John 9

Living_Oracles^{(i) 1} As Jesus passed along, he saw a man who had been born blind. ² And his disciples asked him, saying, Rabbi, who sinned: this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? ³ Jesus answered, Neither this man nor his parents sinned. It was only that the works of God might be displayed upon him. ⁴ I must do the work of him who sent me, while it is day; the night comes, when no man can work. ⁵ While I am in the world, I am the light of the world. ⁶ Having said this, he spit upon the ground, and with the clay, which he made with the spittle, anointed the blind man's eyes, ⁷ and said to him, Go wash in the pool of Siloam, (which signifies Sent.) He went, therefore, and washed them, and returned seeing. ⁸ Then the neighbors, and they who had before seen him blind, said, Is not this he who sat and begged? ⁹ Some said, It is he; others, He is like him. He said, I am he. ¹⁰ They asked him, then, How did you receive your sight? ¹¹ He answered, A man called Jesus, made clay and anointed my eyes, and said to me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash your eyes. I went accordingly, and washed them, and saw. ¹² Then they asked him, Where is he? He answered, I know not. ¹³ Then they brought him, who had been blind, to the Pharisees; ¹⁴ (now it was on a Sabbath, that Jesus made the clay, and gave him his sight.) ¹⁵ The Pharisees likewise, therefore, asked him how he had received his sight. He answered, He put clay on my eyes, and I washed them, and now see. ¹⁶ Upon this some of the Pharisees said, This man is not from God, for he observes not the Sabbath. Others said, How can one that is a sinner perform such miracles? And they were divided among themselves. ¹⁷ Again they asked the man, who had been blind, What do you say of him, for giving you sight? He answered, He is a prophet. ¹⁸ But the Jews believed not that the man had been blind, and had received his sight; till they called his parents, ¹⁹ and asked them, Do you say, that this is your son, who was born blind? How, then, does he now see? ²⁰ His parents answered, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind: ²¹ but how he now sees, or who opened his eyes, we know not. He is of age, ask him; he will answer for himself. ²² His parents spoke thus, because they fear the Jews: for the Jews had already determined, that whosoever acknowledged Jesus to be the Messiah, should be expelled from the synagogue. ²³ For this reason his parents said, He is of age, ask him. ²⁴ A second time, therefore, they called the man, who had been born blind, and said to him, Give glory to God; we know that this man is a sinner. ²⁵ He replied, Whether he be a sinner, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, I now see. ²⁶ They said to him again, What did he do to you? How did he make you see? ²⁷ He answered, I told you before; did you not hear? Why would you hear it repeated? Will you, also, be his disciples? ²⁸ They reviled him and said, You are his disciple. As for us, we are disciples of Moses. ²⁹ We know that God spoke to Moses: as for this man, we know not whence he is. ³⁰ The man replied, This is surprising, that you know not whence he is, although he has given me sight. ³¹ We know that God hears not sinners; but if any man worship God, and obey him, that man he hears. ³² Never was it heard before, that any man gave sight to one born blind. ³³ If this man were not from God, he could do nothing. ³⁴ They replied, You were altogether born in sin, and do you teach us? And they cast him out. ³⁵ Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having met him, said to him, Do you believe on the Son of God? ³⁶ He answered, Who is he, Sir, that I may believe on him? ³⁷ Jesus said to him, Not only have you seen him; but it is he, who talks with you. ³⁸ And he cried, Master, I believe; and threw himself prostrate before him. ³⁹ And Jesus said, For judgment am I come into this world, that they who see not, may see; and that they who see, may become blind. ⁴⁰ Some Pharisees, who were present, hearing this, said to him, Are we also blind? ⁴¹ Jesus answered, If you were blind, you would not have sin: but you say, We see: therefore your sin remains.