John 9:1-12 - A Man Born Blind Is Given Sight

¹ As Jesus passed by, he saw a man who had been blind from his birth. ² "Rabbi," asked his disciples, "who was it that sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?"

³ "Neither the man nor the parents," replied Jesus; "but he was born blind that the work of God should be made plain in him. ⁴ We must do the work of him who sent me, while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. ⁵ As long as I am in the world, I am the Light of the world."

⁶ Saying this, Jesus spat on the ground, made clay with the saliva, and put it on the man's eyes. ⁷ "Go," he said, "and wash your eyes in the Bath of Siloam" (a word which means 'Messenger'). So the man went and washed his eyes, and returned able to see.

⁸ Upon this his neighbors, and those who had formerly known him by sight as a beggar, exclaimed: "Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?" ⁹ "Yes," some said, "it is"; while others said: "No, but he is like him." The man himself said: "I am he."

¹⁰ "How did you get your sight, then?" they asked.

¹¹ "The man whom they call Jesus," he answered, "made clay, and anointed my eyes, and said to me 'Go to Siloam and wash your eyes.' So I went and washed my eyes, and gained my sight."

¹² "Where is he?" they asked. I do not know," he answered.