John 9:7-33 And sayde vnto hym: Go, washe thee in the poole of Siloe, whiche by interpretation, is as much to say, as sent. He went his way therefore, & washed, and came agayne, seyng

Bishops⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁷ And sayde vnto hym: Go, washe thee in the poole of Siloe, whiche by interpretation, is [as much to say, as] sent. He went his way therefore, & washed, and came agayne, seyng ⁸ So, the neyghbours, and they that hadde seene hym before when he was blynde, sayde: Is not this he that sate and begged ⁹ Some sayde, this is he: Other sayde, he is lyke hym. He hym selfe sayde, I am [euen] he ¹⁰ Therfore sayde they vnto him: Howe are thyne eyes opened ¹¹ He aunswered and sayde: The man that is called Iesus made claye, and annoynted myne eyes, and sayde vnto me, go to the poole Siloe and washe: And when I went and washed, I receaued [my] syght ¹² Then sayde they vnto hym, where is he? He sayde, I can not tell ¹³ They brought to the pharisees, hym that a litle before was blynde ¹⁴ And it was the Sabboth day when Iesus made ye claye, & opened his eyes ¹⁵ Then againe the pharisees also asked hym, howe he had receaued his syght. He sayde vnto them: He put claye vpon myne eyes, and I washed, and do see ¹⁶ Therfore sayde some of the pharisees, this man is not of God, because he kepeth not the Sabboth day. Other said: How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a stryfe among them ¹⁷ They spake vnto the blynde man againe: What sayest thou of him, because he hath opened thyne eyes? He sayde, he is a prophete ¹⁸ But the Iewes dyd not beleue the man, howe that he had ben blynde, and receaued his syght, vntyll they called the father and mother of hym that had receaued his syght ¹⁹ And they asked them, saying: Is this your sonne, whom ye saye was borne blynde? Howe doeth he nowe see then ²⁰ His father & mother aunswered them, and sayde: We knowe that this is our sonne, and that he was borne blynde ²¹ But by what meanes he now seeth, we can not tell: Or who hath opened his eyes, can not we tell. He is olde inough, aske him, let him aunswere for himselfe ²² Such wordes spake his father & mother, because they feared the Iewes: For the Iewes had decreed alredy, that yf any man dyd confesse that he was Christe, he shoulde be excommunicate out of the synagogue ²³ Therfore sayde his father & mother: he is olde inough, aske hym ²⁴ Then agayne called they the man that was blynde, and sayde vnto hym: Geue God the prayse, we knowe that this man is a sinner ²⁵ He aunswered, and sayde: Whether he be a sinner or no, I can not tell: One thyng I am sure of, that wheras I was blynde, nowe I see ²⁶ Then sayde they to hym agayne: What dyd he to thee? Howe opened he thyne eyes ²⁷ He aunswered them: I tolde you yer whyle, and ye dyd not heare. Wherfore woulde ye heare it agayne? Wyll ye also be his disciples ²⁸ Then rayted they hym, and sayde, Be thou his disciple: We are Moyses disciples ²⁹ We are sure, that God spake vnto Moyses: As for this felowe, we knowe not from whence he is ³⁰ The man aunswered, and sayde vnto them: this is a marueylous thyng, that ye wote not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened myne eyes ³¹ For we be sure, that God heareth not sinners: But yf any man be a worshipper of God, and obedient vnto his wyll, hym heareth he ³² Sence the worlde began, was it not hearde, that any man opened the eyes of one that was borne blynde ³³ If this man were not of God, he coulde haue done nothyng