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As he passed by ,
he saw a man blind from birth .
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His disciples asked him , "
Rabbi ,
who sinned ,
this man or his parents ,
that he was born blind ?"
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Jesus answered , "
Neither did this man sin ,
nor his parents ;
but ,
that the works of God might be revealed in him .
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I must work the works of him who sent me ,
while it is day .
The 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 he had said this ,
he spat on the ground ,
made mud with the saliva ,
anointed the blind man '
s eyes with the mud ,
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and said to him , "
Go ,
wash in the pool of Siloam " (
which means "
Sent ").
So he went away ,
washed ,
and came back seeing .
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The neighbors therefore ,
and those who saw that he was blind before ,
said , "
Isn '
t this he who sat and begged ?"
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Others were saying , "
It is he ."
Still others were saying , "
He looks like him ."
He said , "
I am he ."
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They therefore were asking him , "
How were your eyes opened ?"
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He answered , "
A man called Jesus made mud ,
anointed my eyes ,
and said to me , '
Go to the pool of Siloam ,
and wash .'
So I went away and washed ,
and I received sight ."
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Then they asked him , "
Where is he ?"
He said , "
I don '
t know ."
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They brought him who had been blind to the Pharisees .
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It was a Sabbath when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes .
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Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he received his sight .
He said to them , "
He put mud on my eyes ,
I washed ,
and I see ."
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Some therefore of the Pharisees said , "
This man is not from God ,
because he doesn '
t keep the Sabbath ."
Others said , "
How can a man who is a sinner do such signs ?"
There was division among them .
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Therefore they asked the blind man again , "
What do you say about him ,
because he opened your eyes ?"
He said , "
He is a prophet ."
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The Jews therefore did not believe concerning him ,
that he had been blind ,
and had received his sight ,
until they called the parents of him who had received his sight ,
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and asked them , "
Is this your son ,
whom you say was born blind ?
How then does he now see ?"
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His parents answered them , "
We know that this is our son ,
and that he was born blind ;
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but how he now sees ,
we don '
t know ;
or who opened his eyes ,
we don '
t know .
He is of age .
Ask him .
He will speak for himself ."
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His parents said these things because they feared the Jews ;
for the Jews had already agreed that if any man would confess him as Christ ,
he would be put out of the synagogue .
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Therefore his parents said , "
He is of age .
Ask him ."
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So they called the man who was blind a second time ,
and said to him , "
Give glory to God .
We know that this man is a sinner ."
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He therefore answered , "
I don '
t know if he is a sinner .
One thing I do know :
that though I was blind ,
now I see ."
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They said to him again , "
What did he do to you ?
How did he open your eyes ?"
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He answered them , "
I told you already ,
and you didn '
t listen .
Why do you want to hear it again ?
You don '
t also want to become his disciples ,
do you ?"
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They insulted him and said , "
You are his disciple ,
but we are disciples of Moses .
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We know that God has spoken to Moses .
But as for this man ,
we don '
t know where he comes from ."
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The man answered them , "
How amazing !
You don '
t know where he comes from ,
yet he opened my eyes .
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We know that God doesn '
t listen to sinners ,
but if anyone is a worshipper of God ,
and does his will ,
he listens to him . {
Psalm strkjv @
66:18 ,
Proverbs strkjv @
15:29 ;
strkjv @
28:9 }
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Since the world began it has never been heard of that anyone opened the eyes of someone born blind .
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If this man were not from God ,
he could do nothing ."
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They answered him , "
You were altogether born in sins ,
and do you teach us ?"
They threw him out .
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Jesus heard that they had thrown him out ,
and finding him ,
he said , "
Do you believe in the Son of God ?"
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He answered , "
Who is he ,
Lord ,
that I may believe in him ?"
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Jesus said to him , "
You have both seen him ,
and it is he who speaks with you ."
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He said , "
Lord ,
I believe !"
and he worshiped him .
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Jesus said , "
I came into this world for judgment ,
that those who don '
t see may see ;
and that those who see may become blind ."
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Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things ,
and said to him , "
Are we also blind ?"
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Jesus said to them , "
If you were blind ,
you would have no sin ;
but now you say , '
We see .'
Therefore your sin remains .