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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>John 9 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/john/9.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/john/9-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CEV</a> > John 9</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../john/8.htm" title="John 8">◄</a> John 9 <a href="../john/10.htm" title="John 10">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s1">Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind</h3><p class="par"><span class="v43_9_1"><span class="reftext" id="John.9.1" class="v43_9_1">1</span>As Jesus walked along, he saw a man who had been blind since birth. </span><span class="v43_9_2"><span class="reftext" id="John.9.2" class="v43_9_2">2</span>Jesus' disciples asked, “Teacher, why was this man born blind? Was it because he or his parents sinned?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v43_9_3"><span class="reftext" id="John.9.3" class="v43_9_3">3</span>“No, it wasn't!” Jesus answered. “But because of his blindness, you will see God work a miracle for him. </span><span class="v43_9_4"><span class="reftext" id="John.9.4" class="v43_9_4">4</span>As long as it is day, we must do what the one who sent me wants me to do. When night comes, no one can work. </span><span class="v43_9_5"><span class="reftext" id="John.9.5" class="v43_9_5">5</span><a href="#fn" id="link_John.9.5!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> While I am in the world, I am the light for the world.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v43_9_6"><span class="reftext" id="John.9.6" class="v43_9_6">6</span>After Jesus said this, he spit on the ground. He made some mud and smeared it on the man's eyes. </span><span class="v43_9_7"><span class="reftext" id="John.9.7" class="v43_9_7">7</span>Then he said, “Go wash off the mud in Siloam Pool.” The man went and washed in Siloam, which means “One Who Is Sent.” When he had washed off the mud, he could see.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v43_9_8"><span class="reftext" id="John.9.8" class="v43_9_8">8</span>The man's neighbors and the people who had seen him begging wondered if he really could be the same man. </span><span class="v43_9_9"><span class="reftext" id="John.9.9" class="v43_9_9">9</span>Some of them said he was the same beggar, while others said he only looked like him. But he told them, “I am that man.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v43_9_10"><span class="reftext" id="John.9.10" class="v43_9_10">10</span>“Then how can you see?” they asked.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v43_9_11"><span class="reftext" id="John.9.11" class="v43_9_11">11</span>He answered, “Someone named Jesus made some mud and smeared it on my eyes. He told me to go and wash it off in Siloam Pool. When I did, I could see.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v43_9_12"><span class="reftext" id="John.9.12" class="v43_9_12">12</span>“Where is he now?” they asked.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v43_9_12">“I don't know,” he answered.</span></p><h3 class="s1">The Pharisees Try To Find Out What Happened</h3><p class="par"><span class="v43_9_13"><span class="reftext" id="John.9.13-John.9.14" class="v43_9_13">13-14</span>The day when Jesus made the mud and healed the man was a Sabbath. So the people took the man to the Pharisees. </span><span class="v43_9_15"><span class="reftext" id="John.9.15" class="v43_9_15">15</span>They asked him how he was able to see, and he answered, “Jesus made some mud and smeared it on my eyes. Then after I washed it off, I could see.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v43_9_16"><span class="reftext" id="John.9.16" class="v43_9_16">16</span>Some of the Pharisees said, “This man Jesus doesn't come from God. If he did, he would not break the law of the Sabbath.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v43_9_16">Others asked, “How could someone who is a sinner work such a miracle?”<a href="#fn" id="link_John.9.16!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="par"><span class="v43_9_16">Since the Pharisees could not agree among themselves, </span><span class="v43_9_17"><span class="reftext" id="John.9.17" class="v43_9_17">17</span>they asked the man, “What do you say about this one who healed your eyes?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v43_9_17">“He is a prophet!” the man told them.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v43_9_18"><span class="reftext" id="John.9.18" class="v43_9_18">18</span>But the Jewish leaders would not believe that the man had once been blind. They sent for his parents </span><span class="v43_9_19"><span class="reftext" id="John.9.19" class="v43_9_19">19</span>and asked them, “Is this the son that you said was born blind? How can he now see?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v43_9_20"><span class="reftext" id="John.9.20" class="v43_9_20">20</span>The man's parents answered, “We are certain that he is our son, and we know that he was born blind. </span><span class="v43_9_21"><span class="reftext" id="John.9.21" class="v43_9_21">21</span>But we don't know how he got his sight or who gave it to him. Ask him! He is old enough to speak for himself.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v43_9_22"><span class="reftext" id="John.9.22-John.9.23" class="v43_9_22">22-23</span>The man's parents said this because they were afraid of their leaders. The leaders had already agreed that no one was to have anything to do with anyone who said Jesus was the Messiah.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v43_9_24"><span class="reftext" id="John.9.24" class="v43_9_24">24</span>The leaders called the man back and said, “Swear by God to tell the truth! We know that Jesus is a sinner.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v43_9_25"><span class="reftext" id="John.9.25" class="v43_9_25">25</span>The man replied, “I don't know if he is a sinner or not. All I know is that I used to be blind, but now I can see!”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v43_9_26"><span class="reftext" id="John.9.26" class="v43_9_26">26</span>“What did he do to you?” they asked. “How did he heal your eyes?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v43_9_27"><span class="reftext" id="John.9.27" class="v43_9_27">27</span>The man answered, “I have already told you once, and you refused to listen. Why do you want me to tell you again? Do you also want to become his disciples?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v43_9_28"><span class="reftext" id="John.9.28" class="v43_9_28">28</span>The leaders insulted the man and said, “You are his follower! We are followers of Moses. </span><span class="v43_9_29"><span class="reftext" id="John.9.29" class="v43_9_29">29</span>We are sure God spoke to Moses, but we don't even know where Jesus comes from.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v43_9_30"><span class="reftext" id="John.9.30" class="v43_9_30">30</span>“How strange!” the man replied. “He healed my eyes, and yet you don't know where he comes from. </span><span class="v43_9_31"><span class="reftext" id="John.9.31" class="v43_9_31">31</span>We know that God listens only to people who love and obey him. God doesn't listen to sinners. </span><span class="v43_9_32"><span class="reftext" id="John.9.32" class="v43_9_32">32</span>And this is the first time in history anyone has ever given sight to someone born blind. </span><span class="v43_9_33"><span class="reftext" id="John.9.33" class="v43_9_33">33</span>Jesus could not do anything unless he came from God.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v43_9_34"><span class="reftext" id="John.9.34" class="v43_9_34">34</span>The leaders told the man, “You have been a sinner since the day you were born! Do you think you can teach us anything?” Then they said, “You can never come back into any of our synagogues!”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v43_9_35"><span class="reftext" id="John.9.35" class="v43_9_35">35</span>When Jesus heard what had happened, he went and found the man. Then Jesus asked, “Do you have faith in the Son of Man?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v43_9_36"><span class="reftext" id="John.9.36" class="v43_9_36">36</span>He replied, “Sir, if you will tell me who he is, I will put my faith in him.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v43_9_37"><span class="reftext" id="John.9.37" class="v43_9_37">37</span>“You have already seen him,” Jesus answered, “and right now he is talking with you.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v43_9_38"><span class="reftext" id="John.9.38" class="v43_9_38">38</span>The man said, “Lord, I put my faith in you!” Then he worshiped Jesus.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v43_9_39"><span class="reftext" id="John.9.39" class="v43_9_39">39</span>Jesus told him, “I came to judge the people of this world. I am here to give sight to the blind and to make blind everyone who can see.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v43_9_40"><span class="reftext" id="John.9.40" class="v43_9_40">40</span>When the Pharisees heard Jesus say this, they asked, “Are we blind?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v43_9_41"><span class="reftext" id="John.9.41" class="v43_9_41">41</span>Jesus answered, “If you were blind, you would not be guilty. But now that you claim to see, you will keep on being guilty.”</span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">9.16 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">miracle: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See the note at 2.11.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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