John 9 · Clearspring

Jesus Heals the Man Born Blind

¹And when he went on his way, he saw a man blind from birth.+ ²And his disciples put a question to him, saying, Master, was it because of this man's sin, or the sin of his father and mother, that he has been blind from birth?+ ³Jesus said in answer, It was not because of his sin, or because of his father's or mother's; it was so that the works of God might be seen openly in him.+ ⁴While it is day we have to do the works of him who sent me: the night comes when no work may be done.+ ⁵As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.+ ⁶Having said these words, he put earth, mixed with water from his mouth, on the man's eyes,+ ⁷And said to him, Go and make yourself clean in the bath of Siloam (the sense of the name is, Sent). So he went away and, after washing, came back able to see.+ ⁸Then the neighbours and others who had seen him before in the street, with his hand out for money, said, Is not this the man who got money from people?+ ⁹Some said, It is he: others said, No, but he is like him. He said, I am he. ¹⁰So they said to him, How then were your eyes made open?+ ¹¹His answer was: The man who is named Jesus put earth mixed with water on my eyes, and said to me, Go and make yourself clean in Siloam: so I went away and, after washing, am now able to see.+ ¹²And they said to him, Where is he? His answer was: I have no knowledge.+

The Pharisees Investigate the Healing

¹³They took him before the Pharisees--this man who had been blind.+ ¹⁴Now the day on which the earth was mixed by Jesus and the man's eyes were made open was the Sabbath.+ ¹⁵So the Pharisees put more questions to him about how his eyes had been made open. And he said to them, He put earth on my eyes, and I had a wash and am able to see.+ ¹⁶Then some of the Pharisees said, That man has not come from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath. Others said, How is it possible for a sinner to do such signs? So there was a division among them.+ ¹⁷Again they said to the blind man, What have you to say about him for opening your eyes? And he said, He is a prophet.+ ¹⁸Now the Jews had no belief in the statement that he had been blind and was now able to see, till they sent for the father and mother of the man whose eyes had been made open,+ ¹⁹And put the question to them, saying, Is this your son, of whom you say that he was blind at birth? how is it then that he is now able to see?+ ²⁰In answer his father and mother said, We are certain that this is our son and that he was blind at birth:+ ²¹But how it is he is now able to see, or who made his eyes open, we are not able to say: put the question to him; he is old enough to give an answer for himself.+ ²²They said this because of their fear of the Jews: for the Jews had come to an agreement that if any man said that Jesus was the Christ he would be put out of the Synagogue.+ ²³That was the reason why they said, He is old enough; put the question to him.+ ²⁴So they sent a second time for the man who had been blind and they said to him, Give glory to God: it is clear to us that this man is a sinner.+ ²⁵He said in answer, I have no knowledge if he is a sinner or not, but one thing I am certain about; I was blind, and now I see.+ ²⁶Then they said to him, What did he do to you? how did he give you the use of your eyes?+ ²⁷His answer was: I have said it before, but your ears were shut: why would you have me say it again? is it your desire to become his disciples?+ ²⁸And they were angry with him and said, You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.+ ²⁹We are certain that God gave his word to Moses: but as for this man, we have no knowledge where he comes from.+ ³⁰The man said in answer, Why, here is a strange thing! You have no knowledge where he comes from though he gave me the use of my eyes.+ ³¹We have knowledge that God does not give ear to sinners, but if any man is a worshipper of God and does his pleasure, to him God's ears are open.+ ³²In all the years nobody has ever before seen the eyes of a man blind from birth made open.+ ³³If this man did not come from God he would be unable to do anything.+ ³⁴Their answer was: You came to birth through sin; do you make yourself our teacher? And they put him out of the Synagogue.+

Spiritual Blindness

³⁵It came to the ears of Jesus that they had put him out, and meeting him he said, Have you faith in the Son of man?+ ³⁶He said in answer, And who is he, Lord? Say, so that I may have faith in him.+ ³⁷Jesus said to him, You have seen him; it is he who is talking to you.+ ³⁸And he said, Lord, I have faith. And he gave him worship.+ ³⁹And Jesus said, I came into this world to be a judge, so that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.+ ⁴⁰These words came to the ears of the Pharisees who were with him and they said to him, Are we, then, blind?+ ⁴¹Jesus said to them, If you were blind you would have no sin: but now that you say, We see; your sin is there still.+

Jesus Heals the Man Born Blind

The Pharisees Investigate the Healing

Spiritual Blindness

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