John:9:1-41
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And as he passed on ,
he saw a man blind from birth .
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And his disciples asked him ,
saying ,
Rabbi ,
who sinned ,
this man or his parents ,
that he would be born blind ?
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Jesus answered ,
Neither this man sinned ,
nor his parents ,
but that the works of God might be manifested in him .
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I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day .
Night comes when no man can work .
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When I am in the world ,
I am the light of the world .
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Having said these things ,
he spat toward the ground ,
and made clay of the spittle ,
and rubbed the clay on the eyes of the blind man .
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And he said to him ,
Go ,
wash in the pool of Siloam (
which is translated ,
He who has been sent ).
Therefore he went and washed ,
and came seeing .
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The neighbors therefore and those who saw him formerly ,
that he was blind ,
said ,
Is this not he who sits and begs ?
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Others said ,
He is this man ,
but others said ,
He is like him .
That man said ,
I am .
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They said to him therefore ,
How were thine eyes opened ?
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That man answered and said ,
A man called Jesus made clay ,
and rubbed on my eyes ,
and said to me ,
Go to the pool of Siloam and wash .
And after going and washing ,
I received sight .
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Therefore they said to him ,
Where is that man ?
He says ,
I do not know .
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They brought him to the Pharisees--the former blind man .
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Now it was a Sabbath when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes .
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Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he received sight .
And he said to them ,
He put clay upon my eyes ,
and I washed ,
and I see .
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Therefore some of the Pharisees said ,
This man is not from God ,
because he does not keep the Sabbath .
Other men said ,
How is a sinful man able to do such signs ?
And there was division among them .
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They say again to the blind man ,
What do thou say about him ,
that he opened thine eyes ?
And he said ,
He is a prophet .
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The Jews therefore did not believe about him ,
that he had been blind ,
and had received sight ,
until they called the parents of the man who had received sight .
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And they asked them ,
saying ,
Is this your son ,
whom ye say that he was born blind ?
How then does he now see ?
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And his parents answered them and said ,
We know that this is our son ,
and that he was born blind ,
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but how he now sees ,
we know not .
Or who opened his eyes ,
we know not .
He has maturity ,
ask him .
He will speak for himself .
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His parents spoke these things because they feared the Jews ,
for the Jews had agreed already ,
that if any man confessed him as Christ ,
he should become excommunicated from the synagogue .
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Because of this his parents said ,
He has maturity ,
ask him .
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So they called the man who was blind ,
for a second time ,
and said to him ,
Give glory to God .
We know that this man is sinful .
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That man therefore answered and said ,
If he is sinful ,
I know not .
One thing I know ,
that being blind ,
now I see .
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But again they said to him ,
What did he do to thee ?
How did he open thine eyes ?
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He answered them ,
I told you already ,
and ye did not listen .
Why do ye want to hear it again ?
Do ye not also want to become his disciples ?
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They reviled him ,
and said ,
Thou are a disciple of that man ,
but we are disciples of Moses .
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We know that God has spoken to Moses ,
but this man ,
we know not where he is from .
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The man answered and said to them ,
For in this it is amazing ,
that ye know not where he is from ,
and yet he opened my eyes .
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And we know that God does not listen to sinners ,
but if any man is a worshiper of God ,
and does his will ,
he listens to this man .
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From the age ,
it was not heard that any man opened the eyes of a man who was born blind .
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If this man were not from God ,
he could do nothing .
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They answered and said to him ,
Thou were born entirely in sins ,
and thou teach us .
And they cast him outside .
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Jesus heard that they cast him outside .
And having found him ,
he said to him ,
Do thou believe in the Son of God ?
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That man answered and said ,
And who is he ,
Lord ,
that I may believe in him ?
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And Jesus said to him ,
Thou have both seen him ,
and he is that man who speaks with thee .
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And he affirmed ,
Lord ,
I believe .
And he worshiped him .
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And Jesus said ,
For judgment I came into this world ,
so that those not seeing might see ,
and those who see might become blind .
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And those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things ,
and they said to him ,
Are we also blind ?
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Jesus said to them ,
If ye were blind ,
ye would have no sin ,
but now ye say ,
We see ,
therefore your sin remains .
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