Jesus Heals the Man Born Blind 3 ULT Jesus answered,“Neither did this one sin, nor his parents, but so that the works of God might 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 ULT It is necessary for us to work the works of the one having sent me while it is day. Night is coming when no one is 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 ULT 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 ULT Having said these things, he spat on the ground and made mud from the saliva and smeared on him 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 ULT Then the neighbors and the ones seeing him previously, that he was a beggar, began saying,“Is not this the one 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 ULT Some said,“It is he.” Others said,“Not at all, but that one is like him.” He kept saying,“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 ULT Therefore, they said to him,“How were your eyes opened?” BSB BSB: “How then were your eyes opened?” they asked.
11 ULT That one answered,“The man called Jesus made mud and smeared{ it} on my eyes and said to me,‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ So having gone and having washed, 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 ULT And they said to him,“Where is that one?” He said,“I do not know.” BSB BSB: “Where is He?” they asked. “I do not know,” he answered.
The Pharisees Investigate the Healing 13 ULT They bring him, the one formerly blind, to the Pharisees. BSB BSB: They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind.
14 ULT (Now it was a Sabbath on the day 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 ULT Then again the Pharisees also began asking him how he received his sight. But he said to them,“He put mud on my 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 ULT Then some of the Pharisees said,“This man is not from God because he does not keep the Sabbath.” Others said,“How is a man, a sinner, able to do 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 ULT Therefore, they ask the blind man again,“What do you say about him, since he opened your 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 ULT Therefore, the Jews did not believe about him that he was blind and received his sight until they called the parents of him having 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 ULT And they asked them, saying,“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 ULT So his parents answered 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 ULT But how he now sees, we do not know, or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him; he has full maturity. He will 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 ULT His parents said these things because they were afraid of the Jews. For the Jews had already agreed that if anyone would confess him{ as} the Christ, he would be put 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 ULT Because of this, his parents said,“He has full maturity; ask him.” BSB BSB: That was why his parents said, “He is old enough. Ask him.”
24 ULT Therefore, 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 ULT Then that one replied,“I do not know whether he is a sinner. One thing I know: that being blind, 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 ULT 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 ULT He answered them,“I have told you already, and you did not listen! Why do you want to listen again? You do not want to become his disciples also, 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 ULT And they reviled him and said,“You are a disciple of that one, 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 ULT 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 ULT The man answered and said to them,“Now this is a remarkable thing, 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 ULT We know that God does not hear sinners, but if someone is devout and does his will, he hears this one. 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 ULT From eternity it has never been heard that anyone opened the eyes of one having been born blind. BSB BSB: Never before has anyone heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind.
33 ULT If this one were not from God, he would not be able to do anything.” BSB BSB: If this man were not from God, He could do no such thing.”
34 ULT They answered and said to him,“You were completely born in sins, and you are teaching us?” And they put 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 ULT Jesus heard that they had put him out, and having found him, he 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 ULT That one replied and said,“And who is he, sir, so that I might believe in him?” BSB BSB: “Who is He, Sir?” he replied. “Tell me so that I may believe in Him.”
37 ULT Jesus said to him,“You have both seen him, and that one is the one speaking with you.” BSB BSB: “You have already seen Him,” Jesus answered. “He is the One speaking with you.”
38 ULT Now he said,“Lord, I believe” and he worshiped him. BSB BSB: “Lord, I believe,” he said. And he worshiped Jesus.
39 ULT And Jesus said,“For judgment I came into this world, so that those not seeing might see and those seeing might 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 ULT { Some} of the Pharisees being with him heard these things and asked him,“We are not also blind, are we?” BSB BSB: Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard this, and they asked Him, “Are we blind too?”
41 ULT Jesus said to them,“If you were blind, you would have no sin, but now you 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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