John 9:1-12

Healing the Man Born Blind

1 As He passed by, He saw a man blind from birth.

2 And His disciples asked Him, "¹Rabbi, who sinned, ²this man or his ³parents, that he would be born blind?"

3 Jesus answered, "It was neither that this man sinned, nor his parents; but it was so ⁴that the works of God might be displayed in him.

4 "We must work the works of Him who sent Me ⁵as long as it is day; night is coming when no one can work.

5 "While I am in the world, I am ⁶the Light of the world."

6 When He had said this, He ⁷spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and applied the clay to his eyes,

7 and said to him, "Go, wash in ⁸the pool of Siloam " (which is translated, Sent ). So he went away and ⁹washed, and ¹⁰came back seeing.

8 Therefore the neighbors, and those who previously saw him as a beggar, were saying, "Is not this the one who used to ¹¹sit and beg?"

9 Others were saying, "This is he," still others were saying, "No, but he is like him." He kept saying, "I am the one."

10 So they were saying to him, "How then were your eyes opened?"

11 He answered, "The man who is called Jesus made clay, and anointed my eyes, and said to me, 'Go to ¹²Siloam and wash '; so I went away and washed, and I received sight."

12 They said to him, "Where is He?" He said, "I do not know."

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 23:7
• 2. Luke 13:2; John 9:34; Acts 28:4
• 3. Exodus 20:5
• 4. John 11:4
• 5. John 7:33; John 11:9; John 12:35; Galatians 6:10
• 6. Matthew 5:14; John 1:4; John 8:12; John 12:46
• 7. Mark 7:33; Mark 8:23
• 8. Nehemiah 3:15; Isaiah 8:6; Luke 13:4; John 9:11
• 9. 2 Kings 5:13
• 10. Isaiah 29:18; Isaiah 35:5; Isaiah 42:7; Matthew 11:5; John 11:37
• 11. Acts 3:2, 10
• 12. John 9:7

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "That one"