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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 GWT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></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="../">GWT</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">GOD'S WORD® Translation</div><div class="chap"><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/9-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>As Jesus walked along, he saw a man who had been born blind. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/9-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, why was this man born blind? Did he or his parents sin?" <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/9-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Jesus answered, "Neither this man nor his parents sinned. Instead, he was born blind so that God could show what he can do for him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/9-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>We must do what the one who sent me wants us to do while it is day. The night when no one can do anything is coming. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/9-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>As long as I'm in the world, I'm light for the world." <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/9-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>After Jesus said this, he spit on the ground and mixed the spit with dirt. Then he smeared it on the man's eyes <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/9-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>and told him, "Wash it off in the pool of Siloam." ([Siloam] means "sent.") The blind man washed it off and returned. He was able to see. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/9-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>His neighbors and those who had previously seen him begging asked, "Isn't this the man who used to sit and beg?" <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/9-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Some of them said, "He's the one." Others said, "No, he isn't, but he looks like him." But the man himself said, "I am the one." <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/9-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>So they asked him, "How did you receive your sight?" <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/9-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>He replied, "The man people call Jesus mixed some spit with dirt, smeared it on my eyes, and told me, 'Go to Siloam, and wash it off.' So I went there, washed it off, and received my sight." <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/9-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>They asked him, "Where is that man?" The man answered, "I don't know."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/9-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Some people brought the man who had been blind to the Pharisees. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/9-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The day when Jesus mixed the spit and dirt and gave the man sight was a day of worship. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/9-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>So the Pharisees asked the man again how he received his sight. The man told the Pharisees, "He put a mixture of spit and dirt on my eyes. I washed it off, and now I can see." <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/9-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Some of the Pharisees said, "The man who did this is not from God because he doesn't follow the traditions for the day of worship." Other Pharisees asked, "How can a man who is a sinner perform miracles like these?" So the Pharisees were divided in their opinions. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/9-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>They asked the man who had been born blind another question: "What do you say about the man who gave you sight?" The man answered, "He's a prophet."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/9-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Until they talked to the man's parents, the Jews didn't believe that the man had been blind and had been given sight. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/9-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>They asked his parents, "Is this your son, the one you say was born blind? Why can he see now?" <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/9-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>His parents replied, "We know that he's our son and that he was born blind. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/9-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>But we don't know how he got his sight or who gave it to him. You'll have to ask him. He's old enough to answer for himself." <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/9-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>(His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews. The Jews had already agreed to put anyone who acknowledged that Jesus was the Christ out of the synagogue. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/9-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>That's why his parents said, "You'll have to ask him. He's old enough.")</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/9-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>So once again the Jews called the man who had been blind. They told him, "Give glory to God. We know that this man who gave you sight is a sinner." <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/9-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>The man responded, "I don't know if he's a sinner or not. But I do know one thing. I used to be blind, but now I can see." <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/9-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>The Jews asked him, "What did he do to you? How did he give you sight?" <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/9-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>The man replied, "I've already told you, but you didn't listen. Why do you want to hear the story again? Do you want to become his disciples too?" <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/9-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>The Jews yelled at him, "You're his disciple, but we're Moses' disciples. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/9-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>We know that God spoke to Moses, but we don't know where this man came from." <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/9-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>The man replied to them, "That's amazing! You don't know where he's from. Yet, he gave me sight. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/9-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>We know that God doesn't listen to sinners. Instead, he listens to people who are devout and who do what he wants. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/9-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Since the beginning of time, no one has ever heard of anyone giving sight to a person born blind. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/9-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>If this man were not from God, he couldn't do anything like that." <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/9-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>The Jews answered him, "You were born full of sin. Do you think you can teach us?" Then they threw him out [of the synagogue].</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/9-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>Jesus heard that the Jews had thrown the man out [of the synagogue]. So when Jesus found the man, he asked him, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?" <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/9-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>The man replied, "Sir, tell me who he is so that I can believe in him." <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/9-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>Jesus told him, "You've seen him. He is the person who is now talking with you." <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/9-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>The man bowed in front of Jesus and said, "I believe, Lord." <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/9-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>Then Jesus said, "I have come into this world to judge: Blind people will be given sight, and those who can see will become blind." <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/9-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>Some Pharisees who were with Jesus heard this. So they asked him, "Do you think we're blind?" <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/9-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>Jesus told them, "If you were blind, you wouldn't be sinners. 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