DBY And he said, I believe, Lord: and he did him homage. BSB BSB: “Lord, I believe,” he said. And he worshiped Jesus.
39 DBY And Jesus said, For judgment am I come into this world, that they which see not may see, and they which see may become blind. BSB BSB: 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 DBY And some of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and they said to him, Are we blind also? BSB BSB: Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard this, and they asked Him, “Are we blind too?”
41 DBY Jesus said to them, If ye were blind ye would not have sin; but now ye say, We see, your sin remains. BSB BSB: “If you were blind,” Jesus replied, “you would not be guilty of sin. But since you claim you can see, your guilt remains.”
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