John 9:24-41

24 So a second time they called the man who had been blind, and said to him, "¹Give glory to God; we know that ²this man is a sinner."

25 He then answered, "Whether He is a sinner, I do not know; one thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see."

26 So they said to him, "What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?"

27 He answered them, "³I told you already and you did not ⁴listen; why do you want to hear it again? You do not want to become His disciples too, do you?"

28 They reviled him and said, "You are His disciple, but ⁵we are disciples of Moses.

29 "We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, ⁶we do not know where He is from."

30 The man answered and said to them, "Well, here * is an amazing thing, that you do not know where He is from, and yet He opened my eyes.

31 "We know that ⁷God does not hear sinners; but if anyone is God-fearing and does His will, He hears him.

32 "Since the beginning of time it has never been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a person born blind.

33 "⁸If this man were not from God, He could do nothing *."

34 They answered him, "⁹You were born entirely in sins, and are you teaching us?" So they ¹⁰put him out.

Jesus Affirms His Deity

35 Jesus heard that they had ¹¹put him out, and finding him, He said, "Do you believe in the ¹²Son of Man?"

36 He answered, "¹³Who is He, Lord, that I may believe in Him?"

37 Jesus said to him, "You have both seen Him, and ¹⁴He is the one who is talking with you."

38 And he said, "Lord, I believe." And he ¹⁵worshiped Him.

39 And Jesus said, "¹⁶For judgment I came into this world, so that ¹⁷those who do not see may see, and that ¹⁸those who see may become blind."

40 Those of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these things and said to Him, "¹⁹We are not blind too, are we?"

41 Jesus said to them, "²⁰If you were blind, you would have no sin; but since you say, '²¹We see,' your sin remains.

Cross References

• 1. Joshua 7:19; Ezra 10:11; Revelation 11:13
• 2. John 9:16
• 3. John 9:15
• 4. John 5:25
• 5. John 5:45; Romans 2:17
• 6. John 8:14
• 7. Job 27:8; Job 35:13; Psalms 34:15; Psalms 66:18; Psalms 145:19; Proverbs 15:29; Proverbs 28:9; Isaiah 1:15; James 5:16f
• 8. John 3:2; John 9:16
• 9. John 9:2
• 10. John 9:22, 35; 3 John 10
• 11. John 9:22, 34; 3 John 10
• 12. Matthew 4:3
• 13. Romans 10:14
• 14. John 4:26
• 15. Matthew 8:2
• 16. John 3:19; John 5:22, 27
• 17. Luke 4:18
• 18. Matthew 13:13; Matthew 15:14
• 19. Romans 2:19
• 20. John 15:22, 24
• 21. Proverbs 26:12

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "From the age it was not heard"
• [b]. Or "Sir"
• [c]. Lit "now"