John 9:1–12 · BSB
9:1
Now as Jesus was passing by, He saw a man blind from birth,
9:2
and His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
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9:3
Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that the works of God would be displayed in him.
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While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.
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While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
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When Jesus had said this, He spit on the ground, made some mud, and applied it to the man’s eyes.
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Then He told him, “Go, wash in the Pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came back seeing.
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At this, his neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging began to ask, “Isn’t this the man who used to sit and beg?”
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Some claimed that he was, but others said, “No, he just looks like him.” But the man kept saying, “I am the one.”
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“How then were your eyes opened?” they asked.
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He answered, “The man they call Jesus made some mud and anointed my eyes, and He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed and received my sight.”
9:12
“Where is He?” they asked. “I do not know,” he answered.
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