Thematic Bible
John 9:1 (show verse)
And [as he] went away, he saw a man blind from birth.
John 9:2 (show verse)
And his disciples asked him, saying, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he should be born blind?"
John 9:3 (show verse)
Jesus replied, "Neither this man sinned nor his parents, but [it happened] so that the works of God could be revealed in him.
John 9:4 (show verse)
It is necessary [for] us to do the deeds of the one who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work!
John 9:5 (show verse)
While I am in the world, I am the light of the world."
John 9:6 (show verse)
[When he] had said these [things], he spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva, and smeared the clay on his eyes.
John 9:7 (show verse)
And he said to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" (which is translated "sent"). So he went and washed and came back seeing.
John 9:8 (show verse)
Then the neighbors and those who saw him previously (because he was a beggar) began to say, "Is this man not the one who used to sit and beg?"
John 9:9 (show verse)
Others were saying, "It is this man"; others were saying, "No, but he is like him." That one was saying, "I am [he]!"
John 9:10 (show verse)
So they began to say to him, "How were your eyes opened?"
John 9:11 (show verse)
He replied, "The man who is called Jesus made clay and smeared [it] on my eyes and said to me, 'Go to Siloam and wash!' So I went, and I washed, [and] I received sight."
John 9:12 (show verse)
And they said to him, "Where is that man?" He said, "I do not know."
John 9:13 (show verse)
They brought him--the one formerly blind--to the Pharisees.
John 9:14 (show verse)
(Now the day on which Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes was the Sabbath.)
John 9:15 (show verse)
So the Pharisees also were asking him again how he received sight. And he said to them, "He put clay on my eyes, and I washed, and I see."
John 9:16 (show verse)
So some of the Pharisees were saying, "This man is not from God, because he does not observe the Sabbath!" Others were saying, "How can a man [who is] a sinner perform such signs?" And there was a division among them.
John 9:17 (show verse)
So they said to the blind man again, "What do you say about him, because he opened your eyes?" And he said, "He is a prophet."
John 9:18 (show verse)
So the Jews did not believe concerning him that he had been blind and received sight, until they summoned the parents of the one who received sight.
John 9:19 (show verse)
And they asked them, saying, "Is this man your son, whom you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?"
John 9:20 (show verse)
So his parents answered and said, "We know that this man is our son, and that he was born blind.
John 9:21 (show verse)
But how he now sees we do not know, or who opened his eyes we do not know. Ask him! {He is a mature adult}; he will speak for himself!"
John 9:22 (show verse)
(His parents said these [things] because they were afraid of the Jews, for the Jews had already decided that if anyone should confess him [to be] Christ, he would be expelled from the synagogue.
John 9:23 (show verse)
Because of this his parents said, "{He is a mature adult}; ask him.")
John 9:24 (show verse)
So they summoned the man who had been blind for the second time and said to him, "Give glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner!"
John 9:25 (show verse)
Then that man replied, "Whether he is a sinner I do not know. One [thing] I know--that [although I] was blind, now I see!"
John 9:26 (show verse)
So they said to him, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?"
John 9:27 (show verse)
He replied to them, "I told you already and you did not listen! Why do you want to hear [it] again? You do not want to become his disciples also, [do you]?"
John 9:28 (show verse)
They reviled him and said, "You are his disciple! But we are disciples of Moses!
John 9:29 (show verse)
We know that God has spoken to Moses, but we do not know where this man is from."
John 9:30 (show verse)
The man answered and said to them, "For the remarkable thing is this, that you do not know where he is from, and he opened my eyes!
John 9:31 (show verse)
We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if someone is devout and does his will, he listens to this one.
John 9:32 (show verse)
From {time immemorial} it has not been heard that someone opened the eyes of one born blind.
John 9:33 (show verse)
If this man were not from God, he would not be able to do anything!"
John 9:34 (show verse)
They answered and said to him, "You were born completely in sin, and are you attempting to teach us?" And they threw him out.
John 9:35 (show verse)
Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and finding him, he said, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?"
John 9:36 (show verse)
He answered and said, "And who is [he], sir, that I may believe in him?"
John 9:37 (show verse)
Jesus said to him, "You have both seen him, and he is the one who is speaking with you." [[
John 9:38 (show verse)
And he said, "I believe, Lord!" and he worshiped him.
John 9:39 (show verse)
And Jesus said,]] "For judgment I have come into this world, so that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind!"
John 9:40 (show verse)
[Some] of the Pharisees who were with him heard these [things] and said to him, "We are not also blind, [are we]?"
John 9:41 (show verse)
Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would not have sin. But now you say, 'We see,' your sin remains.