Thematic Bible
John 9:1 (show verse)
As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth.
John 9:2 (show verse)
And his disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?"
John 9:3 (show verse)
Jesus answered, "Neither this man sinned nor his parents sinned. But that the works of God might be revealed in him,
John 9:4 (show verse)
we must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day. Night is coming, when no one can work.
John 9:5 (show verse)
As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world."
John 9:6 (show verse)
As he said this, he spat on the ground and made clay of the saliva, and anointed the man's eyes with the clay.
John 9:7 (show verse)
And he said to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" (which means, Sent). So he went and washed, and came back seeing.
John 9:8 (show verse)
The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar, said, "Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?"
John 9:9 (show verse)
Some said, "It is he." Others said, "No, but he is like him." He said, "I am the man."
John 9:10 (show verse)
They said to him, "Then how were your eyes opened?"
John 9:11 (show verse)
He answered and said, "A man called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes and said to me, 'Go to the pool of Siloam and wash.' So I went and washed, and I received sight."
John 9:12 (show verse)
They said to him, "Where is he?" He said, "I do not know."
John 9:13 (show verse)
They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind.
John 9:14 (show verse)
Now it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes.
John 9:15 (show verse)
Then the Pharisees also asked him again how he had received his sight. He said to them, "He put clay on my eyes, and I washed, and I see."
John 9:16 (show verse)
Some of the Pharisees said, "This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath." But others said, "How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?" And there was a division among them.
John 9:17 (show verse)
So they again said to the blind man, "What do you say about him, since he has opened your eyes?" He said, "He is a prophet."
John 9:18 (show verse)
The Jews did not believe that he had been blind, and had received his sight, until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight.
John 9:19 (show verse)
And they asked them, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?"
John 9:20 (show verse)
His parents answered, "We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;
John 9:21 (show verse)
but how he now sees we do not know, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him. He is of age; he will speak for himself."
John 9:22 (show verse)
His parents said this because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had agreed already that if anyone confessed that he was Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue.
John 9:23 (show verse)
Therefore his parents said, "He is of age; ask him."
John 9:24 (show verse)
So for the second time they called the man who had been blind, and said to him, "Give God the glory; we know that this man is a sinner."
John 9:25 (show verse)
He answered, "Whether he is a sinner or not, I do not know. One thing I know, that though I was blind, now I see."
John 9:26 (show verse)
Then they said to him, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?"
John 9:27 (show verse)
He answered them, "I have told you already and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his disciples, too?"
John 9:28 (show verse)
Then they reviled him and said, "You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.
John 9:29 (show verse)
We know that God spoke to Moses, but as for this fellow, we do not know where he comes from."
John 9:30 (show verse)
The man answered, "Why, this is a marvel! You do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes.
John 9:31 (show verse)
We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if any one is a worshiper of God and does his will, he listens to him.
John 9:32 (show verse)
Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a man born blind.
John 9:33 (show verse)
If this man were not from God, he could do nothing."
John 9:34 (show verse)
They answered him, "You were born in utter sin, and are you teaching us?" And they cast him out.
John 9:35 (show verse)
Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and when he found him, he said, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?"
John 9:36 (show verse)
He answered, "Who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?"
John 9:37 (show verse)
Jesus said to him, "You have seen him, and it is he who speaks with you."
John 9:38 (show verse)
Then he said, "Lord, I believe!" And he worshiped him.
John 9:39 (show verse)
Jesus said, "For judgment I have come into this world, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may become blind."
John 9:40 (show verse)
Then some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this, and said to him, "Are we blind also?"
John 9:41 (show verse)
Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no guilt; but now that you say, 'We see,' your sin remains.