Jesus Heals the Man Born Blind 3 UEB Jesus answered, "Neither did this man sin, nor his parents, but so that the works of God would be revealed 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 UEB We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day. Night is coming when no one will be able to 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 UEB While 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 UEB After Jesus said these things, he spit on the ground, made mud with the saliva, and smeared the mud 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 UEB Then the man's neighbors and those who had seen him previously as a beggar were saying, "Is not this the man that used to sit and beg?" 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 UEB Some said, "It is he." Others said, "No, but he is like him." But he said, "It is me." 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 UEB They said to him, "Then how were your eyes opened?" BSB BSB: “How then were your eyes opened?” they asked.
11 UEB He answered, "The man who is called Jesus made mud and smeared it on my eyes and said to me, 'Go to Siloam and wash.' So I went and washed, and I received my sight." 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 UEB They said to him, "Where is he?" He replied, "I do not know." BSB BSB: “Where is He?” they asked. “I do not know,” he answered.
The Pharisees Investigate the Healing 13 UEB They brought the man who used to be blind to the Pharisees. BSB BSB: They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind.
14 UEB Now it was the Sabbath day 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 UEB Then again the Pharisees asked him how he had received his sight. He said to them, "He put mud on my eyes, I washed, and I now can 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 UEB Some of the Pharisees said, "This man is not from God because he does not keep the Sabbath." Others said, "How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?" So 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 UEB So they asked the blind man again, "What do you say about him, since he opened your eyes?" The blind man 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 UEB Now the Jews still did not believe about him that he was blind and had received his sight until they called the parents of him who had received his 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 UEB They asked the parents, "Is this your son whom you say 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 UEB So his parents answered them, "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 UEB How he now sees, we do not know, and who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him, he is an adult. He can speak for 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 UEB His parents said these things, because they were afraid of the Jews. For the Jews had already agreed that if anyone would confess him to be the Christ, he would be thrown out of 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 UEB Because of this, his parents said, "He is an adult, ask him." BSB BSB: That was why his parents said, “He is old enough. Ask him.”
24 UEB So for a second time they called the man who had been blind and said to him, "Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner." 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 UEB Then that man replied, "I do not know if he is a sinner. One thing I do know: I was blind, and 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 UEB Then they said to him, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?" BSB BSB: “What did He do to you?” they asked. “How did He open your eyes?”
27 UEB He answered, "I have told you already, and you did not listen! Why do you want to hear it again? You do not want to become his disciples too, do you? 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 UEB They insulted him and said, "You are 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 UEB We know that God has spoken to Moses, but we do not know where this one is from." BSB BSB: We know that God spoke to Moses, but we do not know where this man is from.”
30 UEB The man answered and said to them, "This is remarkable, that you do not know where he is from, and yet he opened my 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 UEB We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if someone is devout and does his will, he listens to him. 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 UEB Since the world began it has never been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a man born blind. BSB BSB: Never before has anyone heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind.
33 UEB If this man were not from God, he could do nothing." BSB BSB: If this man were not from God, He could do no such thing.”
34 UEB They answered and said to him, "You were completely born in sins, and you are teaching us?" Then they threw 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 UEB Jesus heard that they had cast him out of the synagogue. He found him and said, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?" 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 UEB He replied and said, "Who is he, Lord, that I may believe in him?" BSB BSB: “Who is He, Sir?” he replied. “Tell me so that I may believe in Him.”
37 UEB Jesus said to him, "You have seen him, and it is the one who is speaking with you." BSB BSB: “You have already seen Him,” Jesus answered. “He is the One speaking with you.”
38 UEB The man said, "Lord, I believe" and he worshiped him. BSB BSB: “Lord, I believe,” he said. And he worshiped Jesus.
39 UEB Jesus said, "For judgment I came into this world so that those who do not see may see and so that those who 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 UEB Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things and asked him, "Are we also blind?" BSB BSB: Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard this, and they asked Him, “Are we blind too?”
41 UEB Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no sin, but now you say, 'We see,' so 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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