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1 As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man who had been born blind.
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As he passed by, he saw a man blind from his birth.
2 His disciples asked him, "Teacher, whose sin caused him to be born blind? Was it his own or his parents' sin?"
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His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?"
3 Jesus answered, "His blindness has nothing to do with his sins or his parents' sins. He is blind so that God's power might be seen at work in him.
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Jesus answered, "Neither did this man sin, nor his parents. But, that the works of God might be revealed in him,
4 As long as it is day, we must do the work of him who sent me; night is coming when no one can work.
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I must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.
5 While I am in the world, I am the light for the world."
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When I am in the world, I am the light of the world."
6 After he said this, Jesus spat on the ground and made some mud with the spittle; he rubbed the mud on the man's eyes
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When he had said this, he spat on the ground, made mud with the saliva, anointed the blind man's eyes with the mud,
7 and told him, "Go and wash your face in the Pool of Siloam." (This name means "Sent.") So the man went, washed his face, and came back seeing.
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and said to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" (which means "Sent"). So he went away, washed, and came seeing.
8 His neighbors, then, and the people who had seen him begging before this, asked, "Isn't this the man who used to sit and beg?"
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The neighbors therefore, and those who saw that he was blind before, said, "Isn't this he who sat and begged?"
9 Some said, "He is the one," but others said, "No he isn't; he just looks like him." So the man himself said, "I am the man."
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Others said, "It is he." Still others said, "He is like him." He said, "I am he."
10 "How is it that you can now see?" they asked him.
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They said therefore to him, "How were your eyes opened?"
11 He answered, "The man called Jesus made some mud, rubbed it on my eyes, and told me to go to Siloam and wash my face. So I went, and as soon as I washed, I could see."
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He answered, "A man called Jesus made mud, anointed my eyes, and said to me, "Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash." So I went away and washed, and I received sight."
12 "Where is he?" they asked. "I don't know," he answered.
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Then they asked him, "Where is he?" He said, "I don't know."
13 Then they took to the Pharisees the man who had been blind.
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They brought him who before was blind to the Pharisees.
14 The day that Jesus made the mud and cured him of his blindness was a Sabbath.
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It was a Sabbath when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes.
15 The Pharisees, then, asked the man again how he had received his sight. He told them, "He put some mud on my eyes; I washed my face, and now I can see."
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Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he received his sight. He said to them, "He put mud on my eyes, I washed, and I see."
16 Some of the Pharisees said, "The man who did this cannot be from God, for he does not obey the Sabbath law." Others, however, said, "How could a man who is a sinner perform such miracles as these?" And there was a division among them.
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Some therefore of the Pharisees said, "This man is not from God, because he doesn't keep the Sabbath." Others said, "How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?" There was division among them.
17 So the Pharisees asked the man once more, "You say he cured you of your blindness - well, what do you say about him?" "He is a prophet," the man answered.
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Therefore they asked the blind man again, "What do you say about him, in that he opened your eyes?" He said, "He is a prophet."
18 The Jewish authorities, however, were not willing to believe that he had been blind and could now see, until they called his parents
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The Jews therefore did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and had received his sight, until they called the parents of him who had received his sight,
19 and asked them, "Is this your son? You say that he was born blind; how is it, then, that he can now see?"
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and asked them, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?"
20 His parents answered, "We know that he is our son, and we know that he was born blind.
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His parents answered them, "We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;
21 But we do not know how it is that he is now able to see, nor do we know who cured him of his blindness. Ask him; he is old enough, and he can answer for himself!"
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but how he now sees, we don't know; or who opened his eyes, we don't know. He is of age. Ask him. He will speak for himself."
22 His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jewish authorities, who had already agreed that anyone who said he believed that Jesus was the Messiah would be expelled from the synagogue.
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His parents said these things because they feared the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if any man would confess him as Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue.
23 That is why his parents said, "He is old enough; ask him!"
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Therefore his parents said, "He is of age. Ask him."
24 A second time they called back the man who had been born blind, and said to him, "Promise before God that you will tell the truth! We know that this man who cured you is a sinner."
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So they called the man who was blind a second time, and said to him, "Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner."
25 "I do not know if he is a sinner or not," the man replied. "One thing I do know: I was blind, and now I see."
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He therefore answered, "I don't know if he is a sinner. One thing I know: that though I was blind, now I see."
26 "What did he do to you?" they asked. "How did he cure you of your blindness?"
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They said to him again, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?"
27 "I have already told you," he answered, "and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Maybe you, too, would like to be his disciples?"
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He answered them, "I told you already, and you didn't listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become his disciples?"
28 They insulted him and said, "You are that fellow's disciple; but we are Moses' disciples.
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They became abusive towards him and said, "You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.
29 We know that God spoke to Moses; as for that fellow, however, we do not even know where he comes from!"
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We know that God has spoken to Moses. But as for this man, we don't know where he comes from."
30 The man answered, "What a strange thing that is! You do not know where he comes from, but he cured me of my blindness!
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The man answered them, "How amazing! You don't know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes.
31 We know that God does not listen to sinners; he does listen to people who respect him and do what he wants them to do.
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We know that God doesn't listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshipper of God, and does his will, he listens to him.
32 Since the beginning of the world nobody has ever heard of anyone giving sight to a person born blind.
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Since the world began it has never been heard of that anyone opened the eyes of a man born blind.
33 Unless this man came from God, he would not be able to do a thing."
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If this man were not from God, he could do nothing."
34 They answered, "You were born and brought up in sin - and you are trying to teach us?" And they expelled him from the synagogue.
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They answered him, "You were altogether born in sins, and do you teach us?" They threw him out.
35 When Jesus heard what had happened, he found the man and asked him, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?"
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Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and finding him, he said, "Do you believe in the Son of God?"
36 The man answered, "Tell me who he is, sir, so that I can believe in him!"
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He answered, "Who is he, Lord, that I may believe in him?"
37 Jesus said to him, "You have already seen him, and he is the one who is talking with you now."
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Jesus said to him, "You have both seen him, and it is he who speaks with you."
38 "I believe, Lord!" the man said, and knelt down before Jesus.
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He said, "Lord, I believe!" and he worshiped him.
39 Jesus said, "I came to this world to judge, so that the blind should see and those who see should become blind."
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Jesus said, "I came into this world for judgment, that those who don't see may see; and that those who see may become blind."
40 Some Pharisees who were there with him heard him say this and asked him, "Surely you don't mean that we are blind, too?"
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Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and said to him, "Are we also blind?"
41 Jesus answered, "If you were blind, then you would not be guilty; but since you claim that you can see, this means that you are still guilty."
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Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, 'We see.' Therefore your sin remains.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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